[Rhodes22-list] new engine, power tiller?

[Mike Cheung]

We hung a Yamaha T8PLH high thrust, electric start, 8 hp. on Muireann when we
got her last year and the motor's been great.  The controls are on the motor
tiller and can be reached easily while handling the rudder tiller provided
you're on the port side of the rudder tiller.  In fact, the captain's seat
on that side is the perfect spot from which to pilot under power.  Not quite
as cool as having the controls on the rudder tiller, but, on the other hand,
the controls are out of sight, so to speak, when the motor isn't in use.

Mike Cheung
s/v Muireann 1993/2008 R22


Joe Babb wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> We are going to buy a new outboard for our Rhodes.  Anybody have any 
> powerful complaints about any particular brands?
> The basics of what I want is four stroke, electric start.  Mercury has a 
> 9.9 hp bigfoot with a 4 bladed prop similar to our old Yamaha 9.9.  I 
> think Honda has something similar.  Don't necessarily need 9.9hp.  
> Sometimes the Yamaha has seemed too powerful when I want to come into a 
> dock real slow.  Probably 8hp is more like it.
> I am considering getting a power tiller.  I think Ron Singerman had one 
> installed, maybe I've confused him with someone else.
> Anybody had any positive/negative experiences with power tiller?
> Thanks,
> Joe
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