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

[L. Sailor]

Hadz, 

W/in a 10 mile radius of my house every outboard
manufacturer  (except Tohatsu) is
represented.(According to MapQuest, the Tohatsu guy is
only 26 mi away...but I'd have to swim the Potomac to
get there....) By this time tomorrow nite I hope I
will know more about OB's & options than I ever cared
to know.

So when Stan gets the boat back & he tells me some
cool thing he & Dido have come up with, I MAY
understand.....

elle



 --- Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> oops I did forget to list two other facts
> 
> the throtle was on the left side of the O/B, and the
> shifter on the left (looking at the engine from teh
> boat). 
> Both controls had extensions just a long plastic
> stick - I
> assumed from teh Mariner manufacturer - have you
> checked
> your engines list of optional products?
> 
> The mount did NOT tilt, it was a manual raise and
> lower
> type.  This was the fun part to lift the engine out
> of the
> water to reduce drag. But the point is it was close
> to the
> transsom,but still plenty of room for the extension
> controls.
> 
> good luck, and happy shopping!
> 
> 
> --- Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi elle
> > 
> > What size engine intrests you?
> > 
> > I'm a little new here so I'm not sure of your
> current
> > configuration, nor why the usual shifter extension
> > doesn't
> > work for you.   Is this boat a center cockpit?
> > 
> > The last boat I rented was an O'Day 28 (with
> wheel), with
> > the sail drive removed, and a Mariner 6.6 HP OB. 
> I
> > needed
> > to "assume the position" to start it, but even
> with the
> > swim ladder up, I was able to grab either of the
> controls
> > when needed, and still handle the wheel.
> > 
> > I would have prefered an electric start so I could
> start
> > the engine while still under sail with out locking
> the
> > wheel.
> > 
> > I'll keep my eyes open for an engine with control
> lines
> > on
> > the sides rather than the front.
> > 
> > 
> > joe/hadz.
> > 
> > 
> > --- "L. Sailor" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> 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 <SloopBlueHeron at ISP.Com> 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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