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Vic Smeed REMORA
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I built my first REMORA from the free plans that came with my December 1964 Model Maker magazine.
That first model was given away over 20 years later in 1985 when we moved up to Lancashire from Devon.
At the same time I also gave away another Vic Smeed design that I built from plan - “Suzie Q”.
The model shown here is the second Remora that I built more than 45 years later during the Covid lock-down !
I have yet to build another Suzie Q - but I do still have the original plans........so hopefully that will follow along later.
That first model was given away over 20 years later in 1985 when we moved up to Lancashire from Devon.
At the same time I also gave away another Vic Smeed design that I built from plan - “Suzie Q”.
The model shown here is the second Remora that I built more than 45 years later during the Covid lock-down !
I have yet to build another Suzie Q - but I do still have the original plans........so hopefully that will follow along later.
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Electric or traditional IC engines.
A pair of small wind deflectors and a short mast were added to the cabin top as it looked a little bland so I customised it slightly !
This beautifully engineered glow engine run like a sewing machine and powered the boat well, but my new Remora has a good brushless electric out-runner motor with a suitable ESC and 5000mAh LiPo, so it has a lot more power !
Running an electric powered Remora is a lot less hassle and is a lot cleaner that running with the glow engine, but the "ritual" of starting the engine, the anticipation and suspense of waiting for the leather bootlace to spin the motor and fire up the engine.... is something that I actually miss!
..........and the smell of the exhaust is something else that I miss.....😎
Good old days..............?
The plans are a bit fragile now, but were still good enough to make some templates from old cereal boxes (and any other thin cardboard box that was being thrown away for recycling at the time!).
I drew around these templates to make the keel and bulkheads from birch plywood and cut them out on a bandsaw.
Everything was then assembled using aliphatic glue.