Angry owners of Seagulls

dylanwinter

dylanwinter

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"the man is an idiot and a liar, this engine is older than the 1970's model and has been abused by a idiot (him) the boat its on his **** anyway, but that's not the point. this engine should be lowered by about 5 inches with the prop fitted. Ipersonally I wouldtake the engine off and burn that poxy boat..its more like a meths drinkers shed than a gin palace ha ha ha ."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UghuKAn0Mm8
 
dylanwinter said:
"the man is an idiot and a liar, this engine is older than the 1970's model and has been abused by a idiot (him) the boat its on his **** anyway, but that's not the point. this engine should be lowered by about 5 inches with the prop fitted. Ipersonally I wouldtake the engine off and burn that poxy boat..its more like a meths drinkers shed than a gin palace ha ha ha ."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UghuKAn0Mm8
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I don't know what you are getting so grumpy about. its perfectly lovely seagull, they never let you down.
You just need to always have at least one spare plug a plug spanner a and bit of cloth to clean and dry the plug when you changes them every hour or so.

I believe classic motoring or classic outboard motoring its called character
 
the honda 2.3 is a better engine than the seagull there's no denying.

not everyone has your financial wherewithal to splash out £500 on an auxiliary engine. have a thought for all those people who dont have a "beast" and are happy to run their little seagulls to negotiate the tricky bits that cant be done under sail.
it seems revealing that you feel that no outboard is capable of negotiating a 4 knot tide, and it does not incline me to accept your assessment of an "environmental disaster".
i guess that is something for the mobo forum.
 
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The Seagull scores in the environmental stakes through its longevity. Making stuff causes a lot of pollution, uses loads of water and power. With a Seagull you only make it once, you need to make a new Tohatsu every few years.
 
ghostlymoron said:
The Seagull scores in the environmental stakes through its longevity. Making stuff causes a lot of pollution, uses loads of water and power. With a Seagull you only make it once, you need to make a new Tohatsu every few years.
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And you can run a Seagull on biodegradeable 2-stroke oil.
 
ghostlymoron said:
The Seagull scores in the environmental stakes through its longevity. Making stuff causes a lot of pollution, uses loads of water and power. With a Seagull you only make it once, you need to make a new Tohatsu every few years.
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Plus, of course the Seagull is reinforcing the carbon-cycle by returning the oil to the ocean to be locked away again for millennia...
 
ghostlymoron said:
With a Seagull you only make it once, you need to make a new Tohatsu every few years.
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My first boat had a Honda BF75, a four stroke 7.5hp outboard new in 1981 - one of the first Honda outboards sold in the country. 2014, and it's still going strong, and still supported by spares from Honda because the latest BF8 is really only a cosmetic change since then, the major mechanicals are pretty similar. 33 years old now. Not as old as an old Seagull, but still pretty good for a cheapish comsumer product. I expect the current Tohatsus will last as long if looked after.
 
Lakesailor said:
Plus, of course the Seagull is reinforcing the carbon-cycle by returning the oil to the ocean to be locked away again for millennia...
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Not just the oil, either.

The Seagull anchor and micro fish habitat, available in a creek near you. Which is a shame.

Dirty, noisy, leaky, reliable engines with a 50 year life-surely encourage more sailing and patience?

Bet they're low-really low-on yer average tealeafs wish list too
 
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Uricanejack said:
I don't know what you are getting so grumpy about. its perfectly lovely seagull, they never let you down.
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Mine did (let me down), the float wouldn't close the fuel supply,so the carb pissed its 10% oil & petrol mix all over the thwarts of my tender, so the tank was always empty.

gave it away to an "enthusiast" and used a 2nd hand mercury for 10yrs, then another ( so they each prob did 20yrs), Now on a Honda. Not impressed with that tbh, compared with their excellent bikes. Theres a lot of mild steel fixings in them.
Honda should know better. In my (non marine) work we only use stainless fixings, if you buy enough they are cheap, certainly not a significant factor on a several hundred pound outboard.
If you have one, replace the fixings while the heads are good enough to undo!
 
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