[Rhodes22-list] Sorry I meant the "new" Yamaha 8 or 9.9 hp

[David Bradley]

No problem, Mike.  I've seen another R22 with a traditional outboard
gear shift/throttle mounted on the stern rail.  Bill Effrost swears by
it (and might do so if he's reading).

Dave

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> Thanks for responding, but "my bad" ... I meant the "new" T8ELH or T9.9ELH
> outboards with the gearshift and throttle controls on the motor tiller (as
> opposed to the sailboat tiller).  Apparently the UPP with sailboat tiller
> mounted controls was developed for a motor that's no longer available new
> and Stan is using either used motors with the controls on the sailboat
> tiller or a new Yamaha 8 hp motor (the T8ELH I presume) that has the
> controls for both the throttle and gearshift on the motor tiller.  Stan
> doesn't relocate the controls with these newer motors.  Apparently the old
> motor was the only one Stan had found where the remote cables came out the
> side of the motor housing rather than the front.  With the cables coming out
> the front there is apparently some issue with cable bending radius and
> binding.
>
> My Admiral and I got to use the UPP on Stan's test boat and liked it, but
> don't think the extra cost is really worth it in this case.  Stan is really
> his own worst competition here as his 7:1 manual system sounds very, very
> good.  Anyway we're looking for feedback on the new T8ELH from Yamaha and
> the even newer T9.9ELH both of which have the gear shift right behind the
> throttle on the motor tiller.  Not quite as good as having them on the
> sailboat tiller, but not bad if they're easy to reach from the port stern
> seat.
>
> Guess I don't know what the old motors weigh, the T8ELH comes in at right
> about 80 lbs.  Manageable by one, easy for two (or one with some mechanical
> advantage).
>
> What my Admiral and I will miss from the UPP package is the rudder/motor
> interconnect.  That was great and if we can't get Stan to unbundle that from
> a UPP package we'll have to work on engineering one ourselves.
>
> Mike Cheung
>
>
>
>
> David Bradley wrote:
>>
>> Mike, I have the 9.9 with UPP and tiller-mounted control.  I love it.
>> Can cruise at hull speed at about 2/3 throttle.  Power when you need
>> it in a strong current, for maneuvering, etc.  Relatively quiet.  It's
>> heavy, so I don't look forward to the day I need to take it off the
>> boat...
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone running one of the Yamaha 8 or 9.9 hp outboards with the gearshift
>>> on
>>> the tiller? How do you like it?
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