Saving Old Seagulls

fleetingcontact wrote:I have an entire gearbox inc prop & water pump housing in very decent condition if you are interested.

Hi - do you still have this and is it the 5 blade hydrofan..?

Guys

Let me know if there is something needing to be moved here, as I travel weekly between oop Norf and daahn Saaf, and I can 'courier' if timing isnt an issue

Cheers

Peter

Hi Chales

Do you have an inboard in that selection...?

Cheers

Peter

H-A

Couple of questions...

are those joins using butt blocks..?

what weight is that cloth..??

Cheers

Pete

Interesting comments about the 'beach police' as I came across them this summer on Fistral Beach.

They had a very good setup with 2 swim/bodyboard areas, one either side of the surfers only area. Not only did they have the guys on the beach but also a jet ski and a guy in the water with the body ...

Ok...

Mk6 Hull with a few changes made, looks more 'boaty' at the front now !
Its also shorter by 350mm, making it a shade over 10ft, which is ideal as its got to fit on the Land Rover !

Cheers

Pete

Thanks H-A

The waterline that is shown is the one freeship has put in and I have no idea where it gets the information from in relation to calculating that !!

I'll have a play with bow widths etc and then get on with building it ! It's designed to use 3 sheets of ply with a double skinned transom ...

Evening all !!

Now I've cleared the garage I've now got chance to build a small (10ft) boat to use with the Forty plus that I restored last year.

Its been designed in carene, and this is the freeship output so far

new hull.jpg

Hull needs a skeg as its going to be dragged up a few shingle ...

Evening

Anyone got a spare brass fuel tap for a 40+ with the hose connector..?

I've got an awful plastic thing on mine and its ruining the look...

Cheers

Peter

Item is 370264890131

Cheers

Pete

What condition is the pump housing in..? there is a tolerance IIRC for the impeller to housing in the repair manual as the impeller can be fine but if the housing is badly pitted then it may not be pumping properly.

Is the inlet strainer in decent nick - mine seemed ok, but was collecting rubbish ...

Any reason you can't use 7/8th 16 guage..?? Its readily available in the UK as the model engineers use it

Cheers

Pete

Jimbob

A bit more info would be useful here..

What engine is it etc, which you can get from the Serial Number. This then gives an idea of weight, and then you can work out if there is a lighter engine.

Also, whats the boat its on..? Again, this will help as you might be overpowered for the boat ...

Crankcases were, I suspect, always bare aluminium.

Charles

Reading that makes me think someone had definitly had the paint pot out to mine - I stripped silver paint off from under the crud on the crankcase.

The tank had a few different layers - I went back to bare metal then primed and sanded ...

Looks good, i could never get my bracket to come up that colour.
Just one thing, is it only the later gulls that have to be painted?

Pizey,

Bracket was soaked in washing soda to get the caked on crud off, then a wire brush on the drill sorted the rest...

The brass tube was fun to do - it is a ...