Saving Old Seagulls

Nice one CeeBee.

Looks and sounds like a good day was had. Any videos ?

...and I notice The word "pub" occurs in many of your communications...reoccurring theme me thinks.

Cheers

Pricey

I'm no expert on Seagulls but having pulled mine apart and put it back together again, it's not unlike any other piece of combustion powered machinery that's been submerged, and I've dealt with a few of those. It's not like it's been there for sometime so I reckon shake it till it's free of the salt...

speed is governed by water line length when the boat is in displacement so at 14 ft your hull speed will be around 5.2 knots. Not till you have the power to lift the hull to plane will the speed increase. so the answer is probably not, whether you use a silver century plus or a 40+, your top speed ...

It costs a £5 per day for purchase a pleasure boat licence and £8 deposit to loan a windlass. If you want a Pleasure boat licence for an open boat with outboard you also need to fill in a boat safety cert exemption form. To use the locks you have to buy a Pleasure Boat licence. If your not using the...

CeeBee, Yes let me know if access is available at Gunthorpe. To be fair I'm looking forward to using the locks, emptying/filling the locks real slow then lining the boat through, I'm in no rush. Once I've been on't maiden run I'll give you t'nod, I'm not shy but if I'm gonna make a goon of myself fi...

Hello CeeBee, What part of t'woods do you hail from?... I'm going to use the locks rather than portage. Whilst "Tilly" is reasonably light my 2nd crew member "her indoors" int that strong and will most likely break a nail. I'm hoping to get on this coming week so listen outb for ...

Cheers Oyster. Maiden voyage should be in next two on the Chesterfield Canal from the Tapton slipway to the Stavely basin and back again. It will be a better run when the Canal finally joins the rest of the Chesterfield canal and even more so when the Chesterfield Marina comes to fruition. Will post...

...well it's been a year nearly with work and life in general getting in the way of fettling my little dinghy and the all important Seagull outboard.
A bit rough around the edges but better late than never, eh?

Pricey wrote: So the only part of my question I'm unsure of is what should or should not reside between the clutch drive and the spring ?

All sorted with the help of a member on here and John of SOS.

For the curious the spring is face to face with clutch drive, no thrust washer.

Cheers

Pricey.

Very handy a trailer with a launching trolley. Only snag with a direct drive is that when you start it ----- it goes. I have seen some exciting moments and been part of them. Nice boat but it looks more suitable for a short shaft seagull. Just read the engine number --- it has a clutch. Thank you, ...

Charles, thank you for your detailed reply. I take from it that the "look see feel hear " technique should be applied for crown wheel lash ? I'll get the three thrust washers ordered from John. So the only part of my question I'm unsure of is what should or should not reside between the cl...

Hello, Can anyone help me with my gearbox quandary... I need to know what sits between the clutch spring and the clutch drive as when I stripped mine out I found a bunch of rusty mild steel washers used to compress the spring so that the drive was engaged hard on and I was unable to operate the clut...

Just a hello from newbie who's been lurking in the shadows. I recently bought these two despite no previous marine experience. I'll be plaguing the life out of the brains on here during my fettling of my FPC701BB8 Seagull. Intend on using them on local canals and rivers once done as there's not much...