Stupid idea 1036, Inboard for my dinghy.

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Evening all and seasons greetings.

Last summer I added a Lune Pilot to the fleet. She is a lovely 14' lug rigged dinghy with a ballasted keel, no centreboard.
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jant said:
why not try a rca dolphin instead, they are much lighter, you can lift the mk ii with 1 hand, and pop up now and then on e bay. I had one ina deben 4 tonner it was surprisingly efficient for the size.... they are still manufactured look at http://www.dolphinengines.co.uk/index.php
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+1 I had 1 in an Liz. 30. Picked it up with one hand and took it home each winter and put it in the garage! You would need a battery for starting and reverse and a waterproof locker for the switch gear though.
 
Tam Lin said:
A Stuart Turner? Why, do you need more ballast?
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Nice one. Fact is, the Lune Pilot needs 70lbs of ballast to sail properly. Currently I use several sandbags in the bilges. Why not a little ST if I can find one I can afford. A fixer upper would be ideal. I love Seagull outboards too, no helping some people :-)
 
You would need a P4MC.( i think that is the model- long time ago) You do not need a gearbox as they came with a centrifugal clutch rather like a lawnmower used to have. You cannot reverse but I found that my Stella did not need one & i soon learned to moor up & navigate locks etc quite easily without reverse
 
Daydream believer said:
You would need a P4MC.( i think that is the model- long time ago) You do not need a gearbox as they came with a centrifugal clutch rather like a lawnmower used to have. You cannot reverse but I found that my Stella did not need one & i soon learned to moor up & navigate locks etc quite easily without reverse
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The small one was R3
 
Thanks gents. I looked into Dolphins but the HP is a bit too much for a 14' boat, even a weighty one.

Anyway I tracked down a chap who sells restored Stuart Turners (£1000 gulp) but also has lots of doer-uppers from about a £100. So I can get it on the dining table and spend many happy hours doing one up and fettling. I used to have a large collection of agricultural stationary engines that I restored and lugged around shows. And people think sailing is a weird hobby!

I have arranged to contact him and visit his place near Swindon or something like that, after the hols.

However, if anyone knows of one knocking about...

Merry Christmas one and all

Steve
 
Rhoda Rose said:
Thanks gents. I looked into Dolphins but the HP is a bit too much for a 14' boat, even a weighty one.

Anyway I tracked down a chap who sells restored Stuart Turners (£1000 gulp) but also has lots of doer-uppers from about a £100. So I can get it on the dining table and spend many happy hours doing one up and fettling. I used to have a large collection of agricultural stationary engines that I restored and lugged around shows. And people think sailing is a weird hobby!

I have arranged to contact him and visit his place near Swindon or something like that, after the hols.

However, if anyone knows of one knocking about...

Merry Christmas one and all

Steve
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I knew there was something odd about you. Mrs FCs previous spouse used to also collect/show stationary engines. His best mate still has them scattered all over his garden shed and garage.....
 
FullCircle said:
I knew there was something odd about you. Mrs FCs previous spouse used to also collect/show stationary engines. His best mate still has them scattered all over his garden shed and garage.....
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Oh Dear, I have just bought an Allen Scythe, with it's 2T engine in bits, but, your honnner, I bought it to use it, not display it on the kitchen table. Honest!

Edit: Might as well fess up to the mint Seagull 40+ And the tatty Silver Century (LS with clutch..)


There, That feels better... Ahhh.
 
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When I was having my mid-life crises (about 45 I think) I was on the point of buying a Little Grey Fergie or a boat. My missus (bless her) thought a boat was the lesser of two evils. She had visions of me driving the tractor to the local pub, with an extended guide cane of course, using green lanes and farm tracks and thought sailing would be safer and less stressful. Ah, the benefit of hindsight.

I still have a thing about old machinery, hence the ST idea :)
 
Hi Steve, well I have known you for a fair time and thought you a sensible chap. But now I realise that you are just as barmy as the rest/many/all of us. Long may it be so ...................much to the amazement of our SWMBO's .

Unc
 
Barmy? Don't know what you mean Unc. Seems perfectly rational to me:-)

Hours of fun doing it up. Small enough to sit in the living room on the table. Wife will get used to the smell after a while, she got used to me after all. And a lovely phut phut noise if it ever makes its way into the boat. What's not to like.

Happy new year mate.

Steve
 
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