Saving Old Seagulls

Event Follow up Sensational! Despite the cold start & early fog, the weather turned out to wonderful clear day with little wind. A big turnout of some 35 or so participants with a wide variety of vessels from big trailer yachts to long-boats. A most enjoyable tiki-tour around the lake with it’s ...

Date TBA June 2012
Brass Monkey Winter Harbour Cruise, Portobello, Dunedin. NZ

Contact Graham Innes 03 472 8143, or, Bryan Fisher 03 471 0449, or,
Kevin Hislop 03 472 8806 H, or, John Dale 03 489 3377 johndale@clear.net.nz

Final details to come
www.regattaevents.co.nz

Tinker

So much water, so many outboards & so little time

Might give the Briggs & Stratton a run, or, maybe the longtail.

Distance looks about 20-Nm max by my estimate.

Rex

(A word from the organiser) Hi everyone For those of you who have not started getting ready – start panicking – especially if you have not checked your boat/engine – or have not finished building the boat that you have been talking about doing for the last 3 months…. J ONE WEEK to go to sign up!!!!!...

Tinker

I'll be there. Dead keen,

Never been out on Maraetai before, so, this ticks off another upper Waikato Lake

We need to talk to the others at Mangakino & see who's keen on Whakamaru or whatever lake is next on the list.

Rex

16th Saturday and 17th Sunday June 2012 Lake Maraetai at Mangakino, NZ Set sail approx 9:30am-ish Accommodation options; Mangkino Lakeside Village Inn $40 pp with breakfast included at 07 8828321 with approx 8 rooms, Lake Maraetai Lodge 07 8828940 with 6 rooms plus a bunk room, Camping is allowed at...

I sharpen all mine by hand

Would like a nice sharpening jig. but have not found a really good one in 20 years of looking

Suggest restoring broken drills, as practice for your skills

Rex

Davecarole

What's the plan for the next Choulsey meet?

Has a date been set?

Rex

H-A

Yes, I'd have to conceed Lerryn is the biggest (in terms of participation). And well done too. Obviously appeals to a wide audience.

RexNZ

All I think Buzzook has done an admiral job of gathering interest & co-ordinating events. Often this is a thankless task. Underlying it all is a huge latent Ozzy interest. 8) Time for a laugh: It seems old Britannia mistakenly rounded up all the cheeky upstarts, it's best & brightest, &,...

CharlesP Yes, Agree induction is a bit noisy. Some time ago I came up with this concept plan to duct the inlet. Yet to actually undertake it. * adapt the hood inlet to pvc waste-pipe by the careful use of heat-gunning. * neatly fix the pvc to the hood with screws * join the pvc to lightweight flexi-...

All

Here's a direct link to the Bermuda PDF

http://seagulloutboard.com/wp-content/u ... l-Race.pdf

Rex NZ

Bychance I had a gearbox that did a similar thing It turned out to be there was a mark on the propshaft across the bearing journal. It acted somehow like a pump & swapped all the oil for water. My forensic analysis concluded the mark was caused by some damn fool having grabbed the shaft with pli...

Daryl

Thanks for posting the 'Silicon Chip' pages

Up til now, I've been reluctant to buy one of these kits without the supporting article

What's your preferred potting compound? I use epiglass HT9000 but it's a bit expensive.

Rex NZ

Jerry Here's my current opinion, which no doubt will be fiercely contested & as such I don't recommend it As for fuel, I'd add 10% Avgas, as it's got lots of volatile component. Makes the motor easy to start, especially in cold weather As for oil in the fuel, I'd use whatever is cheap. The speci...