I have the 6:1 manual. No surprise that It lifts my ~30 lb. Torqeedo1003L
w/no problem. It does stick when lowering on occasion,  but can be jiggled
into submission.

Cheers
Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 5:22 PM Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Are we reinventing the wheel, didn't Stan have a manual lift with a 6:1
> pull?  I seem to recall one at the boat show a while back and it lifted the
> motor pretty easily.  Anyone?
> Chris G.
> Enosis
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 5:44 PM Tom Van Heule <
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm wondering if there is space for another set of blocks to get another
> > purchase or two? That's seems most obvious way to reduce the effort?
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 4:37 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > George,
> > >
> > > Actually, I have the Mercury 8 HP, only 90-something lbs.
> > >
> > > Yes, I also have 4 double blocks.  Obviously there’s some friction in
> the
> > > blocks themselves, plus the line turning on the stainless tube.  Also
> > some
> > > friction in the aluminum slides.
> > >
> > > I’ve tried some alternative line routes that made the situation worse,
> > but
> > > none that have improved it noticeably.
> > >
> > > —Peter
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Sep 5, 2020, at 5:22 PM, Gmorganflier <gmorgan.flier at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Peter,
> > > >
> > > > I believe you and I have the same 9.9 Mercury motor weighing 106 lbs.
> > > >
> > > > I just took some bathroom scales out to my boat and weighed myself
> and
> > > then
> > > > tried to get a reading while pulling the engine up. If it was
> anywhere
> > > near
> > > > being accurate, it seemed to average around 40-45 lbs until the
> engine
> > > > starts to tilt, and then it’s quite a bit more.(couldn’t measure it
> > with
> > > the
> > > > bathroom scale method)
> > > >
> > > > Is your system also a 9/1 ratio...4 double blocks?
> > > >
> > > > I wonder why the pull is so much more than we expected?
> > > >
> > > > George
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > >
> > >
> >
>