I bought a 6hp 4-stroke long-shaft Tohatsu for my 87 Siren, which btw is for sale. The 4hp, 5hp, and 6hp Tohatsu 4-strokes weigh the same about 61 lbs. So why...
The guy at the outboard shop where I bought my 4hp 4st said that I probably wouldn't use the extra 2hp with a sailboat, since the torque of the 4, 5 and 6hp...
With my 4.5hp Johnson at 80% throtle in calm conditions I get about 9- 10 km/h which is (I suppose) close to the hull speed of the Siren. Full throttle wown't...
Thanks for the advice. That was the setup I had in mind but I did not know what size to use. What size/amps solar panel are you using? Do you have some sort...
We have a 5 watt panel, on sale it was about $75 canadian. Since it is only 5 watt (350 m amp) it cannot overload the battery, so we have no overcharge...
... Actually we haven't installed it yet. It just sits on the bench in the cabin, the boat is moored facing south so it gets light pretty much all day....
... You know, I have a friend in Olympia that picked up a older (Johnson/something else) 2-stroke 6hp two cylinder engine and had it overhauled and it is a...
Recently we said that our solar panel was not mounted, it just sat in the cabin. Well, the other day it fell off the seat and the top glass broke. We called...
Hoping the group can help me with this. As my season with a Siren has come to a close, I pulled the boat out of the water last night and started to prepare it...
???? There should'nt be a problem with the gooseneck it should be a long way from the cabin top. The only thing that might be a problem is the little ring that...
We had the same problem with our 75. What we needed to do was have either a second person (first mate in our case) or a support of some type to hold the top...
I have a siren 1988, the mast step base is a bracket with a L shape slot. going up is no problem. This is my first year with this boat and taking the mast...
There indeed is an angle in which the pin will come out, and that angle is well before the mast begins hitting the cabin/companionway top. As others have...
Randy; I just got done redoing my 75 Siren and had a similar problem with the mast pin binding in the slot. I discovered that the pin was bent from previous ...
god point about the pin not being straight . The tolerences aren't that much. I forgot that I had replaced mine last year.Not that it was a problem before. ......
god point about the pin not being straight . The tolerences aren't that much. I forgot that I had replaced mine last year.Not that it was a problem before. ......
Saw Cheerio on her trailer east bound on the QEW, last Sunday, it is such a depressing time of year in this part of the world knowing there will be little if...
In the photo's I've seen pictures of Sirens with a sail cover and was wondering where people bought one. Of the two local suppliers one wanted to sell me a...
I took my mast down last night. With my son's help we found the correct angle, and got it off without any real difficulty. But if I had been trying to do it...
I have a blue unlabelled cover that came with the boat. I always assumed that since Genco made the original sails they made the cover as well. You'd think a...
I have a removable pin (long stainless bolt). It works fine as long as you have two people. If you are trying to raise the mast yourself it's a bit obnoxious...
Re: Turtle :Summer of 2002 I turtled my Siren 180 degrees. I had made a starboard tack, strong gust came up, my two passengers went to where we were shipping...
Went down to the marina today for a holiday sail. Over half of the boats are already on the hard and half dozen of the big boys are in shrink-wrap, too bad to...
