[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes22-list HP for Motor, Miracles
R Orkin
roryorkin at verizon.net
Wed Aug 17 12:52:33 EDT 2011
Added a new Yamaha HT 9.9 long shaft last year .. Just use the motor tiller
handle in verticle position in conjunction with the tiller.. Takes a little
getting used to but seems to work fine..
Lady in Red wrote:
>
> to add to what mary lou has said:
>
> I have the Tohatsu 9.8 and found I wasn't getting the response I needed
> when going into my dock.... I changed the prop to Tohatsu's high thrust
> prop and it made all the difference. It 'bites' immediately so I can
> finesse making the 180 deg turn into my slip. Haven't hit the dock or the
> bulkhead yet..;^)
>
> elle
>
> Beer is good....people are crazy
>
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recycled '06
> "Watermusic" {Lady in Red}
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes22-list HP for Motor, Miracles
>
> Anyone with current issues might want to consider a high thrust
> motor. I'm not sure who makes them these days. Our old Honda 8 hp was
> considered higher thrust than most outboards. Our current Yamaha 8 hp
> HT was marketed as high thrust for displacement hulls and we see a
> marked difference between it and the old motor. I don't have the
> specs in front of me but I believe that there was difference in both
> the gearing and the size and pitch of the prop. We didn't really have
> problems with the old motor even in some of our high current areas
> (Kent Narrows, entrance to Fairlee) but the new one is better. I
> don't believe Yamaha makes this model any more - it looks like their
> HT models begin at 9.9 and 106 lbs) but maybe someone is doing
> something similar in an 8 hp.
>
> Best,
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
>
>
> At 12:27 PM 8/14/2011, you wrote:
>> Bob, Rhodies
>>
>> I got the TOHATSU 8hp / 4 Stroke w the alternator
>>
>> I also bought the Tohatsu floor remote and mounted it against the
>>lazarette bulkhead sticking into the cockpit. I like the motor and
>>service it regularly but
>> have found it JUST adequate for currents in my area and would be re-
>>evaluating its performance if I ever get to sail up into NY Harbor
>>and the Hudson.
>>
>> Using the floor remote is fine for docking and my only issue was
>>last year when the safety inter lock for reverse malfunctioned and
>>the motor came out of the water in reverse
>> Now I do a reverse test before docking ! My service tech fixed it
>>well so far!
>>
>>safe sails
>>Lou
>>
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>> > 1. Re: Hp for motor (bobmellor)
>> > 2. Re: Mooring or slip info (bobmellor)
>> > 3. Re: 1977 Rhodes 22 for sale, Barnegat Bay NJ. (bobmellor)
>> > 4. Re: Mooring or slip info (BenCittadino)
>> >
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 1
>> > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:47:45 -0700 (PDT)
>> > From: bobmellor <rhm at bobmellor.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hp for motor
>> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> > Message-ID: <32257138.post at talk.nabble.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>> >
>> >
>> > David..
>> >
>> > I have a 4 stroke Honda 9.9 long shaft. More than enough power for
>> > sure,
>> > but over 100 lbs.
>> > I have also found that even at the slowest idle it is still to fast
>> > to get
>> > all the way into my slip... In gear it is too fast, out of gear
>> > coasts good
>> > for a very short time, but then the the current and winds do their
>> > things.... so i need to kick it in and out of gear as I approach..
>> > which is
>> > a pain. Modified it to remote this year, shift and throttle are
>> > now on
>> > tiller.. vast improvement, but if I had to do over, I would get a
>> > smaller
>> > lighter motor.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 2
>> > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:07:38 -0700 (PDT)
>> > From: bobmellor <rhm at bobmellor.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mooring or slip info
>> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> > Message-ID: <32257190.post at talk.nabble.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>> >
>> >
>> > Ben.. just wondering if the slips there are all seasonal or if any
>> > are short
>> > term.. I have a slip at a PA lake, but would like to get it out in
>> > open
>> > water sometime. I am familiar with the area, and have driven by
>> > the marina
>> > several times. (I grew up in Jersey).
>> >
>> > Do many sailors keep it close to shore past Gunnison Beach? ;>)
>> >
>> > Bob M
>> > Bethlehem PA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Stephen;
>> >
>> > I keep my Rhodes 22 at the Sandy Hook Bay Marina in Highlands, NJ.
