[Rhodes22-list] OB Motors ( for Rummy)

[Chris Cowie]

My 2009 has a long shaft and electric lift.  Stays in the water during  
high seas on the Chesapeake bay and doesn't drag when lifted.  Motor  
casing touches the rail in the raised and tilted position.  I have a  
yamaha 8 hp run the carberator dry and flush the cooling system with  
fresh water after each use.  Runs great so far.  The only trouble so  
far has been the electric switch looses power every now and then in  
the down position.  Solution is to grab the wire nuts in the laz and  
give them a sqeeze.  Kind of like kicking a computer when it doesn't  
work.  I'm pretty sure wire nut connections on a boat are not a good  
idea and I should replace them.

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC


On Jun 20, 2010, at 5:17 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com 
 > wrote:

> Joe,
> Again, it depends on the lift. If you are getting the standard
> (non-motorized) lift, you will want the long shaft and deal with an  
> occasional  drag.
> (Maybe)You can tilt the motor once all the way up.  It's not a big   
> deal. But
> you want to keep the prop in the water while the engine is  running.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 6/20/2010 4:00:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Rummy:
> I'll have the 7:1 lift. I do not get the boat until July  28; I  
> believe
> it's manual, but I don't know for sure.  Really, if the 20"  is  
> going to
> cavitate, I have no control over that. It does what it does,   
> right?  What length
> shaft do most Rhodes owners use?  Thaks.
> Joe
>
>
> --- On Sun, 6/20/10, R22RumRunner at aol.com  <R22RumRunner at aol.com>  
> wrote:
>
> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com  <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] OB Motors
> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 3:31  PM
>
> Also,
> Cavitation is not good for an outboard motor. It is hard on  the   
> cooling
> impeller (doesn't like running dry) and has been known  to twist or   
> snap
> crank
> shafts.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message  dated 6/20/2010 1:22:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>
> John:
> The cavitating is something I  can live with. OTOH (to  borrow a  
> wonderful
> acronym from you) the  added drag when heeling to port would  be a  
> PITA (to
> borrow a  wonderful acronym from Stan).  I hadn't considered  that,  
> and
> your
> advice has made my decision far easier.
> Joe
>
> ---  On Sun,  6/20/10, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
>
> From:   John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]  OB  Motors
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"   <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 12:00   PM
>
> Longer shaft will cavitate less in rough seas under  power.   OTOH,
> longer shaft may drag the prop in the  water when heeled over  to port
> under  sail.
>
> Cheers!
> John  Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion -  '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair,  GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> On  Jun 20, 2010, at 10:45, Joe Camp  wrote:
>> Hello; here's a probably  easy question:  In the realm of  long shaft
>> OB  motors, would a 25" shaft have any advantage over  a 20"  shaft?
>> Thanks.
>> Joe Camp (poem   included)
>>
>>
>>          Old  Scar
>>
>>        JJ   Camp
>>
>>
>>
>> You whisper to me with   every
>>
>> fleeting glimpse:
>>
>> Accusation!  Guilt!  Reasons!
>>
>> you should not be
>>
>> like a  snake,  running
>>
>> up my arm on one side,  down
>>
>> the other,  looking
>>
>> for a hole to  hide
>>
>> you from mongoose  eyes
>>
>> that know  your genesis
>>
>> in my reckless   past.
>>
>>
>>
>> Twenty-plus years have   faded
>>
>> you, almost to the color of flesh
>>
>> you  used to be before
>>
>> they laid me down,
>>
>> opened me  up to bleed
>>
>> out the bad  medicine
>>
>> I  remember!
>>
>>
>>
>> So  I never use that  hand
>>
>> to lift my whiskey  anymore.
>>
>> Some  lessons,
>>
>> I refuse to learn  through pain
>>  2000
>>
>>
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