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

[L. Sailor]

Hank, 

That is exactly the problem...but surely others have
the elect. lift...their engines clear the lift?  What
brand engine do 'youse guys' have?

W/O the electric lift, I cannot raise the engine. I
tried to raise a Yamaha 9.9 on the manual lift &
couldn't do it.  It weighs almost as much as I do, so
even using the stern rail as a fulcrum, I couldn't get
it more than 1/4 of the way up.....

I think I will have to get the boat back to GBI & have
 Stan invent whatever he has to invent to make it
work...

elle




--- Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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