01-09-2015, 11:51 AM
Thank you for that post, Insolentsquid. A friend of my father's gave him an old British Seagull that had been to the bottom of the sea and had given up the ghost. Knowing little about engines then (I still don't), I took it home and pulled apart what I could to clean it up. Took it down to the sea, clamped it to the back of the dinghy, wound on the string, gave it a tug and away it went. It continued to run well for years. Wonderful things; an example of the elegance of simplicity.
The only complaint I had about it was that the exhaust ran down the back of the thing and—only once—I made the mistake of trying to carry the hot outboard with it.
The only complaint I had about it was that the exhaust ran down the back of the thing and—only once—I made the mistake of trying to carry the hot outboard with it.