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Challenger cabin drawings. (3) Tom Young at 3:41am 11.12.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1649 I scanned this full scale drawing I bought from Alden years ago. It may be nice to get more of these
Challenger 50th Anniversary Iain McAllister at 2:07pm 11.04.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 6/1800
frames southport at 12:06pm 10.31.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 16/3000 I'm a little confused as to the make up of the frames (ribs). Is there wood inside or are they hollo
Caravelle for sale on Yachtworld.com Bill Merrick at 6:20pm 10.30.08 Alden General Chat 6/3098 There is a 1969 Caravelle, named "Cythera" for sale on Yachtworld.com for $195,000. Great boat with
Boat mistakenly sold for �22.50 Iain McAllister at 4:06am 10.28.08 Alden General Chat 0/1534 Internet auctions: seller beware! See: http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20080913174020mbmnews.html
The foliage in Maine is peaking right now. (3) Tom Young at 4:42am 10.18.08 Alden General Chat 3/1080 We had a wonderful sail in light air and warm sunshine across Penobscot Bay to Cabot Cove on North H
Caravelle For Sale Whit at 6:47am 10.16.08 Alden General Chat 0/1756 https://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing ... =1921'url=
Alden Design office is closing rjoconnell at 2:50pm 10.02.08 Alden General Chat 1/1344
Which Hodgdon Caravelle is this? Iain McAllister at 12:22am 09.22.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1388 http://www.cs-bb.com/forums/CSBB/index.cgi?noframes;read=131552
A Challenger photo by Wavelength Studios. (2) Tom Young at 3:22pm 09.12.08 Alden General Chat 0/1612 They caught us between Deer Isle Thoroughfare and Fox Island Thoroughfare. It's nice to be among oth
Two Challengers (1) rjoconnell at 3:32pm 09.08.08 Alden General Chat 3/2434 Here's a photo of Daphne and Whisper, both with green hulls, together in Tiverton. Daphne has shed h
Texas Challenger Iain McAllister at 2:16pm 09.01.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/873 http://www.theboaters.com/users/facebook:1444040137/photo?photoId=39627 http://www.theboaters.com/u
Custom one-off Alden 47 Built 1973 Ben Clark at 9:04am 08.30.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1037 We just heard about this interesting site from Whisper. We hope we qualify as we are not a class Al
"Prion" Alden Challenger Iain McAllister at 4:01pm 08.28.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/4475 Anyone know more about this one: http://aldenchallenger.blogspot.com Low profle house like "Tarna"
Challenger for sale hunkel at 12:22pm 08.28.08 Alden General Chat 1/1666
looking for suggestions to sell my challenger hunkel at 2:01pm 08.25.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/2869 I am requesting information on selling my Alden Challenger, Alliance, which hails from Marion, Mass.
Centerboard crank and gear breakdown stevens at 10:45am 08.13.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1134 My Alden yawl is a center boarder as I think all the Zephyrs are. The center board is raised and low
Cabin sole Jimmy Small at 8:08pm 08.02.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/1258 I have been playing puzzle pieces with my very taken apart cabin sole. Mine looks like it was held t
Nav Station Jimmy Small at 7:56pm 08.02.08 Alden General Chat 1/1021 Has anyone thought of putting a Nav Station where the ice box /chart table is? Sort of like a later
Cockpit Seat Hatches Bill Merrick at 10:33pm 07.13.08 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/1877 What is the construction of the seat hatches on the Challengers?? The hatches were all but complet

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Fore Stay Bow Connection tailboom at 2:04pm 12.20.23 Tailboom, oddly enough I am in your area and sail a Catalina 28. Like most have said most often it
2005 H36 freshwater distribution manifold Ralph Johnstone at 2:01pm 12.20.23 Beautifully detailed video and nice piping layout.
H41 DS access to starboard jib block kloudie1 at 1:31pm 12.20.23 Most likely screwed into an aluminum plate which is embedded into the combing
Re-rigging without mast removal. Screen Saver at 1:20pm 12.20.23 Although it's possible to replace all the cables with the mast insitu, as mentioned earlier, I don
Prop rotation question dlochner at 12:54pm 12.20.23 Tempted! You better than anyone here knows YOLO. Go for it, its only the kid's inheritance.
Prop rotation question Scott T-Bird at 12:52pm 12.20.23
Trident 101 rubber smell BAD ORCA at 12:35pm 12.20.23 Dryloc might work. Or a hard acrylic paint Thanks for suggestion. I will try those as a last
Trident 101 rubber smell rgranger at 12:24pm 12.20.23 Dryloc might work. Or a hard acrylic paint
Trident 101 rubber smell BAD ORCA at 11:32am 12.20.23 Because rubber and plastics dry out, becoming hard, brittle and prone to cracking, 10 years is the
Selden in-mast furling questions Ralph Johnstone at 11:30am 12.20.23 I'm hoping our initial issue was just due to the stiffness of the brand new sail. Buried somewher
Fore Stay Bow Connection KCofKC at 11:26am 12.20.23 Tailboom, oddly enough I am in your area and sail a Catalina 28. Like most have said most often it
OGO Desiccant Install and Experience zinahewitt at 11:17am 12.20.23 Any smelly updates ? or is it scentless sailing ? Happy Holidays.
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead Timm R Oday25 at 10:43am 12.20.23 Ritdog , the bulkheads were not tabbed to the hull from the factory . There are a lot of conflicting
Selden in-mast furling questions LloydB at 10:09am 12.20.23 I am curious about what kind of instructions were sent with the new sail. I ask because these days w
Selden in-mast furling questions George Braun at 9:40am 12.20.23 The age and condition of the sail is of primary importance. We bought a lightly used 2008 Hunter 36
Fire Port (1) gwoolverton at 9:30am 12.20.23 Here's a photo of the 310's engine cover / companionway. Maybe the triangle area on the aft end wo
Selden in-mast furling questions Sailor Sue at 9:09am 12.20.23 Progress report: Thanks to the Selden manual we determined the sail was rolled the wrong way. (And
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (1) william24424 at 8:45am 12.20.23 I started as a review of the Bene 34.1, because charter companies have them available to try...am al
Datamarine wind instrument question dlochner at 8:04am 12.20.23 No drop in replacement. Datamarine has been out of business a long time. However, several of their t
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review shemandr at 7:35am 12.20.23 Not sure I agree about a plumb bow. I will agree it adds waterline and hence speed - at least while

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