[Rhodes22-list] HELP! How about a debate on.. WAS: A GREAT Email List

[Hank]

Brad,

Elle, please correct me if I am wrong, but I think the issue is that the
controls interfere with Stan's Better Motor Lift.  Most Big boats don't
raise the motor up and down, they just tilt when on the trailer.

Elle, you may have to go with a standard motor lift which swings the motor
away from the boat in the lowered position.

Hank

On 11/5/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Elle,
>
> Most bigger boats with outboards have remote controls.  There isn't any
> reason it can't be applied to a smaller engine.  Here is one link to
> Tohatsu.  This should be pretty easy engineering for a guy like Stan.
>
> Brad
>
>
> http://www.tohatsu.co.jp/en/boat/products/ac02.html
>
> On 11/5/06, L. Sailor <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hank,
> > I don't know. But knowing Stan, he'll be able to invent something. (The
> > boat is not curently at GBI). I just became aware of the problem this
> week &
> > Stan is at ST. Pete at the boat show. I will contact him as soon as he
> has a
> > chance to breathe.
> >
> > My friend the dealer has been westling with this & hasn't wanted to
> worry
> > me. Neither of us realized it would be such a problem.
> >
> > How about the shifter linkage? How does one shift w/o reaching to the
> > engine? Are there remotes for this?
> >
> > elle
> >
> > Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Elle,
> >
> > Can't Stan build some sort of spacer that would give room for the cables
> > to
> > turn out of the way?Something that would allow the engine to be mounted
> x
> > number of inches further back?
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > On 11/5/06, L. Sailor wrote:
> > >
> > > Gang at the bar:
> > >
> > > How about a debate on which engine exists for elle's boat? We cannot
> > > find one that has 1) cables coming out the side,) and 2) shifter
> remote
> > so I
> > > can work the controls.
> > >
> > > The way it is now, I would have to lean over the transom, practically
> > > hang by my heels to reach the shifter, and steer with my feet while
> > looking
> > > aft & down.
> > >
> > > I don't think this is a trend I want to be responsible for starting.
> > >
> > > Seriously, tho', this is a major problem. It has nothing to do with it
> > > being a wheel boat...just all the engines I 've found have the cables
> > coming
> > > out the front which will hit the motor lift. (And, of course, the
> > shifter
> > > problem.) I would like to stay with a Japanese made engine.
> > >
> > > Anyone, ANYONE out there have a suggestion? If I can't get this solved
> I
> > > will have to get rid of the boat.
> > >
> > > I'll be in touch with GBI when they get back from ST. Pete.
> > >
> > > elle
> > >
> > >
> > > Rick Lange wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe,
> > > You must be media deprived. I am bored and irritated to
> > > find on a sailors' forum the same discussion of politics that's on
> every
> > > radio and TV talk show as well as so many other blogs and lists.
> > > A
> > > debate on bottom paint would be refreshing.
> > > Rick
> > > > howdy
> > > all
> > > >
> > > > I must state that this email list must be run by
> > > real
> > > > sailors! The topics take on the same range sailors talk
> > >
> > > > about when at the bar, or at a raft-up! Other lists, are
> > > > just so &#$%^ bla, and only talk about the 1,000,000
> > > >
> > > versions of bottom paint or other such thing.
> > > >
> > > > As
> > > I've heard my buddy tell me countless times "a bitchin
> > > >
> > > sailor is a happy sailor."!
> > > >
> > > > I'm very happy I
> > > found this group!
> > > >
> > > > take care and fair winds!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > HADZ (a.k.a. joe)
> > > >
> > > > "That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and
> > > hull and a deck
> > > > and sails. That's what a ship needs. But what a
> > > ship is... is freedom."
> > > > -- Captain Jack Sparrow
> > > >
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