Saving Old Seagulls

Muckle Flugga and Out Stack.JPG Well, SJM555R6 made it over the top of the UK, round Out Stack and Muckle Flugga. However, the Northerly F6 and associated sea state made it difficult / dangerous to use on the 2.4m inflatable so she was a passenger on the pushpit. From left to right you can just mak...

The northern latitudes are like the little girl, with a little curl, in the middle of her forehead, when they are good they are very very good, but when they are bad they are horrid! The constant summer light is indeed surprising, as is the oft-required combination of thermals and sunscreen. And the...

Just returned from a sailing trip around Orkney & Shetland. Most northerly deployment of SJM555R6 so far was at Hoswick, Shetland 59 59.764N 1 15.36W where she took us ashore to the pub (we thought). Turns out the pub closed 6 months ago. However, the generous people of Hoswick signed us into th...

I have one also. Legs are plain ally, 19mm diameter. Note the cost saving measure of only fitting two bolts per bracket. Wood is painted blockboard. Definitely for display only, too wobbly for any serious work. IMG_1444.jpg IMG_1443.jpg Forgot to say, different looking brackets on this one to the pi...

Double check that the brass collar is on the right way round. I have one or two where the hole for the pin is slightly offset front-to-back.

7/16" BSF.

I have tried the water method but I could not get the tanks to confess to conspiracy of any kind. But seriously, it will help to push out some of the gentler dents, and help to a lesser extent with creases, but can severely deform the rest of an oval tank, depends how bad things are. See below. Work...

Just saw Keith's post. Nice job. The other way of getting the pipe id the right size is with the expanders which custom exhaust fabricators use to create joins where one pipe fits inside another. Again, a proper machine shop needed.

I tried that 3" stainless tube from metals4u a while back on my century and the tube id is slightly too small. even with slots cut in the top it needs grinding or machining out a bit to get it to fit. even then the wall thickness is a bit too much and the tube too stiff to properly compress ont...

The water method works on fuel tanks, but does tend to make them bulge a bit if you go too far. Here's a mad idea. Use vacuum, not pressure. 1) Assuming the float is airtight, find an old strong tin with a well fitting lid big enough for the float to fit in it - e.g an old paint tin or a golden syru...

For storage and carrying I made a seagull "sleeping bag" from an old mattress cover, complete with "pillow" for the tank. IMG_1097.jpg And then adapted an old duffel bag for it to fit into. IMG_1098.jpg The padding absorbs any oily seepage, and also makes it comfy to carry. Simpl...

OK, so it is not a 102, but in response to Tinker, here is one UK Seagull, SJM555, that still works for a living, having delivered us to a vital refuelling destination during last June's sailing in the Western Isles of Scotland. Like me she is 56 years old, and still going strong. However, I have ha...

On my century and featherweight they seem to be 3/4 inch BSF.

Previous thread on gearbox oil seals. http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1806&p=11271&hilit=v12a#p11271 RS application data RS Stock No. 749-597 Catalogue page http://uk.rs-online.com/web/0749597.html V12A nitrile V-ring seal,10.5mm ID 'V'-Ring Seals Mounting ...

RS components (or "radiospares" as some of us oldies remember them) certainly used to a business-to-business outfit. But these days you do not need to be a business or set up an account (in the business sense) with them. I have ordered stuff from rs since before 2007 - you just register yo...