>> > It is
>> > just below the Twin Lights lighthouse museum, along the northern
>> > Monmouth
>> > County shoreline. It's just about in the crook of the arm of Sandy
>> > Hook
>> > National Seashore. The day sailing is very pleasant in the
>> > protected bay
>> > with the Verranzano Narrows Bridge visible due north. The docks are
>> > "floating" (a big plus) and the population is made up of mostly
>> > down to
>> > earth fishermen with power boats, who are very friendly (by NJ
>> > standards)
>> > and not at all stuffy like so many "yacht club" types (see Keyport
>> > Yacht
>> > Club) about 5 miles west of my marina. There is also a great municipal
>> > marina in Atlantic Highlands (about 1 mile west) but there is a
>> > waiting list
>> > there. SHBM is not expensive and the machine shop is expert and
>> > keeps my 9.9
>> > Yamaha in great shape.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/motor-position-
>> > up-or-down-tp32201815p32257190.html
>> > Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 3
>> > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:34:18 -0700 (PDT)
>> > From: bobmellor <rhm at bobmellor.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] 1977 Rhodes 22 for sale, Barnegat Bay NJ.
>> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> > Message-ID: <32257271.post at talk.nabble.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>> >
>> >
>> > No mention of a trailer? Is there one?
>> > If yes, I know of a few people interested in getting a rhodes in
>> > that price
>> > range.
>> > Bob M
>> >
>> >
>> > NoLandfall wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Pop-top. Standard mast, no IMF. Mainsail, roller-furl jib, &
>> >> spinnaker.
>> >> 2009 Tohatsu 9.8 hp motor with 12 hours. Sail-away condition.
>> >> $1,900 or
>> >> best offer. She is berthed in Forked River NJ, if interested I can
>> >> send
>> >> you directions to her slip.
>> >>
>> >
>> > --
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>> > for-sale%2C-Barnegat-Bay-NJ.-tp32221137p32257271.html
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 4
>> > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:14:20 -0700 (PDT)
>> > From: BenCittadino <bencittadino at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mooring or slip info
>> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> > Message-ID: <32258073.post at talk.nabble.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Bob;
>> >
>> > On the subject of SHBM slips the best thing to do is to call
>> > "Laurie" at
>> > Bollerman Corp in Red Bank,NJ (the outfit that owns and runs the
>> > marina).
>> > Her # is 732.872.1511. It can't hurt to use my name and talk to her
>> > about
>> > what they may be willing to do for you.
>> >
>> > They now offer to haul out boats and store them for the winter, but
>> > they
>> > didn't when I first arrived there so I motor around on the
>> > Shrewsbury river
>> > to Sea Bright and Lance Cunningham of the Carriage House Marina
>> > hauls out my
>> > boat for the winter and paints the hull, stores the motor and
>> > batteries
>> > inside, and generally takes good care of the boat. I don't even own a
>> > trailer as there is no point in my trying to sail on the Delaware
>> > River or
>> > Lake Carnegie here in Princeton.
>> >
>> > As for Gunnison Beach, I hear a few sailors have been lured to
>> > their doom by
>> > the "Gunnison Sirens" but you'll have to check with Geankoplis
>> > (sp?) about
>> > the origin of that hazard.
>> >
>> > BenCittadino
>> > s/v susan kay
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Ben.. just wondering if the slips there are all seasonal or if any
>> > are short
>> > term.. I have a slip at a PA lake, but would like to get it out in
>> > open
>> > water sometime. I am familiar with the area, and have driven by
>> > the marina
>> > several times. (I grew up in Jersey).
>> >
>> > Do many sailors keep it close to shore past Gunnison Beach? ;>)
>> >
>> > Bob M
>> > Bethlehem PA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > BenCittadino wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Stephen;
>> >>
>> >> I keep my Rhodes 22 at the Sandy Hook Bay Marina in Highlands, NJ.
>> >> It is
>> >> just below the Twin Lights lighthouse museum, along the northern
>> >> Monmouth
>> >> County shoreline. It's just about in the crook of the arm of
>> >> Sandy Hook
>> >> National Seashore. The day sailing is very pleasant in the
>> >> protected bay
>> >> with the Verranzano Narrows Bridge visible due north. The docks are
>> >> "floating" (a big plus) and the population is made up of mostly
>> >> down to
>> >> earth fishermen with power boats, who are very friendly (by NJ
>> >> standards)
>> >> and not at all stuffy like so many "yacht club" types (see Keyport
>> >> Yacht
>> >> Club) about 5 miles west of my marina. There is also a great
>> >> municipal
>> >> marina in Atlantic Highlands (about 1 mile west) but there is a
>> >> waiting
>> >> list there. SHBM is not expensive and the machine shop is expert
>> >> and keeps
>> >> my 9.9 Yamaha in great shape.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > --
>> > View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/motor-position-
>> > up-or-down-tp32201815p32258073.html
>> > Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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2000 Recycled Rhodes 22
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