[Rhodes22-list] outboard advice

[cjlowe]

With all the outboard talk going on,I'm starting to rethink my decision to buy a Yamaha HT 8hp four stroke.
Pros (as I see it): smooth running 2 cyl.,  electric start& charging,  at 102 lbs,you'll have to eat your wheaties to be able to steal it.

Cons: At 102 lbs,I can't consume enough  wheaties to mount it,  Yamaha is real proud of it($2100), could be tough on the motor mount.

I sail on a very protected lake now ,but in the future I would like to try lake Erie and other bigger lakes.Right now I use a Yamaha 2.5hp 4-st. that I bought for my com-pac 16.It pushes it ok,(I even towed a dead pontoon boat with the R22)but I can see trouble  going into a mean head wind.I'm wide open to any and all advise
Jerry Lowe