[Rhodes22-list] Outboards For Sale

[Charles Henthorn]

Paul:
      I'll see most of them tomorrow--I'll ask.  I've a recycled 88 (green hull) sailing on Lake Freeman north of W Lafayette and occasionally haul it up on Lake Michigan (Traverse Bay).
      I've got a 2004 4 cycle Merc 9.9 already.  Good luck with selling yours.
  Rex  

pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote:
  Charles,

Do any of them know Rob Sovinski? He was my roommate. Went out to work in
the real world in Louisville & New York City, got his Masters along the way
(and I think his Doctorate) and is now back as a professor in Landscape
Architecture. Small world. Hope we don't have a repeat of last year
against Iowa.

My Rhodes is a 1999 with a green hull. I sail in Lake Michigan out of New
Buffalo.

Paul

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:00:40 -0700 (PDT), Charles Henthorn
wrote :

> I sail with Lafayette Sail Club, the membership of which is almost all
Purdue professors. The 'Boilermaker' was a give-away. I'm the 'black
sheep' being a grad of Wabash College. You own a Rhodes?
> 
> 
> 
> pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote:
> Yes, class of '75 & 6 seats on the 50 yard line.
> 
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:25:02 -0700 (PDT), Charles Henthorn
> wrote :
> 
> > Ah ha --- there is a purdue connection. 
> > 
> > 
> > pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote:
> > Southwest Michigan (Buchanan). Just north of South Bend, IN, near Lake
> > Michigan.
> > 
> > On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:19:20 -0700 (PDT), Charles Henthorn
> > wrote :
> > 
> > > Where are they?
> > > 
> > > pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote: I have two outboard motors I would like to
> > sell. One is a 2002 (bought new
> > > in 2003)like new, Mercury 9.9, 4-stroke, electric start, long shaft.
It has
> > > very low hours (in & out of the harbor), only used June thru September
each
> > > year, only used in fresh water, and kept in a heated garage during the
> > > winter. I changed the oil, filter & lower crankcase every year. The dealer
> > > tells me it has a list resale of around $1,500, but that is probably
> > > unrealistic. He said I should be able to get $1,150 - $1,250 on ebay. (He
> > > would only offer me about $900 trade-in.)
> > > 
> > > The other is an approximately 1982 Mercury 9.8, 2-stroke, electric start,
> > > long shaft. It has also only been used in summers and in fresh water. It
> > > broke down in 2003. When I tried to get it fixed, no dealer had the needed
> > > replacement part in stock. It turns out the factory warehouse also didn't
> > > have the part in stock as it was on backorder. As I saw my already short
> > > (Michigan) sailing season sailing away on me, I bought the 4-stroke as a
> > > replacement so I could keep sailing. When the part finally came in, they
> > > fixed the 2-stroke motor and I put it in the garage as a spare. My wife
> > > finally convinced me I don't need a spare. The dealer says I should
> > > realistically be able to get $500 for this on ebay.
> > > 
> > > The reason I'm selling my 4-stroke is weight. It weighs somewhere in the
> > > neighborhood of 126 to 133 pounds. The new Mercury 4-stroke weighs only
> > > about 86 pounds (about the same as my 2 stroke). As I get older, it is
> > > getting harder & harder to lift that much weight up onto the motor mount.
> > > 
> > > If no one is interested, I'll probably put them on ebay in a week or two.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Paul Grandholm
> > > 1999 Rhodes 22
> > > s/v Boilermaker
> > > 
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