Re: outboard motor problems-Depend on a Seagull????
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:29:28 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>As noisy is the Seagulls are, I find it hard to believe that they use an
>in-water exhaust.
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>Dave Kautz
>P-15 #1632 Tilly Lucy
>Palo Alto, CA
Yup, they do. I was motoring in a busy slough near Bethel Island one day
when I hit some wakes. Sandy was riding on the bow, causing the exhaust
port to emerge each time we crossed a wake. The resulting noise got the
attention of a marine patrol boat that came alongside, and they yelled at
Sandy to get off the bow. Apparently bow riding on a power boat is illegal
or considered unsafe.
Harry