It depends on your installation, but yes, you must be able to reach the  
motor and turn the release knob on the side.
I don't have much trouble doing this because I can actually fit inside the  
Lazz.  :)
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/22/2010 4:47:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sloopblueheron at gmail.com writes:

Rummy,

How does that manual override work?  Do you have  to do an kneeling or more
serious contortions inside the  lazarette?

Rick

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM,  <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> I have Stan's electric lift  system and wouldn't trade it for anything. On
> my model, there is a  manual override on the lift motor to allow for 
manual
> lowering or  raising if necessary. I know this because I installed it
>  myself.
>  Those that have a factory installation would be lucky if  they received 
an
> owners  manual or they would never know about  it.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 6/22/2010  12:53:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> staum at earthlink.net  writes:
>
> You make  a good arguement for the simple &  reliable manual lift  system.
>
> Stephen Staum
> '87  R22, Carol Lee
>
> Sent from my  iPhone
>
> On  Jun 22, 2010, at 8:52 AM, ftugwell at cox.net wrote:
>
> >   On Saturday I was single-handing my Rhodes on the Potomac with good
>  >  winds (around 15 k) and when I decided to return to port, the  engine
> >  would not drop--in fact, nothing happened when I  pressed the remote
> >  (this is new) button to lower the  lift.  I called Stan, who went
> > through
> > all the  alternatives with me: a) checking the  connections on the
> >  busbar
> > in the laz, and on the  battery; b) reading the  instructions to find
> > the
> >  release for the  motor; and c) in an emergency situation, cutting the
> >  strap  while holding the motor up with a line so that it does not drop.
>  >  We had already determined that there was still power, since  my
> >  instruments were all working.  I was in the middle  of the channel  
with
> > lots of boats zooming around and a good  wind, so I decided to  go
> > back to
> > the marina  area and anchor to check things  out.  Since it was
> >  relatively
> > easy, I did reach in  the laz and, to my  surprise, I found a loose nut
> > connection. (not a  wire nut,  just a nut)  After I tightened it, the
> > motor lift   worked.  Many thanks to Stan for walking me through this on
> >  my  new boat.  An aside: no surveyor will approve a boat for sale  if  
it
> > has wire nuts.  these are not for marine   use.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:08 AM,  Joe Camp  wrote:
> >
> >> Rummy and Chris:
>  >>
> >>   There seems to be a Freudian undertone  in all of this  "nut"
> >> talk.
> >> Can we  switch to something more  directly phallic, like "raising the
>  >> mast?"  Just a thought,  but let's not hide our true  natures...men.
> >>
> >>  Joe
> >>  --- On Tue, 6/22/10, R22RumRunner at aol.com   wrote:
>  >>
> >>
> >> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com  Subject:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] OB Motors (
> >> for  Rummy)
> >> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >>  Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 7:57  AM
> >>
>  >>
> >> Wire nuts are not for marine use. I  prefer  soldered connections with
> >> shrink tubing and then a layer  of  liquid electrical tape. I'm glad we
> >> dug a  little  deeper into  this subject.
> >>
>  >>  Rummy
> >>
> >>
> >> In a  message dated 6/21/2010 1:35:40  P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>  >> ccowie at cowieassociates.com  writes:
> >>
>  >> Thanks  for the advice.  The nuts I  was referring to  are not the 
wing
> >> nuts on the  battery rather   control wires from the outboard lift
> >> switch have wire  nuts  that  seem to come a bit loose every now and
> >>  then.  I  plan to replace them with  a  bette
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