Thank you Brian and Clare - and other contributors. I love this group. You go out of touch for a couple of weeks and look what you miss!!! A great experiment...
Wow...very cool(and helpful)pictures...well done! I am wondering how to tell the difference between the lighter keel and the heavier one. Was there a specific...
Hi Charlie, The lighter 3/8" keel was used on the 1972 Sirens only, as far as we know. Ours is a '73 (#98) and has the heavier 5/8" keel. Brian Siren 98 ...
Hi Brian I also have a '73, so I guess I should have the heavier 5/8" keel. I'm going to climb under and measure to make sure. Sounds like thats the better one...
Hi Michael; I like the cable idea. Perhaps to a pulley on the bow ring, then back to somewhere convenient. What sort of rope would we use? Steel would be...
Interesting...maybe a real heavy duty bungee w/ "s" hooks on the aboue the water line part of the line. Would give slightly, and angle the impact? Very...
hi Pat, if i was going to do that it would be a rocky shoreline or cliff. no namby pamby sandy beach for me. wheres the challenge in that. lol. nice website ...
Insurance job? Steve ... From: pat To: sirenowners@... Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 7:44 PM Subject: Siren Owners Group Don't try this in a Siren...
Link to a capsise training video (Note: set your modem speed before viewing the video). Also read the write up. Of interest is the balancing on centerboard...
Pat; Yikes!! You can se the guy at the wheel right to the last... That boat doesn't appear to have a keel. A swing keel on a boat so big? The whole thing looks...
An amazing site Friday morning as a Sailboat and it's two passengers where washed up on the beach and rescued by the waiting Coast Guard. Apparently his anchor...
Dear Pat: (Pat these thoughts are really for the group/especially the newbee sailors, but you brought them to mind.) I like (well..."like"...in a way) reading...
Hi Bill, The old rope around the prop trick happens even to seasoned commercial fishermen. For only one reason, failed to stop and think before acting and...
Hi Paul; Whenever the Coast guard weather comes on I think they say something like "The Small craft advisory program in effect April to November". Strange...
Hi Paul I have tried that web site for this season comparing it to the government sites. They are not very accurate or updated regularly for around here. ...
Surely a boat that size would have a fixed keel, is it possible that it got buried in the sand? That would stop all foreward motion. As for the suicide thing,...
Maybe he change his mind about ending it all? Might be a shoal keel, 3 ft draft or so. Anyway you slice it, he made one basic mistake after another. If his...
There has been much discussion about moving the Siren Owners Group to a new site. I have created a poll for memebers to vote at and so far not many of you have...
I just voteded. I have flipped between yes and no. I an still having troubles searching. I emailes Yahoo and got a reply. They said it was working. After a...
more keels, even a rudderless boat with 2 keels. (racing limitation) http://www.heymanyachtdesign.com/in3a.html [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Folks I registered with this group because I own a siren. What is the reasoning for going to a paid site? Who are you looking to exclude without coming right...
