Seagull remorse - does it exist?

Some people just seem to really like being on an endless conveyor belt of maintenance, car upgrades, fawning staff, fawning women, paparazzi fodder, what evvvver.

But think of all the taxes they pay into Scroatsupport Central Inc, -someone has to, so jolly good luck to 'em.
 
Blueboatman said:
Some people just seem to really like being on an endless conveyor belt of maintenance, car upgrades, fawning staff, fawning women, paparazzi fodder, what evvvver.

But think of all the taxes they pay into Scroatsupport Central Inc, -someone has to, so jolly good luck to 'em.
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I am in receipt of benefits, and i don't think I am a scroat...........or a scrote even?.......Oh what have I said, the lounge mafia will be along in a minute to tell me otherwise in no uncertain terms!:D:D
 
dancrane said:
If Seagull users were so seriously skint, they'd row out to the yacht, waiting till the fierce tide relents. Seagulls offend everybody's every sense, and every local living thing except whatever's gripping the tiller. No sympathy. Sorry!
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Sorry Dan, but...WHAT A HEAP OF HORSES EXCREMENT!

Face it, and this is a fact, the majority of peeps who own and use Seagulls tend to use them on tenders to smaller, traditional sailing craft that tend to be sailed rather than motored. They are in an absolute minority. Those that tend to be offended by the humble Seagull are those who own large lumps of shaped GRP resin that you will find permanently nailed to pontoons in most harbours as 'the wife doesn't actually like going on the water'.

Man, you have a serious chip on your shoulder...live and let live!
 
Cobra, you are completely mistaken.

Chrusty 1 said:
...then you get some wealthy pillock like him spending a quarter of a million filling his yacht's fuel tanks.
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Thanks for clarifying, Chrusty. I thought the fellow had spent the £quarter-mill filling his swimming-pool, mentioned above.

Quite what with, who knows? Maybe that was the value of the last bit of unpolluted water in Plymouth Sound?
 
The Slickest Outboard Out There...slick being the operative word

Cobra said:
...the majority of peeps who own and use Seagulls use them on tenders to smaller, traditional sailing craft that tend to be sailed rather than motored... ...Those that tend to be offended by the humble Seagull own large lumps of shaped GRP resin permanently nailed to pontoons as 'the wife doesn't actually like going on the water'.
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So passionately spoken, you sound like you believe all that! But you're confusing modern with tasteless, and outdated with 'proven', as if the Seagull's dislikeable noise and glistening outpourings make for a more real experience than anaesthetised modern units.

If you're a person fonder of sailing than motoring, and of wood than of GRP, and who prefers moorings to marina berths...then you're near enough a purist yourself, to recognise why the Seagull's time has gone.

I (and anyone with eyes and ears) feel that days and nights spent in tidal harbours, are, at best, peacefully atmospheric, close to nature, and about as happy, healthy and beneficial as any family time can be...

...the moment you start a Seagull, some of that richness is shot away. And the oil on the water is no different to trash in the gutter. It's there because someone just doesn't care. Running a Seagull is like announcing that, through a megaphone.

Keep using it though. I'm all for freedom of choice. Just be aware what everyone is thinking about you personally, every single time you start up. It isn't flattering.
 
Touché. But next time you're there with the wretched recoil pull-cord in your hand, hoping it'll start, look around you. Everyone, everyone you can see, without exception, is hoping equally keenly that it won't. Enjoy! :)
 
Seagull, catalyst for directing unwanted attention.
By the same logic, anyone who rocks up and anchors withIn sight, with large or multiple diesels, decks, families, generators, cockpit speakers, piercing voices that project across tranquil waters...jetskis, racing dinghies with crackly sails and rapier bowsprits....

Presumably somewhere, someone is giving em
all the evil eye and sticking pins in a hastily knocked up effigy...

Where is it going to end , eh?

Funnily enough I did read that most of the Seagulls distinctive noise cones from the air intake. Can't be difficult to quieten that surely?

What an overcrowded world we all muddle along in.

