[Rhodes22-list] Outboard recommendations

Fri Jul 10 22:32:06 EDT 2009

Mary Lou,
Bill Effros was so pleased with the motoring norms he had planned to put a stubby mast versus the full mast, but I never heard how he used it.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>Sent: Jul 10, 2009 10:13 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Outboard recommendations
>
>I would agree with Rummy if we didn't do so much motoring. In 
>deciding what to do consider where you sail and how you are going to 
>use the boat. If you are daysailing on a lake, anchoring out on a 
>small lake or racing and going back to the dock each night - I'd go 
>for the lightest motor you can find. We cruise and sometimes cruise 
>with others or arrange to meet others at a predetermined destination. 
>The fact that we may sail someplace and have to motor back or motor 
>to get somewhere factored into our decision to go with a 4-stroke 8hp 
>engine. Several times a year we end up motoring 4 - 6 hours in a 
>stretch to get somewhere or get back. We've motored over to Baltimore 
>(24 nm) to stay overnight at the Inner Harbor and take in a ball 
>game. Turns out that the Rhodes 22 is a pretty good little 
>displacement motorboat. The quiet operation of the 4-strokes makes a 
>long stint motoring quite pleasant. 8hp is enough to move us against 
>strong currents, keep us nose into a strong wind and get us up to 
>hull speed in a hurry to get us out of the path of an approaching 
>ship in a channel.
>
>Mary Lou
>1991 R22  Fretless
>Rock Hall, MD
>
>
>
>
>At 09:31 AM 7/10/2009, you wrote:
>>Hank,
>>The 9.8 is a four stroke and weighs about 100 pounds. An older 8 HP 2 cycle
>>  would be preferred (by me and others) and only wieghs in at about 50
>>pounds. I  have the 9.8 on a small fishing boat and it is quiet and 
>>sips gas, but
>>removing  it from the boat for service is a real pain. I can still manage
>>to handle the 8,  but the 9.8 requires me to get additional help. If you can
>>find a 8 hp 2 stroke  Tohatsu, I would readily give up the fuel savings of
>>the 9.8 for the lighter  motor. My 8 hp Tohatsu is 12 years old now and I've
>>changed the foot oil  annually and the spark plugs only once in that time. I
>>know of at least four  other owners that have the 8 hp, 2 stroke and all of
>>them have had the same  results.
>>
>>Rummy
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 7/10/2009 9:13:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>jsbudda at verizon.net writes:
>>
>>
>>Hank,
>>
>>Welcome, 9.8-10 hp. is what a lot of the people on  da list use on their R
>>22s' but I've seen postings on sizes down to 6 hp.  Are you looking at a 2
>>or
>>4 stroke Tohatsu?
>>
>>John  Shulick
>>
>>
>>hankb3 wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm about to get a R22 and I  need some advice and wise counsel about what
>> > size, etc outboard all  you experienced hands recommend. I'm looking at a
>> > used Tohatsu 9.8  that's in pretty good condition but it seems like an
>> > awful lot of iron  to be hanging off the stern. Advice, suggestions, etc
>> > welcome.
>> >  Thanks,
>> > Hank
>> >
>>
>>--
>>View this message in context:
>>http://www.nabble.com/Outboard-recommendations-tp24427197p24427336.html
>>Sent  from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at  Nabble.com.
>>
>>__________________________________________________
>>To  subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
>>http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>>__________________________________________________
>>
>>
>>**************Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on
>>tour at TourTracker.com.
>>(http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000006)
>>__________________________________________________
>>To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go 
>>to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>>__________________________________________________
>>
>>No virus found in this incoming message.
>>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>>Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.8/2227 - Release Date: 
>>07/09/09 05:55:00
>
>__________________________________________________
>To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>__________________________________________________