[Rhodes22-list] Yamaha 8 hp motor source?

[Mary Lou Troy]

The Yamaha t8 electric start can also be manually started - probably 
not easy - from memory, I think you have to take the cowling off. 
With our shoulder and back issues, electric start seemed prudent. We 
monitor our battery carefully (Link 10). I don't think Tohatsu's can 
be easily flushed while on the boat. That was imperative for us 
because the boat lives in a saltwater slip most of the year. That's 
not a problem on a freshwater lake. I think if we were on freshwater 
we might go for the lightest 4-stroke engine that had electric start.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22  Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 03:18 PM 7/2/2008, you wrote:
>Mike
>   Not sure if I'm the Bill you are talking to ?  But here goes.
>
>    I have a Tohatsu  8hp . No problem with it on Lake Erie were,  I 
> sail 3 or 4 times a wk.. I have been out in heavy seas ( 4 and 5 ft 
> waves and wind guesting to 25 kt ). what else can I say .
>    I looked at the Yamaha T 8 and T 9 There were two things that 
> turned Me off of the T8 and T 9 .The price and they only come with 
> Electric start  To me that was a big problem .What are you going to 
> do when you are  4 or 5 miles out, in heavy seas high winds and 
> your battery is shot ?
>    Last yr  I paid 1705 that included Tax  and Shipping .Ck out 
> internetoutboards.com..
>
>   Mike if you and your Admiral are ever going to be in the Toledo 
> Oh area .Let me know and we can get together for a sail.
>
>   Bill  Davidge
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 7:48:19 AM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  Yamaha 8 hp motor source?
>
>
>Bill,
>
>My Admiral and I are also working on outfitting a soon to be recycled Rhodes
>(a 1993).  Mind if I ask where you got your 8 hp Yamaha?  I assume it's the
>T8ELH.  Best I've found so far is a place just north of Edenton in VA called
>Ed's Marine Superstore.  I haven't talked to them yet, but the price they
>list on their Web page was pretty good on the T8ELH and not bad on the newer
>T9.9ELH which I'm also considering (for the extra power at about the same
>weight).
>
>For those with 8 hp motors on their Rhodes .... ever wish you had +1.9 hp
>more?  We'll be sailing mostly Ohio inland lakes and Lake Erie  with
>occasional sojourns further afield.  I'm not at all concerned about using 8
>hp on the inland lakes, but Lake Erie can be indistinguishable from the sea
>in terms of wind and waves at  times.
>
>Mike Cheung  s/v ????
>
>
>
>William McCready Jr. wrote:
> >
> >
> > Chet
> >
> > Thanks for reaching out- I will go with just a porti-potti and one or two
> > hatches to increase air flow to the cabin on overnites. I just bought an
> > 8hp Yamaha and hope I don't regret not getting the UPP when my back
> > problems resurface.
> >
> > William E.B. McCready Jr., CFP
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