[Rhodes22-list] Replace or fix outboard motor bracket?

[Jay Curry]

Attached is a picture of the hoist I use in place of the Winch that came 
with our 2012 factory refurbished boat. The winch that came with the boat 
has a 3000 lb capacity with a remote control as the only on off switch. I 
had no complaint with the idea. The winch strap raises the motor to a top 
limit and a bump stop allows it to tilt the motor automatically. But, 
without an automatic kill switch at the top limit or a manual back-up shut 
off switch for the remote, the winch had the power to rip the entire 
assembly out of the stern if it did not get shut off just right, got sat on, 
got dropped or got stuck in the on position for any number of reasons. 
After several trial uses under sail it was clear there was a real risk of 
damage to the boat from the winch.  I removed the winch and replaced it with 
the pulley system you see pictured.

My Tohatsu 6 hp 4 stroke is 58 lbs and pulls up easily with one hand. Every 
other 4 stroke engine we looked at was in the 100 lb range. This pulley will 
easily handle that extra weight. The other reason for the change was that 
the top limit of the winch was about 2 to 3 inches lower than the Tohatsu 
needed for comfortable forward tilt room.

If there had been a reliable safety stop for the winch and it lifted the 
engine a bit higher, I may have kept using it. But, I have had the 4 double 
pulley lift now for 5 years in salt water conditions with no trouble at all 
and would not even consider going back to a winch.

Jay
Port Angeles, WA

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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Replace or fix outboard motor bracket?

> I had the manual rope-pulled bracket on my first Rhodes.
> I guess the question is what to do now with the broken motorized winch.
> Fix or go with a simpler design?
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