Saving Old Seagulls

I remember the two Seagulls we had in our family [which included a forty plus, I was very proud of!] came with, even at that time, interesting instruction books. This would have been late fifties and I remember the phrase about not talking and making adverse remarks about other peoples boats because...

I recently obtained for my Forty plus a "storm cowl" from John. This grandly named original item from Seagull is a rubber, downward facing air intake that fits over the carb. However once fitted the engine appeared to run too rich, choking and stopping once raised above idle. An email to t...