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What engine do you have? rtyszka at 3:53am 02.20.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 11/2333 Just thought I would start a thread on engines. What engine you you all have? How does it perform?
Bills new website on Black Pearls history and restoration. Tom Young at 3:47am 02.20.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1220 Fantastic. An inspiration for me, I'm just beginning working with a small website, this give me some
Proud new owner and group member rtyszka at 5:05am 02.17.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 9/2484 Just wanted to say Hi to all. I am proud new owner of 62 Challenger "BlackStar". Located in Po
surveyor david at 1:08pm 02.14.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/1323 With so much of the boat taken apart, I think this is probably a good time to have a surveyor have a
Article in March 05 Cruising World with an Alden Challenger. Tom Young at 9:34am 02.11.05 Alden General Chat 0/1355 The article is about spring sailing on the coast of Maine but of course I plug these boats with phot
Mizzen staysail, anyone using one? Tom Young at 9:19am 02.09.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1238 It seems to really help in light air on a beam reach. Anybody have any experience and advice in thei
new site name? david at 11:40am 02.06.05 Alden General Chat 9/2507 I know 949.reno2.com isn't the most obvious name for this site. I can pretty easily change the name
Challenger fireplace modification. Tom Young at 4:18am 02.06.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 8/2221 Our fireplace came with a wood top! This nearly started to burn on a few occasions. It looked like i
Finding Challenger owners. Tom Young at 4:09am 02.06.05 Alden General Chat 4/1785 We met two Challengers with owners 2 seasons ago on a two week cruise from Maine to Nantucket and ba
Leaking Fuel Tank Black Pearl at 6:33am 02.01.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/1308 We removed the tops to the fuel tank and found that the water was coming in through the flange at th
Alden Challenger CHRISTMAS just after painting 3 years ago. Tom Young at 1:02pm 01.30.05 Alden General Chat 0/1512 I love the lines of these boats. I rolled and tipped the hull. That was easy, removing the Awlgrip w
Cabin repairs: simple wood patches. Tom Young at 3:53am 01.25.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1000 Challenger cabins require repair of cracks and splits. Here is a simple wood "feather" patch epoxi
behind the curtain david at 7:29am 01.23.05 Alden General Chat 1/1232 For those of you that are curious about the type of things I do to keep the board running smoothly,
keel bolts in fuel tank glassed over david at 5:52pm 01.22.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1203 We just finished cleaning the original fuel tanks and removing the water tanks. See the pictures he
New Member Bo Huhn at 4:11pm 01.14.05 Alden General Chat 1/1674 Hello, I own SPRING TIDES, a Challenger which my parents purchased in the 1960's. The kept the
Cutting down the enormous centerline table. Tom Young at 9:06am 01.13.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1038 One of the first alterations I did to Christmas after a year of sailing was cutting the table down i
A chance to be # 100 poster, I can't resist. Tom Young at 5:58am 01.09.05 Alden General Chat 1/1212 It's a slow time for boats here in Maine. Here is a photo of CHRISTMAS beating through Penobscot Bay
System status david at 4:21pm 01.05.05 Alden General Chat 2/1358 Sorry about the downtime. I just noticed an hour ago that the system was down. I suppose that it w
Thunderhead Black Pearl at 8:02am 12.21.04 Alden General Chat 0/1340 Hi All I am back from my trip across the Atlantic on Thunderhead. Web address is http://www.oncearo
Challenger as cover girl? Dave Richardson at 8:49pm 12.18.04 Alden General Chat 1/1410 Anyone notice the boat on the front of the jewelry booklet ( Corea?) packaged with the last Sail mag

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Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing (1) dmax at 7:28am 05.15.23 I had a similar problem, S.S. pin in aluminum quadrant - really stuck. I made a press out of 1/4" ba
Advice for a Solo Sailor? fourwhitesocks at 7:25am 05.15.23 A poly line is great because it floats and won't get into your prop if you accidentally forget it's
Anyone Have Helping Pics to rig Hunter 146 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:22am 05.15.23 @CapeCodBubs Private message sent to you Dave
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Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 6:46am 05.15.23 it is made by fluke. :biggrin: For simple diagnostic work some Chinese ones work well. A tech I kn
Advice for a Solo Sailor? fourwhitesocks at 6:29am 05.15.23 I solo sail a LOT. A game changer for me was adding an AIS for sure! Look into the Garmin InReach d
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How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Leeward Rail at 6:17am 05.15.23 They slowed the phones to prevent older batteries from suffering a voltage drop that would cause th
What amperage "Entertainment" breaker? P12nash at 6:11am 05.15.23 I need to replace the Entertainment breaker on my DC panel, and neglected to write down what ampera
Using and STORING a Bluetti AC200Max for AC power on a 310 JRT at 6:08am 05.15.23 I'd mount it on the aft bulkhead behind the head, just use stainless through bolts with nice large f
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Stanchion bases Seahawk345 at 5:35am 05.15.23 Thanks for the clarification. I'll definitely go to the link for Hunter Owners. Much appreciated....
Engine compartment ventilation BabuBoat at 5:01am 05.15.23 Excellent. My Hunter has a (loud) blower fan and a rather large opening just forward of the engine
Crack in mast post base fiberglass RoyS at 4:46am 05.15.23 I have a 1980 H33 and that post base is an aluminum casting enveloped in fiberglass. On mine the bas
Engine compartment ventilation Terry Cox at 4:44am 05.15.23 Our boat came equipped with an engine room fan.
Acrylic portlight question SailingLoto at 4:37am 05.15.23 I used vhb and dow795 on my Laguna. Was able to find cast acrylic on ebay

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