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Lars;
I believe that my Minkota is about 18 pounds of thrust. It's out in the
shed and I will go out there and dig it out and get the details later
when the weather clears. It took a while for the boat to get up to
"speed" with the little guy, but for "potting" around the shallow water
it was great. Wouldn't want to fight any tides or high winds with it
though....
I don't know where my old Siren finally wound up. I got the idea that I
was too old to sail and sold it on the spur of the moment to a young
couple who kept it for a year and then moved up to a bigger boat. It
took me a about a month to start regretting the sale and about three
years to buy this present HMS18. I think that the 18 won't be quite as
cramped as I am getting a little bit creaky in my old age and that's
what started to get to me on the Siren. They appear periodically in
the Washington Post and I will keep an eye out for one for you.
Tom and Valerie sent me the address of Chuck Arnold
cdarnold@teleport.com and I will be getting in touch with him to find
out about his design.
Regards
Rye gewalt
"Lars S. Mulford" wrote:
> Rye Gewalt wrote:
>
>> I had great luck with the a tiny minkota (smallest they make) on my
>> old siren.
>
> Rye:Just out of curiosity, what did you do with your Siren and what
> were your thoughts of it? I am considering getting one to keep
> locally here to use in Delaware's very shallow inland bays. I like
> the rudder idea you speak of, but your electric motor idea is
> absolutely a G-R-E-A-T idea! It is not only a good idea, but very
> practical as well as you can clean up one whole side of the transom if
> you mount a motor like you describe. What Minn-Kota did you use on
> your Siren? I used to use a Minn-Kota 35AT on my Potter 15 - it was
> 27lbs thrust. Worked great!
>
> --
> "Sea" ya!
>
> --Lars S. Mulford, President
> East Coast Potter Association (ECPA)
> Come visit us at http://members.tripod.com/~SpeedSailor
> "Forgive, and live. Life is worth the challenge of living." --LSSM
>
>
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Lars;
I believe that my Minkota is about 18 pounds of thrust. It's out in the shed and I will go out there and dig it out and get the details later when the weather clears. It took a while for the boat to get up to "speed" with the little guy, but for "potting" around the shallow water it was great. Wouldn't want to fight any tides or high winds with it though....
I don't know where my old Siren finally wound up. I got the idea that I was too old to sail and sold it on the spur of the moment to a young couple who kept it for a year and then moved up to a bigger boat. It took me a about a month to start regretting the sale and about three years to buy this present HMS18. I think that the 18 won't be quite as cramped as I am getting a little bit creaky in my old age and that's what started to get to me on the Siren. They appear periodically in the Washington Post and I will keep an eye out for one for you.
Tom and Valerie sent me the address of Chuck Arnold cdarnold@teleport.com and I will be getting in touch with him to find out about his design.
Regards
Rye gewalt
"Lars S. Mulford" wrote:
Rye Gewalt wrote:I had great luck with the a tiny minkota (smallest they make) on my old siren.Rye:Just out of curiosity, what did you do with your Siren and what were your thoughts of it? I am considering getting one to keep locally here to use in Delaware's very shallow inland bays. I like the rudder idea you speak of, but your electric motor idea is absolutely a G-R-E-A-T idea! It is not only a good idea, but very practical as well as you can clean up one whole side of the transom if you mount a motor like you describe. What Minn-Kota did you use on your Siren? I used to use a Minn-Kota 35AT on my Potter 15 - it was 27lbs thrust. Worked great!--
"Sea" ya!--Lars S. Mulford, President
East Coast Potter Association (ECPA)
Come visit us at http://members.tripod.com/~SpeedSailor
"Forgive, and live. Life is worth the challenge of living." --LSSM
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