[Rhodes22-list] Outboard Motor

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Jim,
Where do you sail? What Kind of conditions do you encounter? How much 
will you use your motor?

Most of the time our Yamaha 8 high thrust is overkill. It's too heavy 
for the boat balance (but seems ok for the motor mount - ours is 
manual mount). We chose it because we wanted the quiet of a 
four-stroke - we do a lot of motoring - sometimes whole days of it 
getting from one place to another. We also wanted a lot of hp to 
counteract strong currents, winds and waves. We've motored 
successfully into 20 knot winds and 3 foot waves and maneuvered well 
in the strong currents in places like the area in front of the 
drawbridge at Kent Narrows on the Upper Chesapeake while we were 
waiting for it to open. If we were lake sailing or even only 
daysailing on the Chesapeake we might have gone for a 5 or 6hp motor. 
It's my opinion that you don't gain anything by having a 9 or a 10 
horse over the 8.

I believe ours is a long shaft.

We went with the Yamaha because we keep the boat in the slip in salt 
water and the Yamahas at the time could be flushed easily with a 
garden hose in the slip. It has an easily accessible flushing 
connection. At the time we bought ours, Yamaha's HT models had high 
thrust gearing as well as the prop. Looks like the smallest high 
thrust model is now a 9.9 - some of which weigh about the same as 
ours 110 lbs, I think.

Mary Lou


At 08:22 AM 5/2/2012, you wrote:
>I know how Stan feels about motors, so I'll ask you all.
>I am wondering what hp is suitable and what is over kill. Also the weight
>that the electric lift can handle. I know a long shaft is needed but, 20"
>or 25" and a high thrust prop is helpful...any other pointers. Sof ar I am
>thinking a 9-10 hp 4 stroke with a 20" shaft. not sure of yhe make.
>
>Jim
>Soon to be owner of 1995 recycled
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