[Rhodes22-list] Trailering with outboard

[Peter Nyberg]

Well, there’s an obvious lesson to be learned here.  

We need to put export restrictions on the Rhodes 22 immediately, or soon there won’t be any left in the USA.

But seriously, I don’t have a glimmer of an idea of how I would go about moving a 90 pound outboard from the motor mount into the cabin, or even the cockpit.

—Peter

> On Dec 6, 2019, at 8:31 PM, Dana LeTendre via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
>     Been reading the various experiences about trailering with the outboard.  We have hauled a Rhodes 22 through Mexico and all the way down to Belize City, which is about 2,000 miles whichever way you go.  Actually, we hired a guy to haul three different Rhodes 22's down that same path. and each time I secured the motor in the cabin.  I mean SECURED it.  I also secured the rudder in the cockpit floor, well-padded and secured.  This guy put the trailered boat on a big flatbed and hauled our boat and a bunch of other stuff with a big rig semi.  I know this is not the same thing as trailering, and I didn't have to deal with any sway issued, but there was plenty of bumping and vibrating and the motor survived just fine.  Everybody's situation is a bit different, but unless I was going only a very short distance I'd remove the motor and rudder to the cabin and cockpit, respectively.
> 
> Dana LeTendre
> "Caye Dreams"
> San Pedro, Belize
>