Saving Old Seagulls

LS36688 .... awaiting restoration sometime. I guess i'm not the winner!

I acquired a tatty LS a few months ago which I am looking to rebuild over the winter .... along with a long shaft wartime SD. Looks like it was running off an auxilary tank and battery as it has no tank + a flying cables. I'm not up for rebuilding it as I dont have a suitable craft. I was thinking ...

I'm liking that alot and would love one for the same reason (working under the boat, not catching Crayfish :) )

Some (daft) questions
- What application are the pumps made for?
- Why two pumps. They are in parallel to supply the right volume of air?
- How is the delivery of air matched to your ...

Well, my Forty Plus is a Mark 2 of 1977 vintage. The tank is badly dented / I am looking for a better starting point to fill and paint.
I have seen a few that look suitable (same dimensions with Seagull embossed into the end panels) but cant be sure they will fit, especally where they are described ...

Are "Forty" and "Century" brass tanks one and the same for a given year?

I had exactly the same requirement as you. We have been using a 2.9m hardtail with inflatable keel from the jetty to our yacht and have a 2.4m softtail as a tender in the cockpit locker. Our everyday outboard is a Honda 2.3hp four stroke. Even though the Seagull is for entertainment, I wanted one ...

O.K Thanks. Pretty much as I thought then.
I'm not planning to spray until the weather improves so i'll leave alone till the spring

I want to strip and respray original 1980 steel tank.
I've tried a test square with a hot air gun and ended up with a 'mush'

How have others deat with this?

Here you go .... Not sure if it shows the material very well. It has a slightly satin 'turned' finish and no rust !

I am currently rebuilding a recently acquired 1977 40+ unused for 5+ years
It has a very nice S/S drive tube, presumabley not O.E. Where might this have beem made / are they commonplace?

Most of it's nuts and bolts are S/S too. I am also replacing the exhaust tube for S/S as per Oysters Little ...

I'm liking your exhaust tube ... what diameter / what seller?
Was "dressing the inside of the tube" just a bit of filing?

I dug out my biggest flathead screwdriver .... Fortunately, its a lovely wide slot in the screw!
A huge effort and it finally unscrewed with the pulley as described above
A few taps and the pulley separated. Thank You

.... both the pulley and the retaining screw :-(

To an extent it doesn't matter, but I want it to be right.
I have been soaking it in penertrating oil for weeks in the hope that either the pulley wheel frees up or the retaining screw will undo
Has anyone overcome this problem? The thought of ...

Anyone got any recommentations for the correct shade of blue / petrol proof paint?

I saw one entered in the Dartmonth raft race years ago 1992 - just a sealed shell. They had a much lower number than us and so started earlier. They did really well until they got to the wier. It had all but sunk when we passed it.