[Rhodes22-list] Motor-Tiller Interconnector

[Lucy]

Hi Charlie,

Congratulations on your Torqeedo!

You don’t mention what type of motor you bought, but you might consider
connecting it up to the tiller - we’ve managed to make it work for our
Torqeedo Cruise 4.0 RT, with a few modifications to Stan’s connector.

Lucy
s/v Steady State

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 4:01 PM Charles Nieman <blue66corvette at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> A few years ago I bought from Stan (this was prior to non-Certificate
> holders being banned from doing business with General Boats). I shipped the
> motor cover for my Honda 4 Stoke to him, he attached the connection piece
> and shipped back the cover and the connector arm that I attached to my
> tiller head. It worked like a charm. A Great piece of engineering (like
> there would be anything else from Stan and General Boats).
>
> Last year I got tired of the battle with that Honda, it would run good,
> but I couldn't get it to idle. Since I only sail on a smallish lake in
> Texas, I decided I didn't need very much horse power. I bought a Torquedo
> electric motor and LOVE it. Not too certain how much headway I can make
> into a strong wind, but I probably won't ever find out, I've become a
> pretty much fair weather sailor.
>
> So now I am going to sell the Honda (unless you live in the DFW area of
> Texas, you don't really care) and the motor-tiller interconnector.  I don't
> really remember what I paid Stan for this beautiful engineering, but if you
> are interested, please send me a direct email at:
> blue66corvette at hotmail.com  I am pretty certain we can strike a deal.
>
> Charlie Nieman
> s/v Daydream
> 98R22
>
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