( Tongue in cheek, somewhat, natch):)
 
dancrane said:
Touché. But next time you're there with the wretched recoil pull-cord in your hand, hoping it'll start, look around you. Everyone, everyone you can see, without exception, is hoping equally keenly that it won't. Enjoy! :)
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Hey Dan,

Come on chap, the truth is that really there are very few Seagulls being used these days, it's one thing to rag folk a little bit, this is getting a bit heavy. I think I have seen maybe one or two in use around these parts over the last 12 months or so, modern outboards definitely in the majority, and mostly 4 strokes too.

I think I have to admit, that despite my previous teasing, if I had a nice little varnished wooden dinghy, and want to get out to a nice little traditional wood yacht on my mooring, I might well look for a 40 featherweight myself:) As it is, I got a wee plastic tub, to get out to a bigger plastic tub,(I still love her though), so I got my little Yammy.

Admiral Fishface, if your iron sh*tehawk puts a smile on yer face, then that's just fine...........

Just don't bloody well use it around here ok!:D:D
 
Blueboatman said:
Seagull, catalyst for directing unwanted attention.
By the same logic, anyone who rocks up and anchors withIn sight, with large or multiple diesels, decks, families, generators, cockpit speakers, piercing voices that project across tranquil waters...jetskis, racing dinghies with crackly sails and rapier bowsprits....

Presumably somewhere, someone is giving em
all the evil eye and sticking pins in a hastily knocked up effigy...

Where is it going to end , eh?

Funnily enough I did read that most of the Seagulls distinctive noise cones from the air intake. Can't be difficult to quieten that surely?

What an overcrowded world we all muddle along in.

( Tongue in cheek, somewhat, natch):)
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Yes most of the noise is induction roar, and I did read somewhere about somebody that had done a modification to quieten it, I will see if I can find it?
 
Seagull themselves did a sound reduction job on their later models, where air was drawn through the recoil start. But of course you're talking about older seagulls, aren't you?

Some of them are actually very quiet with their water cooled exhausts and their shrouded air intakes. Some of them start every time, too.

And all this nonsense about everyone around thinking 'what a ******' well that's just pure and utter drivel.

I shall continue to use mine when required, at the manufacturer's recommended 25:1, and I shall feel no remorse whatsoever, as I don't about using my 1975 inboard diesel, or antifouling my hull.
 
See no drivel, hear no drivel.

Great, if they can be 'silenced' somewhat. Makes one wonder why the factory didn't, to start with.
 
There's only one thing for it .... The government should replicate the offer made to owners of 10+ year old cars :-) Lets say a £250 allowance against every Seagull part exchanged for a new outboard .... It would help the environment and the economy (not our economy)

That's got me thinking about the value of my Seagull as scrap .... I wonder if they are worth more as scrap than as an outboard motor or sea anchor?
 
yellowspinnaker said:
Seagull themselves did a sound reduction job on their later models, where air was drawn through the recoil start.....
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The QUB models had an inlet manifold plus one or two other updates to bring the engine into the 20th century. QUB stands for Queens University Belfast where the research was carried out.

Rest easy Seagull owners I, at least, find them quite jolly. I am not sure I would be quite so sanguine if everyone had one though.
 
But I love the distinctive sound of an old Seagull, and I notice that I am not alone when I use mine. I don't bother with it if I can row, but sometimes the tide, or distance, is just too great, or I need to carry the dinghy's full complement of passengers, so there isn't room to row.

When I hear a Seagull pottering by, I always go on deck & give a cheery wave, whereas the average modern O/B doesn't raise any interest unless I know the owner. It's the same when a Classic car, motorbike or other vehicle passes by, everyone notices & smiles. :cool:

Much cooler than underwater lights FFS.:p
 
Searush said:
Don't they all? Just swivel them thro 180deg . . . :cool:
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No mate they dont they have a stop on them so you cannot swing any of them through 180
Looking at your avatar I really thought you would know about seagulls...:P
BTW that one i have would be ideal for you Dylan on the back of your slug mate...:P
 
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