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Alden Challenger fuel tanks, one experience. Tom Young at 5:20am 06.26.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 11/5776 949-Y, our boat, had the telltale stain at the hull keel joint on the aft edge. This was a symptom I
Plan for aftmost bulkhead needed david at 7:43am 06.24.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 12/3348 As I have mentioned, my boat needs some work. The cockpit and aft bulkhead had rot and were removed
Challenger image needed for site david at 11:28am 06.23.04 Alden General Chat 1/1435 You may have noticed the predominate image at the top of the web site is "phpbb". That's the defaul
June Cruising World has an article on Alden Challenger Anonymous at 5:49pm 06.22.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1399 centerboard linkage. I wrote the article after an unfortunate grounding caused us a near sinking sit
An introduction to your host! david at 2:53pm 06.17.04 Alden General Chat 20/11885 Hello there, My name is David Reno. My wife Susan and I just purchased a 1967 Alden Challenger.
Welcome! david at 2:47pm 06.17.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1305 Hello Challenger fans! I have setup this board so that we can share our knowledge about Alden C
Rub Rail Replacement - '80 O'Day 25 parrotheadsailor at 10:53am 02.20.17 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1524 I need to replace the rub rail and insert on the starboard side. It was severely damaged a couple of
Lake Pontchartrain Sailors rgranger at 10:44am 02.20.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1162 Hey Guys.... My daughter has just recently been accepted to graduate school at Tulane. So now I'm
Crazy rules in Washington? Ken Cross at 7:34am 02.20.17 Ask All Sailors 44/3832 I find it interesting that there is a new proposed law in Washington State that defines flare launch
C30 MKIII built in battery charger question.. AXEL at 5:00am 02.20.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/710 I just bought this boat last season. I have only used the shore power once. This boat has what I bel
Hour meter Twille at 5:53pm 02.19.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/837 I have a H38 - the hour meter is not reading, yanmar 3jh4e. Any thoughts before I tear into the pane
Does your Yanmar 3GM vibrate? tomgrigsby at 5:35pm 02.19.17 Ask All Sailors 10/2019 Mine does. Previous owner said it vibrated. Did an alignment but it measured pretty good. I've li
Fairclough Cover End of Useful Life (1) Marc14857 at 4:59pm 02.19.17 Ask All Sailors 7/3316 Looks like my Fairclough cover finally gave up after 10 years of protecting our boat. I've got about
Alternator questions Ken13559 at 4:51pm 02.19.17 Ask All Sailors 9/935 I've Yanmar 2GM20F fitted with a 3rd party 80A alternator LR180-03B. I've never seen the charging cu
Engine base to hull (1) wilf at 4:35pm 02.19.17 Ask An Oday Owner 16/1186 http://20170214_135651.jpg does this look like something has been cut off the front of this engune
322 engine base to hull conection wilf at 4:25pm 02.19.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/572 Does any 322 owners have any pictures of the engine base floor (the part that the engine mounts are
How can i post pictures on topics wilf at 3:37pm 02.19.17 Ask All Sailors 2/234 Anyone explain how i can post pictures on topics ?
hot water hoses replacement h-30 1989 gary mallett at 1:30pm 02.19.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/775 Is there an easy way to replace the hot water hoses on a 1989 h-30? Or should I just splice from bo
Oil Presure Alarm M25XPB Tdaddy2000 at 11:30am 02.19.17 Catalina 310 5/928 Hello all, Thank you for all the input on repair options for oil pressure warning light and alarm a
Maintenance of batteries in summer layup NeilMcCubbin at 10:44am 02.19.17 Ask All Sailors 3/307 We are about to lay Milvina up for the summer in Grenada, and would like advice on how to "summeriz

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Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Stu Jackson at 8:25am 11.18.23 Dude, I can't believe you have the same problem! Wait, you mean I'm not the only one?!? I'm one
st60+ wind ind, speed hull spd (1) Tally Ho at 7:54am 11.18.23 It sounds like you would need to add a depth transducer and some type of display For depth. You cou
Where to look for a raw water leak. artboas at 7:51am 11.18.23 So, the exhaust hose in the aft lazzerette is totally cracked and I am betting that needs replaced
Remove Prop artboas at 7:48am 11.18.23 Great helpful video Greg. Timely as well. This time of year many are hauling their boat ashore, put
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 jssailem at 7:42am 11.18.23 Congrats on your new boat. May it fulfill your desires and bring much pleasure to your sailing days.
Convert partial battens to full battens jssailem at 7:40am 11.18.23 True Greg. The image of your full battened wing clarifies the information. Your boat is charging a
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 7:39am 11.18.23 221465
Hunter 306 vertical play on Rudder Stock.......how to fix? colin59 at 7:36am 11.18.23 Hi we have a simmilar play issue in a H290...where did you get the instructions and photos of the in
st60+ wind ind, speed hull spd RitSim at 7:26am 11.18.23 There are also depth instruments that are mounted inside the boat with no thru hull hole. This is ju
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 inkunzi at 7:23am 11.18.23
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:16am 11.18.23
Remove Prop jssailem at 7:09am 11.18.23 Great helpful video Greg. Timely as well. This time of year many are hauling their boat ashore, putt
Raising boom height Hunter 28.5 inkunzi at 7:08am 11.18.23 I have '88 Hunter 28.5 and I do understand your initial impression, that the boom is too low, but w
Hunter 37 Cutter dLj at 6:49am 11.18.23 I was sad to to see that George Buoy has listed his Hunter 37 Cutter here on SailboatOwners. He has
Remove Prop fstbttms at 6:46am 11.18.23 Here is how I did it today... What would make tightening the nuts easier isn't a finer thread on t
Remove Prop Crazy Dave Condon at 6:26am 11.18.23
st60+ wind ind, speed hull spd colin59 at 6:20am 11.18.23 Hi again, thanks for your input, here is what we have: Colin Raytheon Model ST60 true and apparent w
Remove Prop BigEasy at 6:09am 11.18.23 Here is how I did it today Greg, Excellent video!
Deck Plate Organizer Sheave Replacement BigEasy at 5:53am 11.18.23 On my Beneteau, there are panels that are attached to the interior headliner that provide access to
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dLj at 12:16am 11.18.23 On the other hand, thinking about and discussing sometimes arcane aspects of sailing and cruising h

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