[Rhodes22-list] Converting Electric Winch Motor Lift to a Manual System

[Shawn Boles]

Hi

Per Peter's query, the manual  motor lift 6:1 does not support tilting. You
have to do it by hand if you think it necessary.

Cheers,
Shawn

s/v Sweet Baboo

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 12:00 PM Alexis Seigneurin <alexis.seigneurin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Same observation here: with the « standard » GBI mount, my long-shaft
> Tohatsu outboard is well out of the water.
>
> To me, titling the motor could actually create an issue: if titled, rain
> water could get underneath the top cover of the engine through the rear
> vent that would then be exposed. Unless I had a fabric cover to keep the
> rain out of the engine, I wouldn’t tilt the outboard.
>
> Alexis
>
> ________________________________
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of
> ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:24:48 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Converting Electric Winch Motor Lift to a
> Manual System
>
> Hi Stan,
>
> That’s very interesting.  I did not know there was more than one version
> of the manual motor mount.  The side rails on my motor mount are 28-3/4”
> long.  From that, can you tell if I have the standard or tall manual
> version?  I suspect I have the tall manual version as there isn’t much more
> vertical real estate left on the transom after installing the motor mount.
> It took some careful measurement and installation to make that thing fit
> properly on the transom.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
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> From: stan<mailto:stan at generalboats.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:06 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Converting Electric Winch Motor Lift to a
> Manual System
>
>
> thanks Roger, Peter please note,
>
> We did *not* build the manual motor mount to tilt for the vector change
> reasons Roger covered earlier.  The effort needed to raise up to 9.9  4
> strokes OBs was and is, very reasonable.
>
> To maintain our "proclivity for constant improvement" we did also build
> a tall manual version where tilting a standard 20" long shaft is not
> necessary.
>
> On 9/8/20 9:39 AM, ROGER PIHLAJA wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Given Stan’s proclivity for constant improvement, I don’t know if my GBI
> manual motor mount is “typical” or not.  Having said that, I can tell you
> my motor mount does not automatically tilt the motor at the top of its
> travel.   I have an extra long shaft Honda 8 hp outboard.  Unless I am hard
> on the wind on starboard tack, I do not have to tilt the motor up.  Even
> with the port rail in the water, the 1st detent on the motor’s tilt
> mechanism is sufficient to keep the lower unit out of the water.  Tilting
> the motor up to the 1st detent is pretty easy and you only need to do it on
> one point of sail if its blowing hard enough to bury the port rub rail.
> Are you certain it’s worth all this effort to make the motor mount do this
> automatically?
> >
> > Roger Pihlaja
> > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >
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> >
> > From: Peter Nyberg<mailto:peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> > Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 9:50 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Converting Electric Winch Motor Lift to a
> Manual System
> >
> > George,
> >
> > I’m not sure if you’re saying that your think that the GBI manual lift
> did not have tilt, but after seeing the pictures, that’s the way it looks
> to me.  It’s hard to be sure though.  Again, maybe someone who knows could
> comment.
> >
> >
>
>