Saving Old Seagulls

Steering daysailers with Seagulls: My Sea Scout troop had a fat 16' daysailer, with a Seagull on a bracket on the transom, as far to the side as it could get. I found that the rudder would hit the prop when pushed over that way. Simple fix was to lash the rudder straight with bungie cord, and steer ...

Carb icing occurs due to a drop in temperature as the air flows through the carb venturi . This is a result of the physics of compressible flow. (I could have learned a whole lot more in that course if the prof had ever mentioned carburettors even once.) The air flows through the venturi, the temper...