[Rhodes22-list] To Ron Lipton

[Bob Fletcher]

Ron and Jerry,

I have a boat on order from Stan for spring pickup.  I'm thinking about 
Tohatsu/Nissan but still debating with myself over motor choice - 6 hp for 
lighter weight and less cost or 9.8 for "reserve" power for wind, chop.

Until I read your post I hadn't considered speed at idle.  I'd just as soon 
approach any "fixed objects" slowly.  So... a couple of questions:

1)  Has you found the 6 hp power adequate? For what kind of water? (Earlier 
posts here suggest 6 hp for inland lakes, 8 hp for larger lakes, 9.8 for 
coastal use.)

2)  Any thoughts about whether the larger motor would necessarily have 
higher idling speed?

3) Noise ...  I foresee a fair amount of motoring to explore area lakes, 
with or without wind.
Any thoughts about which is quieter at moderate speed - smaller 6 hp running 
faster or larger 9.8 running slower?

4) Do you have the 20" or 25" shaft?  If the 25", does the prop clear the 
water when the motor is raised?  If so, it would seem to be an advantage to 
have more shaft in the water in rough conditions.

Thaks for any input.

Bob Fletcher



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald Lipton" <rlipton at earthlink.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] To Ron Lipton


> Jerry,
>
>   I got the 6hp long shaft.  If you remember there were some initial
> oil burning problems.  Those went away after the engine was broken in.
> Last year the engine lost power and would die if I tried to go past
> 1/3 throttle.  That was fixed by cleaning out the carb and replacing
> the spark plug.  I had heard that the fours are very sensitive to
> gas quality and that was likely the problem.  I used fuel stabilizer,
> but I only used one tank all summer and there may have also been
> problems due to water absorption.  Next year I will rotate my gas
> more often.
>
>   You are probably right about the engine being over-propped. I also
> rarely go to fully RPM and would not mind going slower at idle.  I will
> check out the 4hp prop.  Thanks for the advice.
>
> go bears,
>
> Ron
> On Jan 21, 2007, at 7:47 PM, cjlowe wrote:
>
>> Ron,
>>
>> After a year,how do you like your Nissan  outboard? Did you get the long 
>> shaft (25") ,or the 20" ? I bought the 6 HP with the 20" shaft. I haven't 
>> had any problems, other than it seems to be over propped.It never seemed 
>> to get up to full RPM,at a little past half throttle,I couldn't gain any 
>> more RPM's. Last year I bought the 4 HP prop for it,put it on,and enjoyed 
>> a big difference. It's slower at an idle for docking,and gets to full rpm 
>> and probably an extra pony lives in that higher rpm range. I think I 
>> might have lost a little in MPG,but at 6 gallons a year,I can budget for 
>> it.
>>
>> Jerry Lowe
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