Alfashark Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said: Now I need to fix the boat to put it on... Coarse-pitch prop and one of these is what you need... https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/sports/kayaks/other/listing/2404399209 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Parts arrived yesterday from the UK so I'll be able to assemble the mounting bracket properly. But time to look at my pleasure craft dinghy. Transom was obviously rotted out... And I couldn't figure out what was filling the gap between the two wooden sections, was bog... So unbolted/pried it apart, quite a few slaters living in it... and seemed to be stuck on with a gallon of silicon... But cleaned up looks ok. And all under the edge of the boat (the gunwale?) any cracks had been 'repaired' by screwing lumps of wood to it. All rotten AF now... So fair bit of fibreglass repair work to do but basically sound. I may look at using HDPE plastic as a replacement transom board to avoid painting/epoxy coating marine ply, will see how cost effective it is... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 This is a super cool project mate ! Whats the plan once its all good to go ? Small family outings to catch some fresh fish ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lord Gruntfuttock Posted November 20, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2019 Yep we've got a place at Riverton so plan is to try it out there. Two rivers converge at the mouth (Pourakino and Aparima) so want to chuff up the Pourakino for a look (the one on the left). Being tidal you get dolphins chasing mullet up past the bridge, and target is big silver sea-run trout full of whitebait... Plus if I go upstream I can merrily float back down to the pub when it conks out (in a film of rainbow coloured water)... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 That low compression test (around 55 lbs) has been bothering me, but I realise now it was probably done with the throttle closed, and with a dry bore, so might be better than that? Just done some research however, and Barry-forum-consensus indicates it's probably ok on these wonderful machines... "The Century and Silver Century, Model 102, from new 55psi, but they work well down to only 35psi, amazing!" "The best Century or Silver Century I've seen has about 72 psi, I'm happy if I find one that is 60 cold and dry. They seem to run well at 50 psi and I've seen them run with 35 psi." "Most Centuries and Silver Centuries I come across show compression numbers of 50- 65 psi by my gauge, my best one being 72 psi. The worst I've measured was 35 psi." So that's good, might run another test on weekend to confirm, and also raise the needle a little to richen it up to see if that reduces backfiring, think it's a couple of turns below flush... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 That reminds me of a sharn. Years back there was a student who was doing a school cert geography exam. One of the questions was "Name a rivermouth bar". Their answer was "The Aparima Tavern". They got full marks. 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lord Gruntfuttock Posted November 20, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2019 Ha, yep the Aparima is our intended destination. Initial journey won't be family spec. Can't think of anything that could go wrong with a couple of deros on a seagull-powered dinghy, but made a detailed map for search and rescue just in case... 10 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 Had more 'sea trials' in the wheely bin on Saturday, in the pissy rain, after a lunchtime pint down the pub. It may have been the beers but mate is super keen for maiden voyage... Ran it for around 40 mins all up, trying out different carb taper needle screw levels. It runs really well on full noise but struggles at lower throttle settings, backfires and stops. Thought it was too lean as it would run with the choke 3/4 on at around half throttle, so raised the screw flush and it went slightly better, but raising it any further didn't help. Really not sure how these are supposed to run, and if it comes down to it can just mang it at full tit I suppose (speed trolling for fast trout)... Plug looks like this, I'd be really happy if this was a bike, but thought a 2-smoker at 10:1 would run a darker colour? Would have run it longer but doesn't always flow water through in the bin (think it sucks a lot of air with prop going) and was scared of cooking it. Gave me some confidence though that it runs for a while and starts from hot, now need to glass up the boat... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 They only need 10 seconds of water flow every 1 minute. And that plug does look a bit lean but i run mine at 9.5:1 so i might be bias. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Very small effort over the weekend. After looking at marine ply and HDME options I cut some transom plates out of scrap builders ply, cos I'm cheap and had it in the shed... And just decided to paint them with epoxy to see how it goes. Drilled holes oversize and put tape underneath so they filled with resin, will flip over and do other side when set. Hopefully when I drill the holes out smaller they'll be properly waterproofed... And discovered holes in the boat aren't anywhere near true, just randomly installed so one drilling was really close to the edge of the internal plate. I shifted it inwards on my plates and will fill/drill new one in the rear of the dinghy. Beats me how someone can drill visible holes without lining things up... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 On 25/11/2019 at 10:21, Lord Gruntfuttock said: Had more 'sea trials' in the wheely bin on Saturday, in the pissy rain, after a lunchtime pint down the pub. It may have been the beers but mate is super keen for maiden voyage... Ran it for around 40 mins all up, trying out different carb taper needle screw levels. It runs really well on full noise but struggles at lower throttle settings, backfires and stops. Thought it was too lean as it would run with the choke 3/4 on at around half throttle, so raised the screw flush and it went slightly better, but raising it any further didn't help. Really not sure how these are supposed to run, and if it comes down to it can just mang it at full tit I suppose (speed trolling for fast trout)... Plug looks like this, I'd be really happy if this was a bike, but thought a 2-smoker at 10:1 would run a darker colour? Would have run it longer but doesn't always flow water through in the bin (think it sucks a lot of air with prop going) and was scared of cooking it. Gave me some confidence though that it runs for a while and starts from hot, now need to glass up the boat... Never run a seagull in a bin with the prop fitted, allways take it off 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Haven't done any more I just like this pic. Holding epoxied transom board up to the light, just need to drill these out for mounting bolts... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Love the safety skull in the background. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Yeah that's Doug, as in the kids 'dug' him up in our back yard (one cried one laughed). He looks after my safety gear. Must hide him in work site excavations to see what happens... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacnud Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Sweet project! My father has a couple of these stashed away. I should pull them out 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I lol'd at the Greta bit. You cunt I enjoyed doing up the seagull we found on our land. Neat wee things. But not butty enough for our little Noelex so I get to look forwards to finding a suitably bigger and equally old/ shagged outboard to do up one day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Transport museum in Luggate yesterday, not a Seagull to be seen. A few old British Anzanis tho... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Transom done and I've moved the dinghy into the carport to start glassing up the cracks. Seems I have a boatport now... Graound down around all the cracks and holes, found a surprising amount of bog in the front. Not really sure how to patch this up so I'll do a bit of research before getting covered in epoxy... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 I'll just leave this here... Barry level 1000... 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Fuck is that in nz? I highly doubt it’s worth $50k as they struggle to get $150 each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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