[Rhodes22-list] Torquedo's

Thu Aug 28 10:47:06 EDT 2008

Mary Lou
Yeah I just went to the DEFENDER site and saw they have a new  
Torquedo 20+ extendable shaft
for $2699.  It supposedly has the equivalent torque of a 6hp.   
24volt, meaning you would most likely run two
12v in series.  Since I just got the Tohatsu I would wait a few years  
too and hopefully the market will create better motors at
less cost and possibly higher torque.

Lou
On Aug 28, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Mary Lou Troy wrote:

> I hear ya Lou. I'm hoping that by the time we need our next motor
> they'll have one that has the same power and thrust but about half
> the weight. I don't care what the technology is as long as I can find
> and afford the fuel for it.
>
> Mary Lou
>
>
>
>
> At 09:53 AM 8/28/2008, you wrote:
>> Mary Lou
>>
>> Much thanks for your input.  I agree that I should probably flush
>> after each use assuming I will not be back right away.
>> Best to be a bit overprotective of my new investment.  The Tohatsu is
>> not a quiet motor when full open, but I can live with its
>> noise.  My next motor is going to be E L E C T R I  C and have the hp
>> of a 6hp.  I have faith and HOPE in the creativity of our
>> marketplace and upcoming GREEN culture.
>>
>> Lou
>> On Aug 27, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Mary Lou Troy wrote:
>>
>>> I think you're right. They don't make motors like they used to. I
>>> think it's a "modern" 4 stroke issue. I remember reading that the 4
>>> strokes have narrower passages and closer tolerances. I put  
>>> modern in
>>> quotes because we heard some rumblings about it when we bought our
>>> Honda in 1998 and some of those rumblings were 10 years old then.
>>> Quiet was a real issue for us because we knew that even if we sailed
>>> out for an overnight there was a good chance we would motor back.
>>> Those motor backs were a lot more pleasant with the quiet Honda.
>>>
>>> Mary Lou
>>> 1991 R22  Fretless
>>> Rock Hall, MD
>>>
>>> At 06:08 PM 8/27/2008, you wrote:
>>>> I really wonder if it is all that necessary to flush the motor.
>>>> Maybe we
>>>> have been lucky for nearly 30 years.  Maybe they don't make
>>>> engines like
>>>> they used to.  I use a mooring in the Nissequogue River and have
>>>> no access
>>>> to fresh water after motoring to mooring.  I just raise and tilt
>>>> the old '79
>>>> Suzuki DT7.5 2-cycle that is mostly aluminum and never seemed to
>>>> have an
>>>> issue with salt (LI Sound.)  It still starts on the first or
>>>> second pull and
>>>> runs like a champ (even on E-85 mixed with 2-cycle oil.)  Never
>>>> quite but
>>>> always dependable.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe it is just running on memory like the rest of us ...
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>>>
>>>> From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>Sent: Wednesday,
>>>> August 27, 2008
>>>> 5:49 PM
>>>>> After every use if it is going to be sitting for more than a  
>>>>> day or
>>>>> two. The new Yamaha has a flushing port. Just hook up the hose and
>>>>> let it run for 5 or 10 minutes. Motor doesn't have to be on.
>>>>> Salt in
>>>>> the cooling passages killed our old Honda so the flushing feature
>>>>> was
>>>>> part of our decision on the Yamaha. The Hondas we looked at had a
>>>>> similar mechanism but you had to take the cowling off to get to  
>>>>> it.
>>>>> Don't know if the Nissan/Tohatsu motors are as prone to saltwater
>>>>> corrosion but we didn't want to risk it after killing the  
>>>>> Honda. It
>>>>> didn't have a flushing mechanism other than muffs or a bucket  
>>>>> which
>>>>> seemed to us to be too hard to do in the slip.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Mary Lou
>>>>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>>>>> Rock Hall, MD
>>>>>
>>>>> At 04:59 PM 8/27/2008, you wrote:
>>>>>> Curious to know how often any body flushes their outboards ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I m doing it every few weeks right now. Really foul foul water  
>>>>>> near
>>>>>> my slip.
>>>>>> I use a large bucket under the prop , raising my Garelick  
>>>>>> mount up
>>>>>> all the way the prop is almost out of the water.
>>>>>> I ve got the Tohatsu 6 with 20" shaft.  new motor
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lou
>>>>>> s/v Miracles
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 27, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Benjamin Cittadino wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tootle;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe President Clinton was suspended (not disbarred) for 5
>>>>>>> years by
>>>>>>> the Arkansas Supreme Ct.  There was later an order by the US
>>>>>>> Supremes
>>>>>>> disbarring him from practice in that Court, but it may have been
>>>>>>> contested (I forget, but who's counting?). The actions were  
>>>>>>> taken
>>>>>>> because of allegations of untruthful testimony under oath.
>>>>>>> Remember the
>>>>>>> well publicized argument over his statement that "there is no
>>>>>>> affair",
>>>>>>> and his position that at the time it was made the statement was
>>>>>>> accurate, depending on "what the definition of IS is". Come  
>>>>>>> on, ya
>>>>>>> gotta
>>>>>>> love the guy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By the way, my  old 9.9 Yamaha is runnin' like a top ( uh oh,
>>>>>>> did I
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> tempt the gods?).  The maintenance manual is available online
>>>>>>> from a
>>>>>>> number of sources.  The "Sta-bil" seems to hold it together  
>>>>>>> and 87
>>>>>>> octane is plenty.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ben C.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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