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1930's Outboard Boat 3hp Antique Vintage - $80 (Bellingham)
condition:
good
make / manufacturer:
British Seagull
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Bellingham
The history of the British Seagull outboard motor
The British Seagull outboard motor began its life on a drawing board at the Sunbeam Motors factory in Wolverhampton – about as far from the sea as you can get! The brainchild of engineers John Way-Hope and Bill Pinninger, they eventually managed to buy the rights to their design and moved production to Poole in 1938, changing the name to the universal ‘British Seagull’.
They initially marketed their two stroke, single cylinder motor as ‘The Best Outboard Motor in the World’. Later they changed it to the slightly less bombastic ‘The Best Outboard Motor for the World’. The target market had been fishers who needed a capable engine for their wooden coastal boats. After the Second World War there was an explosion in recreational marine pastimes and with dinghies, tenders and many other small boats needing power, the reliable and affordable Seagull was many people’s go-to choice.