[Rhodes22-list] Yamaha 8 hp motor source?

[Mary Lou Troy]

Mike,
We have a Yamaha 8 high thrust. We've only had it since last October 
and unfortunately haven't done much sailing yet this season so we 
only have limited experience with it. Our former outboard was a Honda 
8 (old style). We never wished for more power with the old motor. 
When we looked for a new motor we wanted to shave every pound we 
could so we went for the Yamaha with electric start but without the 
electric tilt (which didn't have a tiller arm anyway which we thought 
we wanted as we don't have the motor to rudder connection.

There was a discussion last October about some of our choices and our 
remote controls in October 2007 under the subject heading "repowering 
Fretless". We bought the motor from Boat House (a div. of Boater's 
World) on Kent Island (MD). We wanted a local dealer in case we 
needed to have work done).

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 07:48 AM 7/2/2008, you wrote:

>Bill,
>
>My Admiral and I are also working on outfitting a soon to be recycled Rhodes
>(a 1993).  Mind if I ask where you got your 8 hp Yamaha?  I assume it's the
>T8ELH.  Best I've found so far is a place just north of Edenton in VA called
>Ed's Marine Superstore.  I haven't talked to them yet, but the price they
>list on their Web page was pretty good on the T8ELH and not bad on the newer
>T9.9ELH which I'm also considering (for the extra power at about the same
>weight).
>
>For those with 8 hp motors on their Rhodes .... ever wish you had +1.9 hp
>more?  We'll be sailing mostly Ohio inland lakes and Lake Erie with
>occasional sojourns further afield.  I'm not at all concerned about using 8
>hp on the inland lakes, but Lake Erie can be indistinguishable from the sea
>in terms of wind and waves at  times.
>
>Mike Cheung  s/v ????
>
>
>
>William McCready Jr. wrote:
> >
> >
> > Chet
> >
> > Thanks for reaching out- I will go with just a porti-potti and one or two
> > hatches to increase air flow to the cabin on overnites. I just bought an
> > 8hp Yamaha and hope I don't regret not getting the UPP when my back
> > problems resurface.
> >
> > William E.B. McCready Jr., CFP
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