I like it! Todd -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jerry montgomery Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:49 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Talk about tiny outboards.... 3,000 yrs ago Solon the Greek said "laws are for the obedience of the masses and for the guidence of the wise". Use it but don't tell Chicken Little! jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Poulakis" <picfo@comcast.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:32 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Talk about tiny outboards.... I still have my old 1968 black tank Seagull (10:1 oil) sitting in my boat shed. It runs, but it's mostly around for ambiance since simply starting it breaks a handful of federal environmental laws. Jim M17 "Spirit" On Sep 27, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Joe Murphy wrote:
Those are pretty cool looking. And only 20#!! If it could push a Monty you could tow a dinghy and use it for that as well. I had a British SeaGull 40plus. It was rated at, I think, 2 hp. I used it for my dinghy and it was bullet proof. I also put it on a 12' aluminum jon boat and got about 3kts. I also used it on a friends 10' dinghy to bridle up to his 39' wooden Danish ketch to move it to the haul out. It actually pushed that 7 ton beast with ease. It was all torque. I would have used it on my M17 but it got stolen out of my daughter's driveway. She said it was so ugly ....who'd steal it. I told her anyone that knows what they are. Like someone said here, it looked like a weedeater with a prop. I loved it. It reminded me so much of my VW bug. Engineering simplicity. Sure, it was noisy, smelly, and with a ratio of 25:1 (or maybe 40:1) it made it easy to follow with the slick. But other than that..... Joe SeaFrog M17
----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Dorf To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:57 PM Subject: M_Boats: Talk about tiny outboards....
http://www.smalloutboardengines.com
anyone ever heard of these before?
Air cooled, but they as small as the Seagulls.
-Neil
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