Saving Old Seagulls

Yes but you get a lot of good Scottish propeller for your money.

I suddenly had a vision of kippers. Wonder if it could be packed in kippers?

Might listen to Supertramp, Breakfast in America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGzLXd811YI

Now there is a good Pommy band in the day of the British Seagull. Wonder if it was played in the factory?

I bet many a Seagull was used to catch herrings for Kippers. A couple of barge pushers on two dorys would be just the thing for hauling the nets.

Could deliverv it myself if they would let me stick it in my suitcase what you think

I've done that several times via Sidney to Auckland, but that was in the old days when the baggage allowance was 69 kilos (inc 7 carry on) it's a bit more difficult when the cheap airlines only let you have 22 + 5 carry on.

I took a century to Auckland this Easter split between 2 of us on Singapore with 32 + 5 carry on, with spares & a tool kit.

Thanks Charles, i have been going to ask how you get your motors to Kiwi land for racing.

Hi andrew tell me that big prop has arrived down under

The big bad boy is not here yet.
But you did pack it in a box of scotch didn't you, so it will take post office a while to drink it. Then recover so i should see it soon.

Yes washed down with the amber necter

Yes washed down with the amber necter

Its here, and ready to go. Stuck a Bowtie next to it for size.

Who,s the daddy there

Well I have been home alone for a week now, and was starting to getting board.
My big prop had arrived from Scotland, and i drunk the scotch to celebrate, I had picked up a old box of seagull parts from the northern suburbs and got some handbooks for the 50's 60's and 70's a few props a silver century plus 4:1 gearbox, some springs and a box of D16 plugs. And to top it off the clymer Seagull service manual. plus some rings and an impeller so was quite happy with my self.

And as i looked at the bowtie prop i had used as a size comparison and colected the broken prop from the workshop floor, i though for a moment i might JB weld the the blabe back on and send it to Hugz for his collection, he said he wanted one.
But the the power hacksaw in the corner called to me and the bench grinder next to it as well, and a beer or two later i had the 102plus bowtie special 13 inch prop. (Sorry Hugz) But i just wanted to see what one was like. I runs very well a lot more thrust than the 9 inch, but not the brutal power of the four blader.

See men should never be left alone to long.

What prop should I be using on a 102 to push a heavy flat bottomed barge around ?