Fairline Corniche 31

 

Purchased in December of 2002 this is our twelth season with her and it’s all been pretty good. Lost an oil cooler in 2005 due to a leaky seawater joint and a propeller last year due to electrolosis, one of the bonding straps had broken, both replaced. Otherwise she has been a joy to own. Extended the rear canopy out in 2007 and renewed all the rear seating, some of the pics show the old canopy.

 

Built 1989, 2 x 200hp TamD41-B engine hours 1150 approx,

 

Cruising speed 20 knots, max 25 knots, fuel consumption 1.7mpg at cruising speed giving 200 mile range

 

2 Cabin layout with island double berth in forward cabin

 

Re-upholstered in 2007, recarpeted in 2006, new fly bridge cushions 2005

 

Stainless steel fuel tanks 2 x 75 Gallon, water 1 x 65 gallon

 

Holding tank with electric discharge pump 25 Gallons and contents gauge

 

LCD Television, 22” widescreen with aerial and amplifier

 

Battery charger, 25amp twin bank with remote panel, backup Cetrek unit, Galvanic isolator

 

Batteries replaced in 2005 with carbon plate 5 year warranty, 3 x 120amp/hour, 500 watt Mastervolt inverter

 

Separate  fridge battery with battery to battery charging unit

 

Electric anchor windlass, 60m chain, Stainless steel anchor

 

Eberspacher DL4 heating

 

Bimini cover on fly bridge

 

Whittal davits with winches and passeral mounting plus aluminium passeral

 

Firepro engine fire protection with remote panel.

 

Engine exhaust alarms.

 

Windscreen washers

 

Remote controlled searchlight

 

Marine FM radio with remote fly bridge control

 

All taps/shower replaced with ceramic units

 

 

Electronics

 

Ok, I must confess to being a bit of an anorak when it comes to marine electronics. The boat had a single Raychart 435 on when I got it, not nearly enough fun! On the lower helm I built a console that mounts up on the ceiling (as in the pics) and installed the original Seafarer flasher unit depth sounder, the ST6000 autopilot control head and the Raymarine LR760. This unit is a colour 7” charplotter with speed and depth inputs which has the HSB2 interface. The autopilot is the SIG corepack with an hydraulic pump connected via seatalk and NMEA to the rest of the system. The lower Raymarine DSC/VHF has an NMEA connection into the system. On the fly bridge I extended the console slightly and installed the Raymarine RL70CRC colour radar with a 2KW radome linked to the lower unit via seatalk, HSB2 and NMEA. I also have the original repeater for the seafarer echo sounder and a Raymarine corded (didn’t do the wireless version when I fitted it) autopilot control unit. From either helm you have full control of the autopilot, chartplotter , sonar, radar and DSC VHF and an intercom facility to the lower helm. As I installed the “G” corepack you have radar overlay on the chartplotter. I  have an ICS Navtex plus which also acts as a repeater via NMEA for any of the speed depth or position data. I’ve  installed a second VHF and aerial on the fly bridge which also has an extension to the lower helm.. This is DSC and linked into NMEA from the Standard Horizon CP300 chartplotter which I installed with an AIS beacon receiver(Raymarine kit won’t accept an AIS signal)

 

Plus all usual Fairline model features