I am missing my battens. does any one know where i cold get some. or make some. what are the oringals made of ? fiberglass? i jst finshed moving my topping lft...
Dear Pat: WalMart had this pretty interesting thing: A stern anchor winch. Something a little (but not much) like an enclosed in a cage sailboat winch (only...
Thanks John, this summer I might try a temp-thingy-gizmo jiffy reefing with crome rings in place of blocks and try it and just see how I like having one,...
A while back seems like someone said try hardware style "wood yard sticks" and just cut 'em to proper size. Maybe sand off the lettering so it won't stain the...
Hi Dale, Athena’s are made of plastic, you can make replacements out of just about anything that won’t cut the batten pockets and has some spring to it. ...
I am looking to purchase a Siren 17. One of the boats I am looking at has no fore window, only side ones. Most of the pictures on the owners' site show a...
Dale I loose more battens then i care to admit. The second sail on the siren I was missing one of the 24" battens. See pic of skunk during 2005 raft up. I use...
I have a Siren 4-Sale. I live North of Chicago, IL near the Wisconsin boarder. THE BOAT: It is a '86 (I think) I will confirm that. Blue bottom, White top. 2...
- ... The thickeness should be around 3/16" . The fiberglass ends are about that thick. The fiberglass one are easy to obtain, but I just pick something off...
I don't have a front window. You won't miss much action from the window as all you see is the foot of the jib. Some have trouble with the window staying in as...
I have a bow window, if I had a choice I would take a boat without a window. I don't trust that the window would stay in if I got stuck in some big breakers on...
Hi all! Finally I have finished the repairs to the trailer and was able to take Athena back to the harbor yesterday afternoon. It was a glorious spring day,...
Ah nuthin' like a picture looking over the cabin to make me feel like I am there. Thanks Bernard. The snow left here yesterday and my boat showed up. Good news...
Sailboats are rather custom by nature, but some Siren options are: - "head" under the V-birth. Most prefer porta-potties. - the coveted boom tent - boom vang -...
I had a nice sail over to Port Moody yesterday. I tacked up Burrard Inlet on a broad reach, passing close to Reed Point Marina (where a little Sunray 21 is...
... Yet to be termined... got a year to figure it out. It's a very long way. To drive would take up a minimium of 4 days of a 2 week vacation. But if I took a...
- ... Forgot that one. ... Thought that was standard equipment?. Have to look it up. ... 1971 was the only year that the thin CB was made. Probably Sail ...
There is a sailboat exchange network out there. As well as a house one. But I think the Siren falls a little short. Allay ... Yet to be termined... got a year...
Hi Don, I used to live in the Doylestown/New Britton area of Philadelphia. Couple of nice places to sail you may want to try, depending on where you are are:...
Hi Steve, I live in the Quakertown area and work in Doylestown. I am getting a slip on Lake Nockamixon and hope to putting the boat in this weekend. I have...
Dear Don: Do you have access to the Siren online Manual also at the Sirenowners SubGroup there are many photos of how to rigg a Siren... To the SubGroup...
Sure Buddy: but just don't forget about this he-ah golden Siren website in the process. Dear Ol Bernard posted alot of those rigging pics for us, so big tme...
I'm stripping the paint off all the brightwork and was wondering what kind of wood is the winch board made of? Most of the wood looks like mahogany but the ...
Bill, It looks like just the fiberglass shrunk, whereas the Plexiglas window is full sized. This is good news for me, as I seem to get the windows pretty wet...
