Fairline 36 Turbo - am I mad?

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Full engine service and some replacement oil pipes. Showers fixed. New batteries. Some GRP work done to tidy her up. Long list of small jobs completed including headliner fixed, carpets cleaned, chain marked, switches fixed, nav lights repaired, wood all waxed and polished, new rib hung on davits….
Winter lift all planned. Moving strainers to above waterline and in an accessible place. (Those who know the boat will know that they are in a weird place.) Heat exchanger cases to be changed then acid flush. Full polish etc etc
Next year we plan to head West, something I have wanted to do for many years.
She runs wonderfully at low and higher speeds and just pushes the rough stuff out of the way. 20B08026-4EAB-41D3-98C7-6A2ADF1EA00E.jpegD365D4A3-498F-42EF-BA54-9AF051C2EABB.jpeg73D9E825-085C-4BCC-98E3-141E9F1D8CCE.jpeg
 
oldgit said:
A classic boat first appearing in 1981 and good example of form following function.
Well built and have have stood the tests of time well both in looks and durability.
A revolution in interior volume , a few met the terrible fate of becoming livaboards.
Still a fairly quick and comfortable sea boat, loads around and good selection on the market.
The days of daft prices for the T36 are long gone and can know be purchased at a sensible price if you can find good un.
Shame about the appalling lack of access to some pretty vital bits and pieces and the total lack of vision behind, but a few holes can sort the former and who looks behind.
Some whinges about the smaller engine options but at the sorts of speeds usually now used with these boats, not lot of difference between the
250 or 300 HP options.
Owners tend to keep them, we have couple on our moorings that have been with the same owner for 20 years.


At one time we had around 8 or nine Turbo 36 on our moorings add the 3 or 4 Sedan 36 s and probably Fairlines most successful hull ?
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That photo was taken at SBS. Paul Tidman at helm , Bill Buxton at rear and Michael Wright, Paul Tidman was Fairlines largest dealer at the time,Bill Buxton was Fairline's sale manager and Michael Wright ran a brokerage called The Fairline Register from Birdham Pool
I remember one that had BMW diesels!
 
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One of the best Fairline's ever made (in substance), according to many which started the Bernard Olesinski era.
The hull closes at fifteen degrees and due to its better balance it took the sea much better to the 36 Sedan.
I think the final sales reached just over 300 units, and it was stopped in production in 1988.

I think Fairline was a couple months late to the Olesinski assignment behind Princess who started a bit before with Plymouth doing the 45 for them.
 
PowerYachtBlog said:
One of the best Fairline's ever made (in substance), according to many which started the Bernard Olesinski era.
The hull closes at fifteen degrees and due to its better balance it took the sea much better to the 36 Sedan.
I think the final sales reached just over 300 units, and it was stopped in production in 1988.

I think Fairline was a couple months late to the Olesinski assignment behind Princess who started a bit before with Plymouth doing the 45 for them.
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She is an absolute unit! We have been out in some bumpy stuff and I can confirm she is a good sea-keeping boat. Nick Burham wasn't joking in his film where he said they just kept adding fibreglass in those days.
 
A little update…
Lots of engine work, including new heat exchanger, cutlass bearings etc. We have moved the strainers forward to improve access as one was at the back of the engine bay. Added extra seacocks so I can shut off without crawling between hot engines.
Now tidying up loose ends ready to get her back in the water.
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