[Rhodes22-list] HP for motor

[Rick]

Ron,

If you add some stabilizer to your gas, you won't need to waste time running
out your fuel each time, then pumping up for the next time.

Rick

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Ron Kaye <ronkaye343 at gmail.com> wrote:

> David,
>
> We have a relatively new Merc 9.9 "Bigfoot" extra long shaft.  It is a big,
> heavy, powerful motor with a high-thrust prop.  At, I believe, 115 lbs it
> is
> heavy.  The lift-assist is essential and if that thing breaks it will be
> difficult.  The main reason for getting this motor is that I wanted the
> extra long shaft.  We will be sticking our nose out of the mouth of
> the Potomac into the bay and that area can produce some steep and difficult
> waves.  I know this from experience 20 years ago with a 27' sailboat in
> that
> area and the prop was airborne again and again and that made things more
> difficult and stressful than necessary.  I didn't want any more of that. It
> may be overkill but I just don't like the pospect of the prop bouncing out
> of the water.  I would have taken an 8 HP but it wasn't available in the
> extra-long shaft.  Also, the mercs are all designed now to run on up to 10%
> ethanol.  That was a problem for the Yamaha 9.9 we had which was eventually
> stolen though it wasn't in good health.
>
> We have only had it running a couple months but so far it is behaving
> well.  We have no problems with it operating at slow enough speed to
> maneuver (in forward) and if we want, it revs up and pushes the boat along
> briskly.  It starts like a charm (well, its new).   The only problems with
> it are 1: it is heavy, and 2: the throttle tends to rev up too easily in
> reverse, it kicks up a bit and I am a bit nervous at times that it could
> damage the mount so I have to be extra-extra careful when using reverse
> gear.
> I picked up a tip from this list about disconnecting the fuel line and
> running the fuel out of the engine when we shut down.  I had not done that
> before but with all the problems we had with the fuel system for the
> Yamaha,
> I always do that now.
>
> Ron and Lisa
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