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first sail southport at 5:00am 05.30.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1214 Had 3 days of great sailing this weekend- hard to beleive we all had long underwear, hats and mitten
Bow weakness? marshwatcher at 5:14am 05.16.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1339 Any info available on delamination in bow area? My husband, crew on an Alden Challenger headed fr
Insurance southport at 4:20pm 05.09.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1339 Are Challengers considered Classics by insurance companies?- Nice to think some one considers them s
Varnish or weathered? Whit at 5:48pm 05.07.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1371 With the season approaching, I am looking at my teak and trying to decide varnish or let it go weath
News david at 8:19am 05.05.06 Alden General Chat 4/1598 I recently learned that I will become a father of twins soon. :shock: This has prompted some
Poul Molich 1918-2006 Iain McAllister at 3:35pm 05.01.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1866 Poul Molich passed away in his 88th year on March 15th. He was the finisher of many Halmatic moulded
Does Maine have the largest number of Challengers? Tom Young at 1:08pm 04.28.06 Alden General Chat 1/1165 I believe I've met the owners of, seen the boats or am aware of 8 Challengers on the coast of Maine.
1962 Alden Challenger Advertisement Jimmy Small at 7:42pm 04.27.06 Alden General Chat 1/1227 From 1962Yachting Magazine. http://img6.picsplace.to/img6/18/Alden_Challenger_advert..jpg Jimm
Chesapeake Challengers? Jimmy Small at 1:22pm 04.25.06 Alden General Chat 1/1214 Are there any Alden challengers in the Chesapeake bay region that anyone is aware of? Jimmy Smal 94
Tarna southport at 3:41pm 04.24.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 5/1697 well we did it!! We sign a P ' S for the challenger in Freeport ME. Most of the systems done but
Mast Length southport at 1:11pm 04.13.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1087 Does any one know off hand the overall length of the main mast? Trying to figure out various stor
Overhead Whit at 6:24pm 04.10.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1324 What do you guys have for overhead of the bunks? I currently have the same fabric head liner as a 62
mainsail southport at 7:26am 04.07.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1225 Was looking at spars and after I left realized I never saw any track on the main boom for the foot-
Bronze fitting refinishing Bill Merrick at 1:23am 04.02.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1042 What's the best or more appropriate condition to maintain the bronze work on the boat? My boat wi
Thought I had this posted last night, but I'll try again. Dave Richardson at 6:27pm 03.31.06 Alden General Chat 3/1527
Challenger Mast mitchski at 5:09am 03.18.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1433 I am probably committing Challenger blasphemy but I just purchased a surplus Beneteau 393 furling ma
Delightful . . . . Dave Richardson at 11:15pm 03.13.06 Alden General Chat 1/1244 . . . . . . to come back and peruse the posts. I always learn. The exchange with Iain McAllister was
Alden Mistral Bill Merrick at 11:00pm 03.06.06 Alden General Chat 1/3412 This is in response to a note I got from Tom Young wanting to know more about the Alden Mistral.
The Proper Yacht Quetzalsailor at 6:04am 03.06.06 Alden General Chat 0/1443 I've finally bought nice copies of both editions of 'The Proper Yacht' by Arthur Beiser. The first
Gunkholing in Maine Tom Young at 3:35am 03.06.06 Alden General Chat 0/1491 In Penobscot Bay just off the Fox Island Thoroughfare, Perrys Creek is a popular anchorage for boats

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Reverse Polarity SycloneDriver at 6:36pm 05.15.23 The "reverse polarity" indicator isn't really accurate. What it really should say is "voltage on ne
Engine compartment blower re design what do you have in your boat Hayden Watson at 6:30pm 05.15.23 I have a blower for my diesel powered engine that pushes air out. It is on its own switch. I ran
Insurance question xavpil at 6:24pm 05.15.23 Gowrie Group in Westbrook CT handles a large number of clients, including US Sailing programs. Fan
Insurance question xavpil at 6:23pm 05.15.23 I highly recommend Peter Ricks at Novamar Insurance Brokers in the Seattle office. They are worldw
Cleaning Shore Power Cord NYSail at 6:22pm 05.15.23
Insurance question NYSail at 6:18pm 05.15.23 Heading the other direction, Gowrie Group in Westbrook CT handles a large number of clients, includ
Engine compartment blower re design what do you have in your boat higgs at 6:17pm 05.15.23 I have a blower for my diesel powered engine that pushes air out. It is on its own switch. I ran
Insurance question higgs at 6:14pm 05.15.23 I recently left Boat US (Geico) after 15 years due to unexplained near doubling of my rates. Landed
Rudder Bearing Mechone at 6:08pm 05.15.23 First off that pin is never coming out either way as you have mushroomed both ends beating on it w
Cleaning Shore Power Cord justsomeguy at 5:23pm 05.15.23 Yeah, my dockmate was trying to make me look bad by using a West Marine product specifically markete
Hunter smile / keel movement MysticBlue at 5:14pm 05.15.23
Hunter 18.5 and trailer opinions on this boat please Crazy Dave Condon at 5:11pm 05.15.23 Look at the mast raise system for the hunter 19 water ballast and then send a private message to me
Curved step for 420 Passage Crazy Dave Condon at 5:06pm 05.15.23 Contact the forum store as they have the build list of parts for your boat
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity kappykaplan at 4:59pm 05.15.23 Or, it's also possible that this guy was sailing in the Southern Hemisphere, and did it to correct
Reverse Polarity Nauticlops at 4:56pm 05.15.23 Well you guys were right, everything is working and not even the faintest reverse polarity light to
Hunter smile / keel movement Crazy Dave Condon at 4:54pm 05.15.23 @dmax and @Ralph Johnstone are both correct particularly torqu per pounds and the use of 5200. I al
Engine compartment ventilation jon hansen at 4:48pm 05.15.23 my $0.02, i would want the OP's air vents, one forward, one facing aft. ventilation. i run the bl
Weird ancient gadget, need wiser eyes to identity PaulK at 4:48pm 05.15.23 We turn our GPS antenna "upside down" on purpose when we haul out so it doesn't chafe the cover all
Insurance question PaulK at 4:44pm 05.15.23 Heading the other direction, Gowrie Group in Westbrook CT handles a large number of clients, includi
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Leeward Rail at 4:39pm 05.15.23 My question is when using an esim - what happens to the original sim card? How do you restore that

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