Bill,
I've crawled around on a lot of Rhodes, both old and new and the transom  
design and thickness hasn't changed over the years. What has changed is the  
different versions of the motor lift, both manual and motorized. Stan has 
simply  changed mounting techniques to accommodate the various lifts and their 
 weight.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 5/21/2013 2:38:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
WEWickman at spectraenergy.com writes:

I didn't  realize that different vintage Rhodes22s have different transom  
thickness.  My boat was built in 2000 so probably has the thicker  transom.  
I also have the General Boats motor lift. My motor is a fairly  heavy 
Yamaha 9.9 high thrust 4-stroke that weighs about 100+ lbs. The problem  is not 
the static weight but rather the dynamics of the leveraged force of a  motor 
on the end of the boat that occurs when you are traveling at highway  speeds 
and hit a bump and the trailer whipsaws up and down.  Hence, one  should 
not allow the motor lift to support the full weight of the motor during  long 
trips, or any trips for that matter.

Bill W.
s/v Fina  Lee

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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Traveling with motor  mounted.

It depends on thedle weight of your motor and age of the  boat.  I have a
really heavy motor.  I have an 89 boat.  The  new boats are being made
thicker and stronger in the transom to handle the  larger 4 strokes.  I have
rebuilt by motor lift once because it broke  and another time to accomodate
heavier motor.  I have added  reinforcement inside the transom to stiffen
it.  My transom is thin  and I do worry.  I travel the 10 mile range with
motor on but strap it  up tightly to stern rails.  I will remove it for
longer  travel.
-Patrick


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Wickman,  William E <
WEWickman at spectraenergy.com> wrote:

> I have  towed my boat for literally thousands of miles and have never 
taken
>  the motor off and have never had any issues.  I do tie a rope around  the
> motor and tie it off so that the weight of the motor is not  completely on
> the motor lift.  The motor cover is another  story.  I have lost two motor
> covers somewhere along the  interstate.  The wind seems to catch them and
> pull them right off  if you don't tie them down well.
>
> Interestingly, I usually take  the rudder off if I am going on a long 
trip.
>  Why?  I dunno  other than it's a lot easier to remove than the motor.  
The
> more  I think about it, the more I think I'll just leave it on next  trip.
>
> Comments on trailer sway should be  heeded.
>
> Bill W.
> s/v Fina  Lee
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent:  Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:34 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>  Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Traveling with motor mounted.
>
> I had a  guy tell me never to pull my boat with the out board still 
mounted
>  to
> my boat. It would rip the mount off during the drive. I only have  to go
> about 10 miles to the nearest ramp. Is it really nessesary for  me to
> unmount
> the motor everytime I take my boat to the  ramp?
>
>
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