[Rhodes22-list] Horsepower ?? Engine size ??

[gary crofton]

Thanks I moved my Rhodes yesterday and my old 9.9 is quite unreliable  
to say the least!!!  But all survived!!!

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On Aug 2, 2008, at 4:54 PM, "Chris Geankoplis" <napoli68 at charter.net>  
wrote:

>
> Gary,
> I've got a 6hp Yamaha and it is adequate here on the Casacade lakes  
> and
> proved sutable for about 350 miles of motering in the Sea of  
> Cortez.  Yes, a
> bit more power would have been convienient in some of the stronger  
> tidal
> flows but nothing really involving safety.
>
> Chris G
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gary crofton" <gbcrofton at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:23 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Horsepower ?? Engine size ??
>
>
>>
>> so my old tohatsu 9.9 is feeling rather ill.   i'm thinking about a
>> new 4 stroke engine.  i'll be off the North Shore of Mass,
>> Manchester/ Gloucester area.  mostly i use the engine to traverse
>> manchester harbor, where I step the mast at the town dock,  then
>> proceed 5 or so miles to my mooring (Magnolia Harbor).
>>
>> my 9.9 moved my Bristol 27 (weight 6600 lbs) along smartly.  i THINK
>> a 6.0 or so would be enough engine.
>>
>> what do you folks think?
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
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