Post by theoldfart2 on Jul 26, 2013 19:37:01 GMT
Well what can I say?
since my last post I have had dozens of PMs all begging me to sod off and stay off the forum,so knowing that I have upst so many people I just had to return,and by the look of it none too soon.
naturally,as the summer finally arrived, like many others I decided to take the gamble that we would get more than two days calm weather and decided to dig the boat out of the nettle patch and get out there amongst it.
having got nipper to clear most of his crap out of my shed,Imanaged to get to the back and get out the trusty Seagull.
British engineering at its finest. A Silver century pluss,long shaft,with the long range tank and clutch and the recoil pull start.
Naturally, it had not been started for three years, since it was last put away, but these old beauty's don't need maintaince, they just run forever!
So I puts it in the tank, just to test the old girl and gets ready to fire her up.
Nipper, the disbelieving little toe tag that he is, don't believe she will start.
So first pull and nothing.
Ten minutes of pulling later, still nothing.
Finally check the tank.
Cant believe it! No bloody petrol. I know there was some in there when I put it away, but that is what you get when we have to buy petrol from the Rag Heads.
Now if it had been proper 5 Star North Sea petrol with a shot of RedX like we used to have back in the day, it would still be there after three years.
Still boat and motor sorted and off we go, well for half a mile then the mighty Seagull stops.
After 15 minutes the bloody thing still won't go, worse I had my stupid Nipper with me.
'Is it a two stroke' he says 'Cos you have to put oil in the petrol'
'No' I tells him 'it's a fxxxxng three stroke, a two stroke engine and the stroke I am about to have starting the bloody thing'
Finally give up and row home. Still keeps you healthy.
Take Mighty Seagull to be serviced, set out next day.
Get to same spot, Seagull breaks down, must be a sign so fish there, Nothing. row home again.
Take Mighty seagull back, find fault, set off again full of confidence.
Mighty Seagull breaks down again at same spot. fxxxxng row home again.
So far £20 on petrol, £80 on motor, £50 on new gear and only two blood mackerel that nipper caught as I was rowing home.
As we pull the boat up the beach, my old mate comes down and says he has a 3 hp foreign outboard that I can use. Bloody rubbish made out of old Melted down Zero Fighters, still I accept it, till the Seagull is sorted.
Bloody thing is rubbish!
Starts every time,runs sweet as a nut,takes all the excitement of rowing home away.
Anyone want to buy a Seagull long shaft as an investment,? You may well sneer but just look how much vintage British Motorcycles are going for now!
No bloody fish out there,but that is another story
TOF
since my last post I have had dozens of PMs all begging me to sod off and stay off the forum,so knowing that I have upst so many people I just had to return,and by the look of it none too soon.
naturally,as the summer finally arrived, like many others I decided to take the gamble that we would get more than two days calm weather and decided to dig the boat out of the nettle patch and get out there amongst it.
having got nipper to clear most of his crap out of my shed,Imanaged to get to the back and get out the trusty Seagull.
British engineering at its finest. A Silver century pluss,long shaft,with the long range tank and clutch and the recoil pull start.
Naturally, it had not been started for three years, since it was last put away, but these old beauty's don't need maintaince, they just run forever!
So I puts it in the tank, just to test the old girl and gets ready to fire her up.
Nipper, the disbelieving little toe tag that he is, don't believe she will start.
So first pull and nothing.
Ten minutes of pulling later, still nothing.
Finally check the tank.
Cant believe it! No bloody petrol. I know there was some in there when I put it away, but that is what you get when we have to buy petrol from the Rag Heads.
Now if it had been proper 5 Star North Sea petrol with a shot of RedX like we used to have back in the day, it would still be there after three years.
Still boat and motor sorted and off we go, well for half a mile then the mighty Seagull stops.
After 15 minutes the bloody thing still won't go, worse I had my stupid Nipper with me.
'Is it a two stroke' he says 'Cos you have to put oil in the petrol'
'No' I tells him 'it's a fxxxxng three stroke, a two stroke engine and the stroke I am about to have starting the bloody thing'
Finally give up and row home. Still keeps you healthy.
Take Mighty Seagull to be serviced, set out next day.
Get to same spot, Seagull breaks down, must be a sign so fish there, Nothing. row home again.
Take Mighty seagull back, find fault, set off again full of confidence.
Mighty Seagull breaks down again at same spot. fxxxxng row home again.
So far £20 on petrol, £80 on motor, £50 on new gear and only two blood mackerel that nipper caught as I was rowing home.
As we pull the boat up the beach, my old mate comes down and says he has a 3 hp foreign outboard that I can use. Bloody rubbish made out of old Melted down Zero Fighters, still I accept it, till the Seagull is sorted.
Bloody thing is rubbish!
Starts every time,runs sweet as a nut,takes all the excitement of rowing home away.
Anyone want to buy a Seagull long shaft as an investment,? You may well sneer but just look how much vintage British Motorcycles are going for now!
No bloody fish out there,but that is another story
TOF
