Saving Old Seagulls

have just notice that there is a BMB BRITANNIA SWORDFISH for grabs on ebay restored by the vendors late father.

Does that mean you have a spare you are willing to part with.

Thanks for the info.

Thanks for your comments.

Hi, does anyone know the prop size for the swordfish and the mariner, are they the same size !. the mariner sits on a reduction gearbox of 2:1 is the swordfish geared the same.

Hi Dave,thanks for the comment but it was not my intension to belittle anyone, my father was a toolmaker by trade and his hobby was building model steam engines and when he passed 2 years ago he left my brother and i the contents of his workshop , i got his lathe and a milling machine and my brother ...

a few more photos in daylight,

I found myself with some spare time on my hands this weekend so i decided to have a go at making a silencer for the mariner out of brass sheeting.what do you think , to big.

cheers.

i have had my mariner running for a while now and have noticed that it smokes quite a lot, is there anything i can do to rectify this. is it a case of replacing the piston rings or will it involve a rebore, as i intend to put it back into service at some point in the future i want to be as ...

Thanks for the info. do you seal the tank with anything afterwards to prevent the rust from re accuring ?

when you cleaned the inside out (caustic soda ) what mixture did you use. ?

Nice job oyster 49, my tank had a leak on the top inner curve above the fuel tap cause by a bad solder repair.managed to repair it after more soft solder fell out during resoldering.

thanks for the comments, i had the engine running for 45 minutes today she started first pull thanks to oyster 49 for some technical assistance ( timing was way out ) she had a couple of water leaks but they are sorted now and she is a little smokey but i put that down to the fact that i got the ...

here are a couple more photos which didnt upload the last time.