Saving Old Seagulls

Yeah, go ahead and mock the dutch :mrgreen: , but one time the Yamaha 55 on my Zodiac stopped at about 2 km from the beach, and my son and I had to row back with tiny (obligatory) paddles. I will not easily forget that. So now I'm quite happy to have the Seagull; it can bark, make smoke signals ...

My English is not very good, I didn't know how else to put it. Used like this we call it - literally translated - a ' homebringer', as it's function when the main engine fails, is just that. It was cheaper than a set of emergency flares .

Last saturday I bought a BS 102 for 50 pounds (60 euros in The Netherlands), the seller did not know if it was in working order. He thought no parts were missing, and it had a spark. It had been in his shed for many years, he could not remember ever see it running. At home I cleaned it a bit ...