[Rhodes22-list] Fw: Question for Mary Lou Troy

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Mary Lou,
Aren't you going to buy a Tohatsu 8hp?  If so, I'd sure be curious how you will hook up the remote.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>Sent: Nov 11, 2007 8:09 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: Question for Mary Lou Troy
>
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>At 07:59 PM 11/11/2007, Ron wrote:
>>Mary Lou,
>>
>>When you decided to use the remote controls with your Yamaha T8 was 
>>it because of the difficulty in using the tiller controls that the 
>>motor came with?
>
>Nope, we did it years ago with the Honda (our previous outboard) 
>because we do a lot of motoring through drawbridges and maneuvering 
>around marinas. We didn't like continually reaching back to the motor 
>to shift gears or adjust the speed. The new Yamaha outboard didn't 
>come with the controls you could mount on the tiller. I don't think 
>it was an option with this model. In any event we already had the 
>controls that mount on the table base in the center of the cockpit. 
>We really like them there. Never considered mounting them on the tiller.
>
>Mary Lou 
>
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