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Caravelle - Serena for Sale in Maine SKraft at 7:34am 08.24.15 Alden General Chat 0/595 I just saw that Serena is for sale. She is listed through Lyman Morse www.lymanmorse.com. Annie La
Caravelle -Franctional Rig TaborKP! at 10:04am 08.09.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/843 Jayz, Looking through some old posts realized you have replaced your mast with a fractional rig.
Windlass / Bow Roller Arrangement on Caravelle TaborKP! at 3:52pm 08.08.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/876 In the next 2 years or so, I am looking to install a windlass on Wind Song, thinking a Muir with a v
Alden Caravelle Serena back on the market TaborKP! at 8:51pm 08.04.15 Alden General Chat 1/562 Here she is, was last on the market in 2010 as I recall, and was not sold. I approached the owner ab
Cythera underway -2 clips on vimeo TaborKP! at 2:53pm 07.30.15 Alden General Chat 4/1174 I had been trying to purchase a Caravelle for a few years, but was on the fence a bit, never having
Caravelle - Helm TaborKP! at 5:03pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 6/1030 Hello All, On Wind Song I am looking at putting an original helm on, it is currently a small wooden
Caravelle - Engine Exhaust Overboard TaborKP! at 4:53pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 7/1214 Hello All, On Wind Song, the engine and a small electric bilge pump overboard have been put right t
Caravelle -winches, spin poll, boom TaborKP! at 4:43pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/904 I am in the process of replacing several original components on Wind Song, Molich winches, roller fu
Caravelle -Chain Plates TaborKP! at 4:37pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/955 Hello All I have seen some posts in relation to chain plates. My intent is to pull them this wint
Alden Mistral TI leaves tomorrow in the Marion to Bermuda!! Tom Young at 9:26am 06.18.15 Alden General Chat 7/3036 Race! He's just contacted me today and is wondering if anyone knows the Mistral actual fuel tankage
WINDSONG - New Owner TaborKP! at 6:19am 05.04.15 Alden General Chat 4/2435 Hello All, I wanted to introduce myself as the soon to be new owner of the Alden Caravelle WINDSONG
Cabin interior work. Tom Young at 4:27am 04.25.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1504 Cold and wet spring weather in Maine is making boat work, tedious. I've taken advantage of it and st
The Alden Mistral TI, is in Yarmouth Maine. Tom Young at 4:39am 04.11.15 Alden General Chat 1/1618 Preparing for the Marion to Bermuda Race. A friend took this photo. I found the owner listed and ent
Rick O'Connell's obit hunkel at 9:10am 04.10.15 Alden General Chat 0/1593 Here is Richard's death notice from the Boston Globe. Whisper is mentioned!! Happy sanding and scra
Sad news: Rick O'Connell passed, such a loss for our communi hunkel at 8:49am 04.03.15 Alden General Chat 3/1809 So sad to post that Rick died yesterday, 2 April. As he greatly enjoyed Susan's and his Challenger,
Bounding Home. Just one more week until launch (2) SKraft at 8:48am 04.03.15 Alden General Chat 7/1453
Hatches,... Tom Young at 9:39am 03.27.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1112 Original to the boat, I wooded the hatches, re-varnished and install new Lexan(3/8" polycarbonate sh
Wooden spreaders. Tom Young at 1:04pm 03.22.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1165 Anyone have these bronze hoops on the ends of their spreaders? I'm restoring my spreaders and wonder
Anyone need a westerbeke 4-107 jayz at 5:39pm 02.24.15 Alden General Chat 1/1088 I am pulling my running (but leaky) 4-107 out tomorrow. I also have a very clean spare. The one co
Life on the Coast 2015, a free app, is up! Tom Young at 3:44am 02.23.15 Alden General Chat 0/1247 I write for USHarbors.com and have a couple of articles in this issue, one on cruising Acadia Nation

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Thoughts on rail mounted VHF antenna Gene Neill at 7:16am 05.18.23 Why ? The handheld functions with increased range and also works as normal. Not a bad solution if
Jib Line Overlaps Hollyberry at 7:15am 05.18.23 Looks like you have self tailing winches.. you needn't use the cam cleat at all. The aft block seems
Getting Closer to Launch Grudgeon upgraded and Ruddercraft Rudder is Hung Gene Neill at 6:55am 05.18.23 Ah! That was good of Ruddercraft to drill the extra holes in the crutch. Mine came with only one hol
Spinnaker (2) patbratton at 6:38am 05.18.23 Jessie and I dropped the mast yesterday. We then pulled a light nylon line through the spinnaker ha
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 6:32am 05.18.23 And beer doesn't constitute "drinking", IMO. 4E9ydw_aDMg
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? (1) kloudie1 at 6:29am 05.18.23 Helped a friend with his several years ago.. He opted for a new muffler but a repair to the inlet li
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? Justin_NSA at 6:15am 05.18.23 +1 for unstepping the mast. You'll be spending more time than you think fishing the cable through pr
Its funny Friday! justsomeguy at 6:12am 05.18.23 Don't trivialize the growing of the beard, either. That's a fake beard. And beer doesn't constitut
Spinnaker justsomeguy at 6:10am 05.18.23 This is ZOLTAN and me. I am wearing the flag shirt.
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? dlochner at 5:43am 05.18.23 Without seeing photos of the masthead, it is difficult to offer opinions. It might be a simple job,
Installing Anemometer on Masthead - what should I expect? shemandr at 5:41am 05.18.23 As I've posted before, I would not go up a mast for any reason. I would do the work while the mast
2004 Raymarine C80 Display Sailgunner at 5:41am 05.18.23 You can send in to Raymarine for repair. But you really should consider upgrandiing and replacing wi
Jib Line Overlaps dlochner at 5:31am 05.18.23 It is a bit difficult to see in the photo, however it appears the tail is crossing over the sheet, t
PSA - Check your through hulls BEFORE launch jviss at 5:25am 05.18.23 above the waterline plastic through hull fittings Is this correct, or did you mean below the water
Keel Bolt Cleaning dLj at 5:19am 05.18.23 I want to clean and re-coat my rusty keel bolts and nuts. The SS backing plates are like new! What
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? jviss at 4:55am 05.18.23 ter inch around the base and did a couple layers of glass around and the base. I let it harden, smo
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? Hayden Watson at 12:35am 05.18.23 Should have been much cheaper and faster than replacement.
Urgent warning to genset owners (1) Screen Saver at 12:13am 05.18.23 Good read and Info.So I have H49 with same FP 12 setup. Yep that skin fitting is very hard to get at
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? (1) jonelli at 11:35pm 05.17.23 215775 i ground down the tube and about a quarter inch around the base and did a couple layers of gl
Muffler leak at top flange. Any tricks? jonelli at 11:32pm 05.17.23

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