I've been reading stories and articles about mad adventurers and small sailboats. For example West Wight Potter sailing from California to Hawaii. Or a Mirror...
Some body sailed one up the inside passage to the Artic from Vancouver,One of our readers saw it up there & could'nt believe it.Best I saw was a German who...
Getting back to your mad adventure stories, In the 60s I lived in Bermuda.A fellow called John Riding sailed (at that time) the smallest boat across the...
In the summer of 1965 Robert Manry sailed the 13 1/2 foot "Tinkerbelle" from Falmouth, Massachusetts to Falmouth, England in 78 days. A few years later he was...
During the summer of 2000, I sailed onboard Chiron, My siren, from Lunenburg N.S. to Halifax. A 45 NM coastal passage in wind of up to 30 kts.It was wild and a...
... Vancouver,One of our readers saw it up there & could'nt believe it.Best I saw was a German who rowed his canoe From the Rine river & finished up in...
... Humph! I have the nylon twine/cleat arrangement and it doesn't seem able to keep my rudder *down*. Now, one ear of the cleat is partialy broken off, but it...
We have reposted the pictures of the old "typewriter table" spring setup that we use to hold the rudder on Lorelei. (and it works) The design is simple...
I'm not sure this is the solution you need, but it has worked well for me. (I think this idea may have been on this board originally). My rudder is not in...
Hi Julian & sally I wrote about the cruise in 2000 but I will briefly re tell it here: In short I particiapted in the official opening of a section of the Nova...
I want to put an electric motor on my Siren (currently motorless) and don't know how to convert Hp to Thrust. Does anyone use an electric motor and if so...
this is my idea of a good weekend on my Siren. I have gone a round the county (prince edward county)which has a canal 5 miles long to make it an island .The...
I live just south of Bancroft. My version of an adventure is to go on one of many lakes around here and sail. Chandos lake is beautiful to just mane one. There...
I've heard the Canadians mention Genco for sails, but I'm afraid of duties. What US sailmakers are folks buying from? Have any from the US ordered from...
Jeff, I just bought a Spinnaker from AF SAILS out of Charleston S.C. On Sale for $292.00 which I thought was reasonable. They have all the dimensions for...
I just brought a siren from Canada To the US and I paid no Duty at all. Its my understanding if it was made in Canada there is no duties. [Non-text portions of...
Hi Jeff, I received my 110% furling genoa from Genco this past December. Due to NAFTA, no import duties on sailing equipment. Remember that the prices they...
Janet & Bernie, Two years ago I had asked the same question re: Hp to Thrust and never did get a satisfactory answer, apparently there is an issue of torque, a...
I am thinking of painting my boat if if EVER warms up. Will it support it self by the rear mooring cleats and the bow eye? any ideas? pat (march 6 and it;s...
I remembered this in the DS16 Group when they were discussing the same thing, and was lucky enough to find it for enclosure below: Thrust to Hp conversion (Lbs...
When I did mine I used a 1ton block&tackle & 2 thick straps around the hull. I used the front & rear cleats to hold it level with ropes,2 saw horses under...
Wow that sounds easy.Hmmm. Did you remove centerboard first? I guess you Don't want it moving around. How much beer did take to flip over? pat ... the...
Hi, I searched the database and couldn't find anything on towing Sirens. So sorry if this is a repeat of "old" news. We have a V6 station wagon, which will tow...
... From: Julian & Sally To: sirenowners@... Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: Siren Owners Group Towing Hi, I searched the database and...
I have a full size half ton which myput the hitch a little higher but if you can put the wheels of the trailor under water yoo can float it off. It is easy to...
