... that's my recollection of Seagulls ...

... impossible to start when you wanted it to ...

... it wasn't mine (boat or motor) but I used to crew many many years ago on a Weanna (sp?) Senior on Canandaigua (sp) Lake (HS days) that only propulsion was a Seagull or a paddle ... we got very good at sailing/ghosting through the mooring field and nabbing the mooring buoy ...

... I was amazed about the "good" things said about Seagull outboards here!~ as I had never ever herd anything good about them before!

Ah the things you hear ...

British motors do not have the best reputation (unless its a Rolls) Landrovers use Buick motors (or used to) Jaguars are now Fords ... BSA's were always oil leekers, the list goes on (this from a dually - born in GB happily residing in the USA for ... almost ever now).