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Soft Deck Whit at 12:00pm 09.13.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1694 How are the decks on your Challenger? While the decks themselves are sold glass, the grid of plywood
New guy on the dock Dave Richardson at 8:27pm 09.10.04 Alden General Chat 3/1933 I was delighted to find the site and to become a member. David invited me to pass on information abo
Moving, soon to move boat to backyard! david at 7:34am 08.16.04 Alden General Chat 1/1518 We are under contract to buy a house. Shortly after moving, I'll have the boat trucked from City Is
An Alden Challenger for sale FREYJA Tom Young at 3:49am 07.24.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1718 I talked to the owner of this boat a few years ago. He had just returned from Bermuda with his wife
Site backup and recovery plan david at 5:36pm 07.19.04 Alden General Chat 0/1522 Now that we are developing some significant content, I have started an hourly backup job. Just want
Drips in the cabin, keeping the water out. Tom Young at 4:50am 07.19.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1514 More than anything else, fuel tanks, centerboards, chainplates-one of the toughest things I have fou
boat move planning david at 9:25am 07.18.04 Alden General Chat 0/1506 I'm planning on moving the challenger to my backyard to work on it. Any ideas on issues? The first
The dreaded rusting chainplates. Tom Young at 3:18pm 07.15.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 12/4550 My boat showed faint signs of rust, heaviest on the deck and a faint rust stain on the hull in the v
6 Jul 2004 Site Outage david at 7:04pm 07.06.04 Alden General Chat 1/1457 Sorry about the short downtime today. The site was offline from 5:53PM until 6:55PM PST. The serve
Wooden spars or aluminum? david at 9:24am 06.29.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1432 I've been thinking that it would be a good idea to replace the wooden spars with aluminum ones. It
Alden Challenger fuel tanks, one experience. Tom Young at 5:20am 06.26.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 11/5830 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 12/3376 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 1/1441 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 1/1406 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 20/11916 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 0/1311 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 6/1568 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 8/1192 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 44/3951 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 6/719 I just bought this boat last season. I have only used the shore power once. This boat has what I bel

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Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, MFD at 3:24pm 12.16.23 Resurrecting an old post with my 2 cents. Last summer my alternator failed on the start of a long p
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water dlochner at 3:21pm 12.16.23 $30 worth of Tea-Gel will last you a lifetime, unless you drop the canister overboard. Don't ask, yo
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water Belzoni at 3:08pm 12.16.23 Last question on this topic: The MHT article on best practices for anode installation points out the
The Sewing Machine Thread Ward H at 3:02pm 12.16.23 When looking at an item on Sailrite, click on a single item. Scroll down a bit to Description - Docu
Hunter 410 Temp Reading High sailing gal at 3:01pm 12.16.23 I usualy run from 175 to 190. It gets close to 200 if I push it hard and the sea water is warm. W
How's my hull? Not Too Shabby at 2:53pm 12.16.23 All good points. Thank you for the tips, again.
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water dlochner at 12:44pm 12.16.23 When we go sailing, we think we're sailing a boat, how foolish of us. We are really sailing a floati
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns Terry Cox at 12:41pm 12.16.23 My concern with properly sunken staples is to keep the gelcoat under the cushion in tact while not
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water Belzoni at 11:55am 12.16.23 The only prep work here is to be absolutely positive that the spot(s) where the anode(s) are attach
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water Tally Ho at 11:43am 12.16.23
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water dlochner at 11:17am 12.16.23 No... Galvanic isolation refers to the separation of an electrical circuit to eliminate stray curr
Clog in sanitation outlet Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:02am 12.16.23 Muriatic acid--available from any hardware store--will work and costs a lot less than SewClean. How
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water jssailem at 10:30am 12.16.23 OK.. Lets agree to talk in common terms. A Zinc is a specific piece of metal. An Anode is the metal
Solar power systems American_Mainsail at 10:28am 12.16.23 dLj's conclusion is one that is shared by almost all sailors. I have been reading about wind gener
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water Ralph Johnstone at 10:27am 12.16.23 Should I strip the newly painted prop and polish to bare metal? The water will make short work of
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water dlochner at 10:13am 12.16.23 First, in freshwater you will need to use magnesium, not zinc anodes. If the boat is gaining on its
Solar power systems Stu Jackson at 9:42am 12.16.23 the output was ... very unimpressive. Thanks for that info, DJ. I've been thinking about putting
Yanmar question Stu Jackson at 9:09am 12.16.23 but I thought I read somewhere that some Yanmar diesel series engine use the same oil in the engine
Yanmar question kloudie1 at 8:58am 12.16.23 The only powerplants that I've encountered that shared transmission and engine oil were on motorcycl
Solar power systems dLj at 8:33am 12.16.23 Thanks for that info, DJ. I've been thinking about putting wind on my boat (mostly for liveaboard w

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