[Rhodes22-list] Sorry I meant the "new" Yamaha 8 or 9.9 hp

Wed Jul 2 19:18:16 EDT 2008

Caesar,

Great hearing from you.  Linda, Lucy and I were out on the lake today and 
had a great time.  A tri hull,  fully battened Kevlar sails  and with the 
name of WILD THING emblazoned on the hull thought he was funny and started 
playing cat and mouse with us.  A few hours later we were back at our end of 
the lake.  I dropped Lucy and Linda off @ the dock and went out to pickup my 
mooring.  After the third unsuccessful attempt I looked around and there was 
Wild Thing just looking at me.  Thank goodness my 4th pass was successful in 
picking up the mooring.  Oh well...  Give our regards to the family.

Fair winds,

>>ron<<
S/V Serenity

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Caesar Paul" <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sorry I meant the "new" Yamaha 8 or 9.9 hp

Hi Ron,
How are you doing? I sailed on Friday and on Saturday; light winds, both 
sails fully deployed, doing broad reach, close hauled, and growing in 
confidence with every launch.
I like your motor set up, and have filed it away for the future. I may do 
the motor linkage first to improve my steering, and at a later date install 
the power controls on the tiller for that will add greater ease of operation 
especially for the Admiral.
happy Sailing
Caesar

----- Original Message ----
From: Ron Singerman <sail at tds.net>
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 2:49:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sorry I meant the "new" Yamaha 8 or 9.9 hp

Mike,

I have the 9.8 Tohatsu electic start. I purchased the remote control kit
from Tohatsu and installed the Power Tiller so that my controls for the
motor are on the tiller. In addition, stan installed the rudder tiller
connection on my Tohatsu. There are pictures of my installation in the
archives. The Tohatsu weighs out @ 90 lbs. I am very happy with the
performance of the Tohatsu. Several people on the site have change the size
of the prop on their 9.8s for more torque. I have not found this necessary
and I've used the iron sail in some pretty rough water. Prior to my
installation I used the Tohatsu with the factory motor tiller control. I
found it uncomfortable and the port back stay kept getting in my way when
steering.

>>ron<<
S/V Serenity

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Cheung" <mikecheung at att.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:39 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sorry I meant the "new" Yamaha 8 or 9.9 hp

>
> David,
>
> Thanks for responding, but "my bad" ... I meant the "new" T8ELH or T9.9ELH
> outboards with the gearshift and throttle controls on the motor tiller (as
> opposed to the sailboat tiller). Apparently the UPP with sailboat tiller
> mounted controls was developed for a motor that's no longer available new
> and Stan is using either used motors with the controls on the sailboat
> tiller or a new Yamaha 8 hp motor (the T8ELH I presume) that has the
> controls for both the throttle and gearshift on the motor tiller. Stan
> doesn't relocate the controls with these newer motors. Apparently the old
> motor was the only one Stan had found where the remote cables came out the
> side of the motor housing rather than the front. With the cables coming
> out
> the front there is apparently some issue with cable bending radius and
> binding.
>
> My Admiral and I got to use the UPP on Stan's test boat and liked it, but
> don't think the extra cost is really worth it in this case. Stan is
> really
> his own worst competition here as his 7:1 manual system sounds very, very
> good. Anyway we're looking for feedback on the new T8ELH from Yamaha and
> the even newer T9.9ELH both of which have the gear shift right behind the
> throttle on the motor tiller. Not quite as good as having them on the
> sailboat tiller, but not bad if they're easy to reach from the port stern
> seat.
>
> Guess I don't know what the old motors weigh, the T8ELH comes in at right
> about 80 lbs. Manageable by one, easy for two (or one with some
> mechanical
> advantage).
>
> What my Admiral and I will miss from the UPP package is the rudder/motor
> interconnect. That was great and if we can't get Stan to unbundle that
> from
> a UPP package we'll have to work on engineering one ourselves.
>
> Mike Cheung
>
>
>
>
> David Bradley wrote:
>>
>> Mike, I have the 9.9 with UPP and tiller-mounted control. I love it.
>> Can cruise at hull speed at about 2/3 throttle. Power when you need
>> it in a strong current, for maneuvering, etc. Relatively quiet. It's
>> heavy, so I don't look forward to the day I need to take it off the
>> boat...
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone running one of the Yamaha 8 or 9.9 hp outboards with the
>>> gearshift
>>> on
>>> the tiller? How do you like it?
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