Saving Old Seagulls

Sea trials today . Unfortunately my Seagull had issues so back up was Sea Bee minor !

The new owner has contacted me , serial is F680A0 .

I saw it for sale somewhere recently , it was Seagull outboard fans on Facebook indeed . I was intrigued by the tank but not enough to bid ! I've messaged the guy to see if he still has note of the serial number as it has been sold now .

Would it be possible to get pictures from underneath ? It would be interesting to see if it's a correct fit onto the head or if there are any signs of alterations . I thought it may have been a Britannia tank but they're different .

Thanks for sharing that . Great set of pictures and the motor looks and sounds brilliant . How did you figure out its age ?

Have had alot of suggestions and comments over the weekend , Got a few leads to chase up !

Hi Dave Thanks for the information . I don't think the boat was ever rigged for sailing . There is no sign of any provision for a mast or rudder and the family which owned it previously had only used oars or a Seagull ! I would say it wasn't really built for an outboard because of the rake in the tr...

Many fishing vessels and work boats prefer the old school diesels for their rugged simplicity and reliability and I think the same could be said for Seagull . Most folk who are handy with a spanner can keep one going . On the larger modern engines if the computer says no they just stop or at best go...

Thanks for your comments . I'm taking the boat and some outboards to a vintage rally this weekend so hoping someone can fill in the blanks . I know it's history back as far as 1966 .

Just for fun , a picture of my 12 ft Orkney built clinker dinghy with 1960 '102' . The dinghy is older than the motor but I'm still trying to find out when and where it was built .

Looks the part

Do you need to adjust the trim a bit or is it just the way it looks in the picture ?

Stick an anode on , it'll be fine

Same here , all goes to Spain and Portugal on a vivier truck but alot of brown crab goes to China . Apologies to forum users , we've strayed from the original subject a bit

Ten baskets was ok with outboard but there wasn't enough room to row . I used an old 2 horse yam . I see them with the inflatable collars indeed which makes me think perhaps they need it for sailing . I downsized to a smaller boat so also a smaller tender . After ten years of sterling service I sold...