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Step 4Spare Motor
On that occasion our spare motor didn't run because it was too gunked up.
Be aware that gasoline starts degrading as soon as you mix the two-stroke oil with it and can be pretty bad in a few months. Replace your mixed gas and don't leave it in the motor or your carb will get clogged up with gunk.
Here on a different outing I'm steering the rudder with my foot and the outboard with my leg.
We don't usually need any motor at all except to to get in and out of the dead air in the marina.
But we carry a spare outboard motor in one of the outrigger hatches in case the wind dies and the diesel conks out while we're out on the water. We've had to use the outboard twice.
This one is a British Seagull Model 100 made sometime between 1959 and 1967.
It's about 5hp and has the big "barge pusher" propeller. It looks like the sort of motor a dinosaur would use. This little motor and big propeller combination pushes the boat okay as long as there isn't too much of a headwind. Don't get one of these motors please. Get a four stroke or an oil-injected two stroke at least. This motor is a filthy oil-leaking oil-burning machine. We only carry it as insurance. Our diesel runs on biodiesel and is very clean.
"belt and suspenders" an old electronics guru used to say. I've found that two dead motors are a lot more useful than just one.
Be aware that gasoline starts degrading as soon as you mix the two-stroke oil with it and can be pretty bad in a few months. Replace your mixed gas and don't leave it in the motor or your carb will get clogged up with gunk.
Here on a different outing I'm steering the rudder with my foot and the outboard with my leg.
We don't usually need any motor at all except to to get in and out of the dead air in the marina.
But we carry a spare outboard motor in one of the outrigger hatches in case the wind dies and the diesel conks out while we're out on the water. We've had to use the outboard twice.
This one is a British Seagull Model 100 made sometime between 1959 and 1967.
It's about 5hp and has the big "barge pusher" propeller. It looks like the sort of motor a dinosaur would use. This little motor and big propeller combination pushes the boat okay as long as there isn't too much of a headwind. Don't get one of these motors please. Get a four stroke or an oil-injected two stroke at least. This motor is a filthy oil-leaking oil-burning machine. We only carry it as insurance. Our diesel runs on biodiesel and is very clean.
"belt and suspenders" an old electronics guru used to say. I've found that two dead motors are a lot more useful than just one.
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Jan 6, 2010. 9:02 PMmarketdriven
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There is fuel extender that you add to the gasoline. Find some the red stuff and it will allow you to have gasoline in the Seagull longer. It goes by one brand name Stabil. http://www.goldeagle.com/brands/stabil/default.aspx Sorry, no shameless add just wanted you to know for the future.
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