[Rhodes22-list] Hey Bob.

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Rummy and All the Great Rodies:  Many thanks. For your well wishes!  Can't wait to get back on the water.  Oncologist still keeping a tight rein on me but the newly approved oral med versus chemotherapy is treating me quite we'll.

Bob on the "NoKaOi 3"

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> On May 28, 2014, at 2:12 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> My T 8 is so old that it's a 2 stroker, thus the weight difference. I have  
> the 20 inch shaft. I'm really glad the new medication is working for you 
> and you  are going to continue sailing.
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 5/27/2014 2:55:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:
> 
> Rummy:  Lucked into a newly approved oral medication for my  leukemia - 
> approved on Feb 12th and I started on Feb 20th.  Doing so well  toward a 
> remission we pulled the for sale ad.  We want to sail  more!  
> 
> Just ordered the new traveler!  {:>)
> 
> BTW  how long is the shaft on the T 8?  I really like the weight compared 
> to  the Y9.9's 98#.
> 
> Cheers and Thanks for You Positive Thoughts on my CLL  Fight!
> 
> Bob
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>>> On May 27, 2014, at  2:07 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>  wrote:
>> 
>> Hey Bob, how are you doing? Any nibblers on your  boat?
>> 
>> Rummy
>> 
>> The Rhodes 22 Email List  <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On our second  R22, 16+ years.  Sold first to move to a Tartan 37.  I
> should have  stored the first R22 as five years later we sold the T37 and 
> needed another  R22.  I fitted both with the Yamaha 9.9 long shaft high thrust  
> engines.  Why?  While over kill,  the few times a year we head  out into the 
> Atlantic, it is nice to have the power to fight the tides into  and out of 
> the inlets.  Also a few times caught out in an unexpected  thunder storm on 
> the inter coastal or on the St. Lucie River we needed the  power to get home 
> or to a place of refuge.
>>> 
>>> Other  times I've sailed from out in the Atlantic through the inlet,
> crossed "the  crossroads" of the inter coastal and the river, through some 
> tight turns, and  all the way to the railroad bridge where a motor is essential. 
> My point,  I learned to sail on boats without motors.  I hate them!  But 
> when  you need them...
>>> 
>>> BTW a Yamaha 8 would also  work.  
>>> 
>>> All mine have been 4 stroke and electric  start.
>>> 
>>> Bob in Florida. R22 "NoKaOi 3"
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>> On May 26, 2014,  at 12:14 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> John,
>>>> 
>>>> In and out of the marina is only an ideal.  Most likely, you'll also  
> need
>>>> to face wind and waves on the open water.  A long  shaft 8 or 9.9 hp of
> just
>>>> about any brand should do.  I  love my Evinrude.
>>>> 
>>>> Rick
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 8:55 AM, The Rhodes  22 Email List <
>>>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all - John here, a soon-to-be  first time R22 owner, as soon as Stan
>>>>> finishes with the  final touches on a recycled '99.
>>>>> 
>>>>> A  quick first question to the assembled wisdom here:
>>>>> 
>>>>> OBM - how critical is the "high thrust, low RPM" type of  OBM that is
>>>>> recommended? I can only find that advertised  for Yamaha 9.9s and
> above; no
>>>>> other brands mention the  'high thrust' versions; the R22 forum
> comments
>>>>> don't seem  to mention it (as they do shaft length and general  
> size/hp).
>>>>> 
>>>>> I will be a lower  Chesapeake sailor, so the OBM use will be primarily
>>>>> in/out  of the marina.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks  all!!
>>>>> 
>>>>> John
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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