How many of us have still got a Seagull ?

Got a Seagull?

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FullCircle

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I keep my 1967 Seagull in the garage. Its just started 2nd pull with old fuel after 2years. Remarkable.
Put it near a boat though and it will probably refuse to start. Hey Ho.
But I wont get rid of it, and have promised myself to take it out for a good run on the tender in July.

Anyone else still harbouring a Seagull?
 
I got my current one quite recently (about 10 years ago) when I was told that a replacement plastic fuel cock for my Suzi DT2 would take 12 months to source. When I eventually got the Suzi fixed it seemed a shame to get rid of the Seagull - I love the sound & the blue haze, it's so evocative of 1950's boating.
 
got a 2hp

had it for years - even used it once for moving a 30 tonne canal butty

there was a section where thehorse could not get along the tow path

breasted it up to an avon, fired it up - away we went

I did use it on the broads for a while - but got all guilty about the scum of oil it left on the surface - so bought a 2.3 hp honda four stroke

great engine

drowned that and killed it

drowned the seagul several times - came up sputtering and suvived - four strokes not so good



did meet a segull in Lowestoft

called Stephen - his wife was called Harriet

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/scuttlebutt/scuttlebutt-99-seagull/

Dylan
 
I have two. A 40 plus for my Mirror dinghy and Featherweight for the tender.

How do i vote twice?
 
I bought one a year or two ago, with the intention of a winter restoration project, until I read on SOS that there was a 70% of it never working again. Since it ran perfectly and I didn't want to destroy a piece of heritage, I thought to buy a non-runner to play with. I placed a local add for a non-runner and a chap responded with the offer of two. They did run, however, he said, when he last tried them............ At 100 euro the pair, I couldn't say no. Getting the anorak tomorrow....:D
 
No option for "never had one, but would consider it".

I probably wouldn't use one for the tender on KS as it has to go into the stern locker and I know seagulls can be a bit incontinent. However, I'm rather taken in by the mechanical romance of the things and quite fancy having one to play with. My fantasy long-distance cruiser would probably have one (and a spare one? :) ) on the grounds of long-term fixability, albeit that might be a myth.

Pete
 
I've got 7 runners:

1 x featherweight (40 minus)
2 x 102's 1x standard 1 x longshaft
1 x Silver Century standard
2 x Silver Century Plus's longshafts
1 x 110 converted to a Silver Century Plus longshaft

and
1 x Century 100 in bits

All the Silver Century Seagulls have been converted to the same water-injected exhaust as the 102's and are now so much quieter with their exhaust tube holes blocked-off, and all engines will happily start 1st or 2nd pull when immersed to within a few inches of their cylinder blocks (despite what British Seagull may say about the back pressure from a few extra inches of immersion making starting impossible - it simply ain't true).
 
Never had one myself, although as a family we had one in my youth and I skinned several knuckles starting it over the years. It was eventually replaced by a Johnson which started first time, every time - until the dinghy it was attached to took a vertical trip to the bottom of Cowes Roads after a rather thirsty launching party led to some carefree helming (not me, yer honour). Luckily all the passengers in the dinghy stayed on the surface and were picked up by the Royal London launch but the dinghy and outboard remain lodged on the sea bed to this day, I guess.
 
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I guess the nature of the title attracts Seagull freaks, cos that's a jolly high percentage of owners/enthusiasts. I can only suspect that a hig proportion of non-voters "couldn't give a Damn, my dear."
 
We have hundreds of the the bl00dy things on the roof at work krapping all over the cars, windows, front of the buildings and us if we are not careful! This time of the year they think the flat roofs are cliffs!

Anyone got a gun?
 
I have a late, and very smart, QUB - Queens University Belfast 3hp ,complete with clutch, long shaft, recoil start and noise reduction technology (sic).
Good starter, I used it last year as well. One thing I did notice is that it uses over twice as much fuel as the Tohatsu.
 
I had one but sold it with the dinghy. Left a space in the workshop.

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I just bought one for my winter restoration project dinghy.
I paid £40 for a 1968 40+ shortshaft.
Starts second pull every time from cold. I love the wee thing. Dont think I could part with it now.
The wife asked why I bought it and told her it was a mint example, when the case over the engine was obviously missing!!
 
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I visited a guy in Solihull who runs a business buying Seagulls and converting them to "conversation pieces" by renovating them so they work and then chrome plating and polishing the covers and other parts.

Apparently many of his customers are in the US and have the Seagull clamped to their mantelpiece or coffee table as artwork. One guy apparently has several and will pay top dollar for a good 'un!

Damien Hirst eat your heart out. ;)

Richard
 
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