1962 Gale V U-55

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Gale V

1962

 

U-55

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

John Earnest

 

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Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

John Earnest

 

Plywood

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Scorpion 3026-1210

 

Castle

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Octura

 

Mahogany, lime yellow and blue

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

vinyl

 

Spektrum

The model:  This big beauty showed up at the 2010 Governors Cup in Lacey with John as the driver.  He built the boat and obviously spent a lot of time and effort on it.  It looks good on the water and represents the Detroit boat very well.  We hope to see more of it out at CT races in the future.

The real boat:  This is the third Gale V built by Les Staudacher for Joe Schoenith of Detroit.  It was built in 1958 and raced until 1964 with different cowls and paint schemes.