About the Boat

Meet Sailing Vessel Siren, a 1978 Cal 39 MKII Tall Mast, Hull number 47.

Siren is a 1978 Cal 39. She’s a monohull and likes to heel. 18 degrees is her happy spot. As a racer/cruiser, she is built tough but fast with a fin keel and spade rudder for performance. She comes with lots of storage and gear for long voyages and can safely make transoceanic passages in rough seas. The beam is narrower than a similar sized Catalina sacrificing some comfort for speed.

Our maintenance program focuses more on safety, performance and reliability than beauty, but she still looks great with that shiny blue top-side paint and teak interior.

Siren is well set up for inter-island sailing. In addition to all USCG required safety gear, a dinghy, self-steering, big fuel and water tanks, registered EPIRB, radios and navigation equipment are all included. Lee cloths for catching up on rest while off watch, bluetooth music system for entertainment, binoculars for whale-watching and a hand line for catching Mahi-Mahi. We even have a sextant and sight reduction tables for navigating by the sun and stars if you’d like to learn and/or practice the methods used in the Age of Sail before electronic calculators.

LOA: 39.00′
LWL: 32.08′
Beam: 12.15′
Draft: 6.70′
Mast Height: 54′ off the deck
Displacement: 17,000′
Sail Area: 782 ft²
Construction: Fiberglass
Hull: Fin with Spade Rudder
Designer: Bill Lapworth
Builder: Bangor Punta
Engine: Perkins 4-108 50hp Diesel

As you can see by the numbers, she’s quick, easily in the “Performance Cruiser” catagory. (SA/D: 18.95 and D/L: 229.88)

Lovely Siren out on a day sail.

Taking measurements for a new set of sails.

Here’s a snippet I found mentioning the previous owners of Siren. Snipped from http://interabanged.blogspot.com/p/friends-along-way.html

Tunnels, Kauai (Less crowded than Hanalei)

Measuring for new sails

11 kts returning from Maui

Awlgrip is the bomb

Freshly rolled top and bottom paint.

After a fresh coat of teak oil.

Just prior to starting the Ala Wai Race.

The V-Berth. A queen size fitted sheet works perfectly.