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Old 09 August 2006, 10:43   #1
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Guess the engine size?

My friend has this seagull in his shed, he knows its really old like 30odd years, anyone know the hp rating please?
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Old 09 August 2006, 15:25   #2
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Seagull Forty Featherweight.

Engine Number F 2077 GG4 is a Seagull Forty Featherweight which was manufactured in 1974 and is in the 2 h.p. category.
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Old 09 August 2006, 15:25   #3
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My friend has this seagull in his shed, he knows its really old like 30odd years, anyone know the hp rating please?

Definitely a Featherweight, 1-2hp

See here for definitive ID: http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/i__d__letters.htm

Bear in mind that the engine could be a ‘bitsa,’ assembled from several different models. Does it have a Bing carb – square metal plate over the air intake, instead of the round plastic hole?
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Definitely a Featherweight, 1-2hp

See here for definitive ID: http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/i__d__letters.htm

Bear in mind that the engine could be a ‘bitsa,’ assembled from several different models. Does it have a Bing carb – square metal plate over the air intake, instead of the round plastic hole?

July 1974 by the way - a vintage year!
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Old 09 August 2006, 18:19   #5
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I've just bought one of those to use as an auxiliary!

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Just remember HP is not the only thing to go by though. Mate had a Warrior fishing boat with a Yam 5hp aux - wouldn't move him against the tide. He tried out his father's old Seagul and it was far better even though it was of a lower HP rating.
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Seagulls are actually ideal as an auxiliary though-they were designed to move quite large displacement hulls.

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My friend has this seagull in his shed, he knows its really old like 30odd years,....
I believe seagulls can live to around 45 years.



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Old 10 August 2006, 11:30   #9
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Dad has an old Seagull and I can remember it being an old Seagull when I was very young i.e. probably 28 years ago.... so it may well be 40+?

The boat blew away about 10 years ago so it doesn't get much use these days
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