Saving Old Seagulls

Photos from the day can be seen at www.facebook.com/BermudaRISR - you shouldn't need an account

2024 RISR results email as follows from Martine, for those not on the email list:

For once the day dawned with light winds and no rain forecast!!! Thank you Seagull gods for finally giving us decent weather.

Albeit first thing in the morning – South Shore outside of the reef looked pretty calm ...

Haven't been able to get a whole lot of photos taken by others, and I did miss quite a few boats as my camera was not particularly pleased to be out in the rain!

But there are some good photos and videos that can be seen on the Bermuda Seagull Racing facebook page at facebook.com/bermudaseagull ...

More photos:

The weather was certainly less than cooperative this year – we had some intense rain squalls moving across the island throughout the day, and south shore proved to be quite a challenge for everyone with rather unpleasant chop making it a wet and bumpy passage. Even the conditions on north shore ...

Do I know you Paskoya?


You do indeed, we spoke over the weekend, and I'm not the one with the great big beard :lol:


Let's hope we can get a couple of Limeys over there next June to show you Onion eaters how to do it! Rene is up for it & I might have one more go before I get too old.


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Some more photos of the new motor and sport classes.

I've attached a few photos of the race - more can be seen at the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... AOiE8Ru0It

JERSEYMAN wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 1:10 pm Thanks for that Charles, seems quite tough but what a great event, all I have to do now is see if I can get it together for next year!

It would be great to have you in the race next year! Bring a motor along, and I'm sure we can set you up with a suitable boat.

Charles uk wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:21 pm Just a quick question, how do you remove the crank from your hybrid?

Gentle heating with an electric hot air gun seems to do the trick, the cases then separate without too much force, and the crank can be pulled out of the bearings by hand. I've not had to use a crank puller/extractor.

Hi Stelios,

Another potential to resurrect a 5R with a dead crankshaft is to fit it with a standard Kingfisher/Osprey crank and 35mm OD - 5/8" ID roller bearings.

My current race motor is a Kingfisher/5R hybrid - I'm using a 5R crankcase, 35mm - 5/8" bearings and a remanufactured roller bearing ...

I’m debating wether or not I need to install a expansion exhaust.


If this is your first effort at putting a racing Seagull together, an expansion chamber/tuned exhaust will probably serve as an unnecessary distraction - there is a lot of extra performance to be had from a Century that has been ...

I've been having a closer look at the carburetors; an Amal 416-1 from the Osprey, and an Amal 420-4 from the Kingfisher, with 95 and 115 jet sizes respectively. Given that the 420 came from a motor with a fuel pump, can it be gravity fed only, or is a pump necessary?
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A flex-hone it is then! I'll keep my eyes peeled for a reasonably priced one.

I'm now trying to get a look at the crankshaft to see what condition it and the bearings are in, which necessitates removing the flywheel. For the non-roller QBs, are you supposed to use the hammer blow method for ...