Saving Old Seagulls

Hi Charles,
I forgot to add that my Suzuki is approx imately 30 years old!!!!!!!
Regards, Alan

:twisted: Hi Charles, I would not take this challenge too lightly as there may not be as much in it as you think. I have a Suzuki 2.2 and use a 40 plus just to keep it in good order. They both push my little inflatable along a a fair lick, but with a light boat the suzuki may have the edge. I can ge...

Nice try Sandy, but maybe you should take a close look at a Seagull. They have a removable pivot pin so the locks you suggest are useless. John's suggestion of a a chain and padlock round the drive shaft to something solid on the boat is the only real answer.
regards, A

I ahve tried to find a padlock with a long staple but not been able to find on that is quite long enough to go right through where the lpivot pin goes. If anyone does come across a source please circulate it.

Alan G

:D Just to follow up on points made by "headcase" The prop on a century is much better suited to pushing a heavy hull. Like him I have used a forty plus for a Snapdragon, but it is a struggle. Even my century struggles in windy conditions and could do with a bit more OOMPH at times. OK in ...

:lol: Hi Charles, I wondered from you comment about your book and wartime years of the seagulls if you had managed to get information from the Institution of Royal Engineers. I would have thought that given the extensive use the Royal Engineers made of seagulls they would have had ample material to ...

Hi Charles, Just to pick up on a point in your last post. Most of the wartime material could till have its original drive legs etc.even if painted. The army painted everything to prevent shine in wartime and this was continued long after the war "if it moves salute it; if it doesn't paint it&qu...

:lol: Charles Have you tried the Royal Engineers Museum, Prince Arthurs Road Gillingham. They had a wealth of information about the D day landings and I recall seeing pictures of pontoon with seagulls attached as well as recce boats in later years. The other source of information may be the Institut...