[Rhodes22-list] best motoring setup?

[Michael Corley]

I also use a Mercury outboard for the reasons Peter stated and last year i
got the motor tiller linkage which works great.  Agree with everything
Peter said. I use a 9.9 hp Merc long shaft.  Before adding the tiller
linkage my prop has struck my rudder but the rudder was not all the way
down.  Make sure your rudder and motor are both fully down and motor is
centered on mounting bracket.

Mike
S/V Ranger
Hampton Roads

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
wrote:

> I have a 2016 model 8 HP Mercury outboard.  The feature about that I most
> like is that both throttle and gear selection are integrated in a single
> control on the motor’s tiller arm (if that’s the term).  Start in neutral
> gear. Twisting in one direction puts the motor in forward. Continuing to
> twist increases the throttle.  Twist the other way to decrease the
> throttle, eventually returning to neutral.  Continuing to twist puts the
> motor in reverse, and again the further you twist the greater the motor
> speed.
>
> I have Stan’s motor tiller link, and I find it really helps when
> maneuvering in tight spaces.  But when I don’t need that level of control,
> I don’t bother to connect it.  In this case, I lock the outboard so it
> won’t turn, and I steer with the boat’s rudder.  I find this works fine.
> It has never occurred to me to raise the rudder and try to steer the boat
> by turning the outboard.  I can see how this might be a useful trick in
> very shallow water.  Other than that though, I don’t think it would be my
> preferred approach since the main tiller is much easier to work with than
> the outboard.
>
> People on the list have often said that if your rudder has been properly
> pulled forward (using the line that connects to the forward edge of the
> rudder), it will not hit the propeller.  I can’t say that I know for sure
> that this is universally true, but it definitely true in my case.  If the
> rudder has been pulled forward, it won’t hit the prop; if it hasn’t, it
> will.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
> > On Mar 16, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Silver Bay <Wjf at me.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am looking to replace my motor with one that features best steering
> control
> > and gear change. I do not have or want the extra gadgetry of linkage
> between
> > rudder and motor. It may be a shaft-length issue, but my prop will hit
> the
> > rudder if steering is not coordinated. But biggest problem for me is that
> > the motor-tiller is almost vertical and difficult to reach when underway.
> > Two questions: Are there any recommendations for a "best motor" for
> control,
> > and are there any recommendations for "best" steering arrangements when
> > motoring? In other words, does anyone have experience raising the rudder
> > when motoring or locking the motor in fixed position with steering with
> > rudder down? Or any other variation?
> >
> >
> >
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