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Lorette - Police Launch PL502
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Boat Length
35" (88.9 cm)
Motor Type
Brushed
Drive Type
Direct
Props
Single
Battery Type
NiMH
Battery mAh
3Ah (3,000 mAh)
Prop Type
2 Blade
Prop Size
45mm
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 flaxbybuck
I managed to intercept just before this hull was going to the tip. Originally made by a friend with help from his father some 50 years ago, I transformed this Vic Smeed design first into a work boat, then into a police launch which is how I run it now. It took a year to get all the running gear and electrics right !😉 
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12 months ago by 🇬🇧 Boiler Bri (
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They are a nice model if made well. One is in my bucket list.
Last one I saw was being shipped if to the USA - sold in EBay by a colleague. If I had known I would have bought it. ▲
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12 months ago by 🇬🇧 flaxbybuck (
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Do policemen make good sailors ?
In my case the answer is no ! Last week PL502 went out in rather strong winds. 25 - 50 mph no less. After successfully leaving the harbour and travelling to the windward end of the reservoir she turned and headed for home, but when turning to enter the harbour the wind simply flipped the boat over. 30 minutes later the upturned hull was discovered 150 yards away on the far shore, but alas, the superstructure was not with it, and a careful search both on that day, and a few days later, found no trace. I am not devastated by the loss but it will take many weeks to replicate, and it will now have to wait pending completion of another boat currently on the chocs. So PL502 may not see water again for some months. That policeman skipper should have known better ! 😉 ▲
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 flaxbybuck (
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Thanks Zooma, I was told of this after the event !😉
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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The small rock area alongside the edge of the lake is marked with an orange bouy.
Someone local should have pointed this out to you, although I can sail over it with my TID tug my Rapier wouldn’t clear it 😎 ▲
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 flaxbybuck (
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When sailing it at Southport I managed to find your submerged hidden rock and knock off the rudder completely. Never mind, it didn't take long to make another.😉
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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It looked like a really nice model when I saw it at Southport last weekend.
I also rescued my Lesro Rapier that was built in the 1960’s (not by me) and was saved from a skip and rebuilt during lock-down. It was twisted and poorly built and had been badly abused, but after cutting away the deck and repairing some bulkheads it gained a lot of new wood and has been used most weeks on the Southport lake since then. I was running it last Sunday. ▲
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Doogle (
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Great to see another model saved from the scrap 👍
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Scratchbuilder (
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Brilliant,especially it was saved from the scrapyard.
Nice boat. Regards Bill ▲
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2 years ago by 🇧🇪 hermank (
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What a beauty!!!
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