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Seagull outboard engines, "Getting afloat" and 2 M
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:12 am
by Mike Shipman
Ive been watching reruns of the "Getting afloat" series on Discovery where Nick Gates, ashipwright in Chichester is restoring a wooden Sharpie boat. There was an item about old Seagull outboards on the one Ive just watched - sounded like the marine equivalent of the A Series - and the programme featured a chap who refurbishes / deals in these old engines and his work transport...?, a rather nice MM Van which can be seen here:
http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/ma ... _minor.htm
Incidentally Nick Gates also has a MM pick up with a wooden boat back - I think its appeared in Minor Monthly or Minor Matters before, very nice too...
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:40 am
by Dru
I've had a couple of Seagulls; the last one came out of a skip, and was in perfect working order except for a fractured banjo on the fuel line. I found that, stuck on the back of an 8 ft tender, a long shaft Seagull could be extremely zippy (well, it certainly felt zippy from where I was sitting...); it was also fine while going in a straight line, but the moment the tiller was swung the boat tried to flick-roll. Whoooo
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:42 pm
by eastona
I've got an old seagull, it's great, very rugged ("simple, rugged, reliable" used to be their advertising slogan. It's all of those things, if a little noisy and smelly!
Bought some stuff from that website too, very useful.
Andrew
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:13 am
by simmitc
In the Owners Manual for the Seagull it refers to starting in cold weather - "warm the spark plug in an oven". That's fine when coming ashore from the mooring, but a little difficult if the tender is on the beach on the way out. Besides I get enough grief about Minor parts in doors, a spark plug in the oven wouldn't go down well at all.
Anyway, Seagulls will go on for ever, but not environmentaslly friendly with a typically 20:1 two-stroke mix and a gearbox where the oil is designed to emulsify with seawater.
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:28 pm
by eastona
Yes, the spark plug in oven trick works well.
The gearbox oil (EP140) boy does it smell.
You can use less oil in the mixture with a different carb needle set up.
Andrew
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:24 pm
by simmitc
Yes, the modified needle makes all the difference at 25:1
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:42 pm
by overider
silly question but has anyone got a photo of one of the said seagull.
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:47 pm
by Matt
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:18 pm
by overider
I can’t stop laughing I thought it was some kind of old car I hadn’t heard of
Sorry!!! and thanks for the link Matt thats made my night now im still laughing to myself