Kiteroa 8 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Any of you guys have a Seagull 'Silver Century' outboard sitting in the shed that needs moving on? I'm specifically after the Silver Century model. That's the one with the square block and the larger aft exhaust tube. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I've got about half a dozen Seagulls under my house,, prob got one like that,, will have a shifty over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Any of you guys have a Seagull 'Silver Century' outboard sitting in the shed that needs moving on? I'm specifically after the Silver Century model. That's the one with the square block and the larger aft exhaust tube. Cheers. Have to ask .... what are you going to do with it? You need a full oil spill kit to operate one of them these days.... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Any of you guys have a Seagull 'Silver Century' outboard sitting in the shed that needs moving on? I'm specifically after the Silver Century model. That's the one with the square block and the larger aft exhaust tube. Cheers. Have to ask .... what are you going to do with it? You need a full oil spill kit to operate one of them these days.... Someone wants to beat the old guys http://vimeo.com/74987669# Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Someone wants to beat the old guys http://vimeo.com/74987669# Ah so that's what W.T has been up to! Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 I've got about half a dozen Seagulls under my house,, prob got one like that,, will have a shifty over the weekend. That would be awesome. Thanks very much. Yeah, there's quite a healthy seagull racing circuit running. The main race is the Waikato river event. 88Nm down the river. The top guys in the super modified open class are doing over 25 knots in pretty high-tec boats. My mate and I are racing in the New Bermudan class and we’re touching on 13 knots with 2 of us in the boat. We need the Silver Century engine to keep up with the old fellas though. We’ve been running the 102’s and we’re just not getting the numbers we need to be competitive. The SC engine has far greater scope for increasing compression and fitting better carbs. So if we can show up with a very high tech boat and an engine that is close to some of the old fellas, I think we can take them. Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 So when are you going to fit a blower to it? Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Here are the rules and some general info. http://seagulloutboard.com/?page_id=11 If you want to fit a blower, you'll be in the same class as these guys: Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 How cool is that! Any fitted with nitrous? Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 it's a reliability race. The harder you push the engine, the less chance you have of finishing. A lot of the fast guys don't finish. The luckiest guy usually wins. Most of the super quick engines are single use units! Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Still on the lookout for one of these Silver century Seagull engines if any one knows of one around somewhere..... Link to post Share on other sites
bushman 12 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 WHY ???? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I see there is a sunburst on trade me with a century motor. Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 WHY ???? Because there is a really cool racing circuit running and the boats are quite design critical and good fun to build. You can also be really rough and no one cares. Roughness is encouraged even. https://picasaweb.google.com/105360752945734978621/2013GreatWaikatoRiverSeagullChallenge Link to post Share on other sites
bushman 12 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I don't feel so out side the square now about my obsession about scows now .... thanks i feel quite normal Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 I don't feel so out side the square now about my obsession about scows now .... thanks i feel quite normal Haters keep hating..... I'm not care. Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 This is so cool. It kinda reminds me of Ogres proa mates. An eccentric bunch, but also a really good lot. I have such fond memories of bombing around in an old beaten up ply dinghy with a 2 1/2 hp 'gull on the back. When my Dad "upgraded" me to a 4 hp I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! I can remember a school class mate had a fibreglass dinghy with a 4 hp Johnson outboard and he could go faster then me. I was jealous of that until the day we tied our boats back to back and then fired up our outboards. I dragged him backwards across Stanmore Bay! Never suffered from jealousy again. Seagulls Rule!!! Link to post Share on other sites
bushman 12 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 i want one now ...i have a cunning plan Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 i want one now ...i have a cunning plan You need a lot of cunning plans to foot it with some of the old dudes! When we first launched our fine 20ft class boat ‘Paris Hilton’ we were half the weight of the next lightest boat in our division and our hull looked to be the most efficient in the fleet. We thought our engine was ok, for all practical purposes it was the same as what our competition was using. We finished dead last against the other 20ft boats. Now I’m starting to understand a little more about the engine. Fuel is a biggie. And the prop is the next big one. There are a lot of small tricks that give you a 100rpm extra. What you assume will give you performance on a modern engine doesn’t always apply to the dirty seagull. Often what you think will give you an edge actually makes you go slower! Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Now I’m starting to understand a little more about the engine. Fuel is a biggie. And the prop is the next big one. There are a lot of small tricks that give you a 100rpm extra. What you assume will give you performance on a modern engine doesn’t always apply to the dirty seagull. Often what you think will give you an edge actually makes you go slower! You can't leave it like that! What have you learnt? Spill the beans this is facinating. Link to post Share on other sites
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