ditchman Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Pigeonshooting dead at the moment, got up to date on landrover maintenance, so thought i would give the outboard a service as i use it for 4 months every year during the summer, the old girl is 47 years old (a young one compared to some seagulls in use) and is a "40 plus" model, i have it on a 15ft canoe and use it on the broads, it skimms along at 12 knots and is great for fishing and going down to the pub...not so easy getting back !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Nice and tidy, got a 2 hp and a 5 hp sitting in the back of a shed some where, not been used for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Nice and tidy, got a 2 hp and a 5 hp sitting in the back of a shed some where, not been used for years. clean the carb, check the points, fresh fuel, and 2 pulls and they will be off................( i still owe you a flapper denny...promise will sort it out !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) Just make sure you run the tank dry before storing! Also the tap seals will leak after they dry out over the winter! Leave them sat in fuel overnight to expand. I still have the prop spring kit for a Seagull and a tiller extention. Mine was a 5hp. I still have the brochure for them too Edited May 28, 2013 by Lord Geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Just make sure you run the tank dry before storing! Also the tap seals will leak after they dry out over the winter! Leave them sat in fuel overnight to expand. I still have the prop spring kit for a Seagull and a tiller extention. Mine was a 5hp. I still have the brochure for them too you can still get all the spares for the featherwieght, 40plus and century and silver century......in my brochure it not only tells you about maintenance but also "keeping your voice down when on water as bad language can offend " !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) Grew up with the old Seagull. A remarkable piece of British engineering and one really has to ask why they went bust? I do respectfully think that the figure of 12 knots for a Seagull is a bit optimistic. Even down hill and with a following wind 6 knots is about the best you`re going to get. Edited May 28, 2013 by mudpatten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Grew up with the old Seagull. A remarkable piece of British engineering and one really has to ask why they went bust? I do respectfully think that the figure of 12 knots for a Seagull is a bit optimistic. Even down hill and with a following wind 6 knots is about the best you`re going to get. based that on a runner on the tow path we were keeping station with him...might have been with the tide tho....the boats on the broads are restricted to 5-6 knots and we overtake them easily proberly more like 9 knots on the 40plus ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 based that on a runner on the tow path we were keeping station with him...might have been with the tide tho....the boats on the broads are restricted to 5-6 knots and we overtake them easily proberly more like 9 knots on the 40plus ........ Broads top speed is just under 7 knots 6mph for land lubbers I took a 3.9hp air cooled penta and my old Seagull last time I had a riverside cottage down there. My friend took a 6hp evinrude. He set off from his accom to mine 7 mile by river and his drive shaft sheered half way :lol: Only weeks before he laughed and sneered about my old Seagull. He rang me up to ask if he could borrow my Penta? I told him NO but he COULD borrow my seagull :lol: He loved it! He gave me the Evinrude as he lost faith in it. I sent the shaft to my BIL who had it welded and ballanced for me gratis. Those Seagulls are cracking engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popgun Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Good old British seagull I used to keep one of my duckpunts at the back of there factory, i grew up using them when you had a problem starting them you just took the plug out and looked at it put it back in and the seagull would start first pull without having done anyting to it.I used the Silver century on the Poole canoe and the 40 plus on the duck punts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 i had a long "environmental" argument with a friend a few tears ago about old landrovers and seagull enjines...and their "carbon footprint" as opposed to new enviromentally freindly machines....we based the investigation on machines that were 30 years old......and fed the details into a carbon computor model programme... the outcome was the older machines were more friendly as most of the "carbon" was in the manufacturing and the miles the parts and materials have to travel to be assembled ...melted down...cast..mined, replaced, thrown away.. etc etc for new machines... trouble is when you are on the water and people moan at you about preserving the enviroment blah-blah-blah...you havnt got time to stop and explain to them they are talking out of the top of their head......you just dissapear up the river in a haze of sweet smelling smoke.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 The old seagull saved the day a few times whilst fishing around Coquet Island, never missed a beat, cracking little engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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