[Rhodes22-list] Outboard Recommendations

[Bob Keller]

Dan,

I will second Rummy's opinion since I took his advice and bought a Tohatsu 8hp 2 stroke, electric start with my my boat.  After seven years of both fresh and salt water use it is an amzing little motor that always starts and is very low maintainance.  Very lightweight and the 8hp is plenty even with the strong tidal currents of south Georgia.

Bob K
 
> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:05:02 -0400
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Outboard Recommendations
> 
> Dan,
> You will get a lot of responses on this topic, but I will speak only from 
> my own personal experience. I have the Tohatsu 8hp, two stroke on Rum 
> Runner. It has always been bullet proof, but you might have a hard time finding 
> one. I also have the 9.8 Tohatsu four stroke on a small fishing boat that 
> also does very well. I'm not real fussy about the fuel and haven't 
> experienced any of the problems other owners on the list have talked about. The four 
> stroke Tohatsu with electric start weighs about 90 pounds and costs about 
> $1,830.00 from onlineoutboards.com in TN. I would think the 8hp would be 
> more than enough. Be sure to look for the long shaft.
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 8/16/2009 8:24:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> djohnson0671 at gmail.com writes:
> 
> I know that we have discussed to death the ethanol fuel problems and in
> particular the Yamaha 9.9 issues - and I don't want to rehash them.
> However, I am looking for concrete recommendations for a new outboard for
> our Rhodes.
> 
> We bought an '83 (recycled by Stan in '08) and got the Yamaha 9.9 with the
> boat. It has been nothing but unreliable. Now after putting about $800
> into repair bills in the last 2 years, I've decided to just let it sink, or
> go wherever old outboards go and buy a new one. The unreliability of the
> motor has made our Rhodes a very fancy raft with a very nice view from our
> slip.
> 
> My ideal motor I don't think exists - electric start, 6-8 hp, and weighing
> about 75 lbs or less. So what are the best options out there from you
> folks' perspectives? The boat is in a slip on the Chesapeake (Solomons);
> while I obviously would prefer to be sailing, we need an engine to get in
> and out of the slip and to get home reliably when the wind fails.
> 
> Thanks for any and all recommendations, real-world expierences, etc. I'd
> like to buy one this fall before the season comes to a close.
> 
> Dan Johnson
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