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

[Mary Lou Troy]

Not us Art. We bought a Yamaha 8hp high-thrust. It took an extra week 
and a few extra parts to hook it up as the service techs that did it 
weren't real familiar with that specific model.

ML


At 12:01 PM 11/12/2007, you wrote:
>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
> >
> >
> >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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