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Ah Edward, I was wondering when you were going to pick up on my new motor  
purchase. The 9.8 is a short shaft and is for a fourteen foot aluminum fishing  
boat. I will still keep the 8hp 2 cycle on RumRunner. By the way, the 9.8 four 
 stroke moves that aluminum boat at 25 miles per hour. :) Now is probably a 
good  time to also confess to owning a personal water craft, a SeaDoo to be 
specific.  It has a top speed of just over 65 miles per hour.

Rummy

In a message dated 7/7/2008 12:17:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ekroposki at charter.net writes:

Mike:

Discussions about outboard motor horsepower have routinely  occurred on this
forum since before the last century.  Also, there  have been discussions
about 2 cycle vs. 4 cycle outboard motors.   Small two cycle outboard motors
are no longer sold in the USA, but are  still made and sold elsewhere.  

The Greenies have convinced the  environmental people that two cycle outboard
motors are deleterious to the  environment. 

Tohatsu has made boat outboard motors since before  WWII.  It has made a
reputation of making a very reliable outboard  motors.  Its reputation is
based on past performance and not high  dollar advertising.  I encourage you
to read the history of Tohatsu  Outboards.

If you want remote controls for a Tohatsu outboard, they are  available to
work with Stan’s motor mount by a third party provider mention  several times
on this forum.  

What horse power for a Rhodes  22?  On an inland lake all you need is 4 to 6
or even a good trolling  motor.  On coastal waters that have currents, 8
horsepower works  fine.  I have used an 8 hp two cycle motor against the
outgoing  current on the ICW in a narrow passage.  It worked fine.  So you  do
not need more horse power on the coast if you possess just average  skills.

Now if there is no difference in price between a 8  and 9.8 and only two
pounds difference, then the 9.8 might be  justified.  There was a former
motor that had negligible weight  difference between the 9.8 and 15 hp
motors.  The differences were in  carburetion and fuel input.  Why not a 15
so you can really move out?  

This begets the question of why a former advocate of the 8 hp two  cycle
motor would go out and buy a new 9.8 hp four stroke motor for lake  sailing? 
Could it be that he has been seduced by the green god gore?   Or has he
misunderstood the request for more thrust?

So the question  is where are you going to sail?  And what is the weight and
price  difference between the smaller and larger motors.  A good  sailor
should be able to sail his boat without a motor.  The world  traversing
Pardeys used a long sculling oar on a 30 foot sailboat!   See:  
http://www.simplicityboats.com/yulohpage.html
http://www.shawandtenney.com/specialty-oars.htm

Sailboats  are for sailing.  Let the winds fill your sails.
"Always approach the  dock at the speed you wish to hit it."

Ed K
Greenville, SC,  USA

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