[Rhodes22-list] Tohatsu Booster.

[Claude C. Cox]

"soon to be sailing again" on a full pond??
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From: "John Tonjes" <johntonjes@earthlink.net>
To: <alexbell@coastalnet.com>; "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'"
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 6:32 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Tohatsu Booster.


Alex,
It's not hard being a "Tohatsu" booster, they are a good engine for the
Rhodes. Mine came with the boat when I bought it and I have been happy with
it. There are three R22's on our lake with the Tohatsu 8's and they are all
very happy with them.......including the one wimp with the electric start,
not mentioning any names (Bob Keller).
Rum Runner is back from the boat doctor with a new bottom. After a light
sand blasting to remove the blisters, they applied three coats of Interlux
Interprotect epoxy and then finished it off with three coats of Interlux
micron extra with biolux to ward off the Lake Hartwell slime.
Now, to prevent a long line of questions concerning blisters, the bottom of
my boat was never protected in any way manner or form, not even a coating of
anti-fouling paint. It spent most of 13 years in the water until I pulled it
this late fall for repairs and upgrades. I'm probably the only Rhodes owner
I know of that has had blisters. The repairs were done professionally and I
shouldn't have any problems in the future.

Rummy....soon to be sailing again.

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Alex Bell
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 11:37 PM
To: jbconnolly@speakeasy.net; The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] More Newbie Questions


Jim,

Interesting review in latest Pratical Sailor on motors. Seems that Mercury,
Nissan and Tohatsu are all built by the same manufacture....Tohatsu. They
also have the lowest list price of the three. Interestingly, the Johnson 4
hp is actually a Suzuski and the higher end Mercury is a hybred with Yamaha
motor and Mercury gearbox. Tohatsu was also the lightest motors in their hp
range most of the time.

You've made Rummy happy. He's a Tohatsu booster.  The depthsounders are
usually overrated for the Rhodes. What is the worst thing that can happin?
You run aground and pull your board up and go on. That is especailly true
here in NC whre we have nothing but mud and sand bottoms. Now if you were in
Maine or a rockey coastal area, then maybe it would do some good.

We have a Windex 15 that's mounted on the aft side of the mast, with a
Std/Horizon 150 electronic wind speed/direction transducer mounted on the
fwd side of the masthead. Both are mounted on the masthead, which is drilled
and tapped vertically. The bolts are secured with locknuts and do not pass
down into the path of the halyards. This is overkill since we can see the
fwd windvane and didn't need the one on the back side of the mast, but
Pamela insisted she could see and interpit it better than the electronic
display. Gotta keep her happy.


Alex

Jim Connolly wrote:
>
> Thanks to the list for all your previous help.
>
> FWIW, regarding motors, I went with a Tohatsu 8 long shaft electric
> start. An exhaustive (and exhausting) weighing of multiple factors and
> costs resulted in the surprising determination that the most important
> factor to my WW was electric start, followed by weight and cost.
> Tohatsu beat Nissan by a nose, based on a good boat show price.
>
> I also ordered my graphics from Rik, and would like to publicly thank
> him for his patience through numerous font, color and size changes.
>
> I'm still thinking about the depthsounder.
>
> Now, another question:  What, if anything, do folks use for a masthead
> wind vane? Anybody have a close-up photo of the masthead?
>
> I also await news of the IMF MK-II with baited breath.
>
> Jim Connolly
>
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