Saving Old Seagulls

from what I can see this is the most anti boating country in the world..British waterways want 200 quid for me to put it in the canal for a 6 hour cruise ..thats because if you carnt lift it in they judge you need a crane and attendent saftey assesment .....they can get stuffed ..have built a ...

Hi it is a short shaft and is ideal for the boat.

Hi Ian i find the boat very stable not in the least tippy she is very sturdily made i use mine in the teign esturary and come the better weather will have no qualms going further in her my seagull is a forty+ so i guess around 2hp.

Dave

I have a picture in the boats for seagulls section

dave

Took it out for a run today and all fine loads of water coming through now it started second pull as per ran a tad lumpy for 5 mins then the revs picked up and it ran perfectly. thanks for the help

Dave

No worries Billy is a great guy to deal with.

Dave

It cost £1395 built by River Teign rowing boats it's the first boat i've had that didn't need restoring or building it makes a refreshing change

Dave

She's 12'3" x 4'8" built in boyancy the bow seat has a self draining well for anchor etc.

Well i went for it this afternoon the bolts came out easy would the clogging in the first picture have caused my problem? i cleared it with a small tool then flushed it with fresh water and a large capacity syringe hopefully the second pic shows how it should look. I have used the original gasket as ...

Yes brand new. The cooling water stops after a short while but in the process of removing the head to clean out the water ways.

I have just had a little go at the bolts and they turned easily so i have sprayed some more WD40 on them before going any further. Do i just remove the bolts and the head just comes off?

Dave

Took delivery of our rowing boat on Tuesday tried her out today the engine has a cooling problem so needs to be fixed before going beyond the estuary

Oh bum big job then (for me any way) i'll start spraying WD40 on the bolts for a week or so. The boat is primerily a rowing boat the engine is just auxilery power.
It's a motor i bought and spruced up so no idea of it's previous life.

Dave

Finaly got to run my 40 plus in the water today to start with i get water flow then after a few minutes it stops i cut it and do some rowing then if i start the engine again the same story water flow for a few minutes then it stops. Any ideas?

Dave

Would like to thank people for the help while undertaking my first ever engine tinkering i did all that i was told concerning gear box disasembly, cleaned replaced fuel tank and fuel system new throttle cable reset the needle new plug ht lead and neumerous bits and bobs nothing major i admit. Then ...