[Rhodes22-list] Torquedo's

Mary Lou Troy mtroy at atlanticbb.net
Thu Aug 28 11:03:53 EDT 2008 

I wonder how long you could motor with the wind and waves against 
you? And how long it would take to recharge?

ML

At 10:47 AM 8/28/2008, you wrote:
>Mary Lou
>Yeah I just went to the DEFENDER site and saw they have a new
>Torquedo 20+ extendable shaft
>for $2699.  It supposedly has the equivalent torque of a 6hp.
>24volt, meaning you would most likely run two
>12v in series.  Since I just got the Tohatsu I would wait a few years
>too and hopefully the market will create better motors at
>less cost and possibly higher torque.
>
>Lou
>On Aug 28, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Mary Lou Troy wrote:
>
> > I hear ya Lou. I'm hoping that by the time we need our next motor
> > they'll have one that has the same power and thrust but about half
> > the weight. I don't care what the technology is as long as I can find
> > and afford the fuel for it.
> >
> > Mary Lou
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:53 AM 8/28/2008, you wrote:
> >> Mary Lou
> >>
> >> Much thanks for your input.  I agree that I should probably flush
> >> after each use assuming I will not be back right away.
> >> Best to be a bit overprotective of my new investment.  The Tohatsu is
> >> not a quiet motor when full open, but I can live with its
> >> noise.  My next motor is going to be E L E C T R I  C and have the hp
> >> of a 6hp.  I have faith and HOPE in the creativity of our
> >> marketplace and upcoming GREEN culture.
> >>
> >> Lou
> >> On Aug 27, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Mary Lou Troy wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think you're right. They don't make motors like they used to. I
> >>> think it's a "modern" 4 stroke issue. I remember reading that the 4
> >>> strokes have narrower passages and closer tolerances. I put
> >>> modern in
> >>> quotes because we heard some rumblings about it when we bought our
> >>> Honda in 1998 and some of those rumblings were 10 years old then.
> >>> Quiet was a real issue for us because we knew that even if we sailed
> >>> out for an overnight there was a good chance we would motor back.
> >>> Those motor backs were a lot more pleasant with the quiet Honda.
> >>>
> >>> Mary Lou
> >>> 1991 R22  Fretless
> >>> Rock Hall, MD
> >>>
> >>> At 06:08 PM 8/27/2008, you wrote:
> >>>> I really wonder if it is all that necessary to flush the motor.
> >>>> Maybe we
> >>>> have been lucky for nearly 30 years.  Maybe they don't make
> >>>> engines like
> >>>> they used to.  I use a mooring in the Nissequogue River and have
> >>>> no access
> >>>> to fresh water after motoring to mooring.  I just raise and tilt
> >>>> the old '79
> >>>> Suzuki DT7.5 2-cycle that is mostly aluminum and never seemed to
> >>>> have an
> >>>> issue with salt (LI Sound.)  It still starts on the first or
> >>>> second pull and
> >>>> runs like a champ (even on E-85 mixed with 2-cycle oil.)  Never
> >>>> quite but
> >>>> always dependable.
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe it is just running on memory like the rest of us ...
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> >>>> Nissequogue River, NY
> >>>>
> >>>> From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>Sent: Wednesday,
> >>>> August 27, 2008
> >>>> 5:49 PM
> >>>>> After every use if it is going to be sitting for more than a
> >>>>> day or
> >>>>> two. The new Yamaha has a flushing port. Just hook up the hose and
> >>>>> let it run for 5 or 10 minutes. Motor doesn't have to be on.
> >>>>> Salt in
> >>>>> the cooling passages killed our old Honda so the flushing feature
> >>>>> was
> >>>>> part of our decision on the Yamaha. The Hondas we looked at had a
> >>>>> similar mechanism but you had to take the cowling off to get to
> >>>>> it.
> >>>>> Don't know if the Nissan/Tohatsu motors are as prone to saltwater
> >>>>> corrosion but we didn't want to risk it after killing the
> >>>>> Honda. It
> >>>>> didn't have a flushing mechanism other than muffs or a bucket
> >>>>> which
> >>>>> seemed to us to be too hard to do in the slip.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>> Mary Lou
> >>>>> 1991 R22 Fretless
> >>>>> Rock Hall, MD
> >>>>>
> >>>>> At 04:59 PM 8/27/2008, you wrote:
> >>>>>> Curious to know how often any body flushes their outboards ?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I m doing it every few weeks right now. Really foul foul water
> >>>>>> near
> >>>>>> my slip.
> >>>>>> I use a large bucket under the prop , raising my Garelick
> >>>>>> mount up
> >>>>>> all the way the prop is almost out of the water.
> >>>>>> I ve got the Tohatsu 6 with 20" shaft.  new motor
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Lou
> >>>>>> s/v Miracles
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Aug 27, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Benjamin Cittadino wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Tootle;
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I believe President Clinton was suspended (not disbarred) for 5
> >>>>>>> years by
> >>>>>>> the Arkansas Supreme Ct.  There was later an order by the US
> >>>>>>> Supremes
> >>>>>>> disbarring him from practice in that Court, but it may have been
> >>>>>>> contested (I forget, but who's counting?). The actions were
> >>>>>>> taken
> >>>>>>> because of allegations of untruthful testimony under oath.
> >>>>>>> Remember the
> >>>>>>> well publicized argument over his statement that "there is no
> >>>>>>> affair",
> >>>>>>> and his position that at the time it was made the statement was
> >>>>>>> accurate, depending on "what the definition of IS is". Come
> >>>>>>> on, ya
> >>>>>>> gotta
> >>>>>>> love the guy.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> By the way, my  old 9.9 Yamaha is runnin' like a top ( uh oh,
> >>>>>>> did I
> >>>>>>> just
> >>>>>>> tempt the gods?).  The maintenance manual is available online
> >>>>>>> from a
> >>>>>>> number of sources.  The "Sta-bil" seems to hold it together
> >>>>>>> and 87
> >>>>>>> octane is plenty.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Ben C.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
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