Saving Old Seagulls

Yup that's right!

I took the pan off the stove and put it on the back of the boat!!


With a bit of cutting, I think it will work a treat!


Just coming after a play.
https://youtu.be/Xw86Ha56nWI


Dam photobucket wont let me turn the photos around!

excellent use of a kitchen implement. Is there any real improvement, as all my engines are currently "Un Paned"

Also interesting boat, any information, would be most welcome.

If it was "non stick" it would have less drag!

Now your cooking!

Drag wont be a problem at all, it has all of it's teflon still! The Missus has the old one, nothing but the best for me!!

This was only for a play to see if it would improve things any..... 10 km to 16 km , I think it helpped. I will be making another one but I had to give the pan a try before I used something that cost real money.


This is the site that I got the idea for the boat from http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/index.htm

Great idea and use of such an item ! Maybe fit out all your motors the same way , and see how it "pans" out

Hmmm.

The "DRAG" thing might be something to look at here.
Curved edges might hinder things a bit (better off being straight)

Straighten the curved edges and it will probably work reasonably well.

just my thoughts

good effort though

jon

Here is an "off the shelf" type of anti-cavitation plate !
I much prefer your version though

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/imag ... l8TMnemp7L

That one is just not right! it looks too good. (thanks for the photo it will help with making a new one)
My motto is I need to be able to make for as little as possible or free.
There is no point in paying out good money if the idea wont work.

Of Course.

tin·ker
ˈtiNGkər/
noun
noun: tinker; plural noun: tinkers

1.
(especially in former times) a person who travels from place to place mending metal utensils as a way of making a living.
a person who makes minor mechanical repairs, especially on a variety of appliances and apparatuses, usually for a living.
Britishderogatory
a Gypsy or other person living in an itinerant community.
2.
an act of attempting to repair something.

Last I hear You Aint A Gypsy..........John knows what they are ......

We are watching very closely as we need to know the level of skillet takes to make all this happen.

Big boots but you can can cook something up aye.

B

Interesting use of the british language there B

made me chuckle (quite a lot actually)



(note to self; must have a dictionary close to the puta at ALL times)

Jon

Ok, time to play spot the dumb arse.

Am i right in thinking this little add on to your outboard has the effect of not allowing it to be pulled deeper the more you rev it?

All insults gladly received

Sort of right.

It's got very little to do with cavitation & is more of a trim tab.

Some hulls have a considerable amount of rocker & when under power, the bow tends to rise & the stern gets lower in the water so rather than cutting cleanly through the water, the bow wave is formed half way down the hull & it looks like the hull is trying to climb over a lump in the water, slowing everything down.

This problem can be eased
(a) by moving the passengers right up into the bow & weighing the bow down,
(b) by fitting a trim tab as far back on the hull/motor as possible that forces the stern to rise & the bow fall when under way,
(c) finding a hull with almost no rocker that runs level under almost all stages of power.

If you look at any of the faster Seagull race boats almost no evidence of any rocker will be found.

So the anticav pan is a partial cure for using the wrong shaped hull in the wrong application.

Here's a pic of one I saw in the Union Canal near Ratho. I can only imagine that it was from a design in the Southern Hemisphere.

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