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Overhead Whit at 6:24pm 04.10.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1511 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 2/1359 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 1/1155 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 3/1711
Challenger Mast mitchski at 5:09am 03.18.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1550 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 1/1390 . . . . . . 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 1/3693 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 0/1550 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 0/1621 In Penobscot Bay just off the Fox Island Thoroughfare, Perrys Creek is a popular anchorage for boats
Exhaust Systems Bill Merrick at 9:22pm 02.25.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1236 Hi, My name is Bill Merrick. I have an Alden Mistral, Serial number 981-A which was built in 196
The Alden Challenger, where does it fit in? Tom Young at 4:47am 02.19.06 Alden General Chat 2/1943 And other boats of this vintage, the early transition from wood to fiberglass, are we simply in the
New permissions to stop message board spammers david at 5:33pm 02.18.06 Alden General Chat 1/1288 I had to modify the permissions of the message board. You now must be logged in to start a new topi
Found another west coast challenger... david at 10:25am 02.13.06 Alden General Chat 0/1389 I heard about another local Challenger lately and went to check it out. It is "Fridolf" and is loca
rig dimensions mitchski at 9:31pm 01.13.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1474 I just bought "Blackstar" ' hope to begin its restoration early this spring. I was wondering if yo
Help Looking to Buy How do they handle? Anonymous at 5:08pm 01.08.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1245 I was wondering the boats were in a seaway? I am looking at a boat and wondering at things I should
Fall sailing in Maine was wonderful this year. Tom Young at 4:50am 01.02.06 Alden General Chat 0/1489 Christmas has become more of a family heirloom these days as she sails even a family with teenagers,
Bulkheads Whit at 5:35pm 01.01.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1408 On my boat, the aft bulkheads that seperate the cabin from the cockpit lockers are offset. I was won
Project Challenger For Sale (BlackStar) Again rtyszka at 6:36am 12.29.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/2706 Well, I am making a hard decision and will sell BlackStar ASAP. I really don't want to, but the IT
upgrade to forum software david at 5:19pm 12.24.05 Alden General Chat 3/1686 I upgraded the underlying forum software today. Let me know if you notice anything strange or unusu
Stoves Jimmy Small at 10:17am 11.27.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1184 What type and size stoves or ovens are folks using in their Challengers?

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Grand Soleil 50 C_Level at 9:31pm 03.01.24 The only GS 50 with which I am familiar has a 7.5 ft keel draft. It itself, that severely limits wh
Grand Soleil 50 C_Level at 9:22pm 03.01.24 I reviewed your "about Me" post... "Fairly new to sailing, in process of learning." The Catalina 2
Bon Voyage! dLj at 9:19pm 03.01.24 Congratulations - may retirement provide you the time to do the things you like, the good health to
Keel repair KCofKC at 9:11pm 03.01.24 Captcoho, I took each photo and blew them up pretty large and went over them more than just casually
Snow falling on Cedars (1) SoSound at 8:52pm 03.01.24 Love the title! As long as the snow is finally falling, I might as well stay where I can do somet
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. Project_Mayhem at 8:19pm 03.01.24
How to Best Run Solar Panel Wires Down Hunter Arch Tubes? + Custom Over Bimini Solar Panel Install on 2006 Hunter 38 KelToy at 7:17pm 03.01.24 I have a 2008 38. Under the speaker system in the cockpit there is a hole in the stainless arch.
How to Best Run Solar Panel Wires Down Hunter Arch Tubes? + Custom Over Bimini Solar Panel Install on 2006 Hunter 38 chuckwayne at 6:51pm 03.01.24 I'm sure it's like the 356 - the wires go down the aft tube (port side on the 356) thru a smallish h
Hunter 23 worth salvaging? dlochner at 6:36pm 03.01.24 The most expensive boat you can buy is a free boat. There is probably very little coring to worry ab
Yanmar KM2A un-serviceable? Also need transmission basics too. (1) jssailem at 6:01pm 03.01.24 WOW!... That makes the $4K I paid for my V-Drive Borg-Warner transmission rebuild sound like a steal
Clean Out Oil Pan jssailem at 5:52pm 03.01.24 Having just completed a rebuild of my engine (1973 Perkins 4.107) I can affirm there was 49 accumula
How to Best Run Solar Panel Wires Down Hunter Arch Tubes? + Custom Over Bimini Solar Panel Install on 2006 Hunter 38 quadrille38 at 5:36pm 03.01.24 I have designed an install of two 365Watt Panels which keeps them low over the bimini top to reduce
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. Davidasailor26 at 4:59pm 03.01.24
Hunter 23 worth salvaging? tumbleweed2045 at 4:44pm 03.01.24 Thanks for the responses! Title wouldn't be an issue. I think this boat should be listed in the clas
Passage Compass replacement Terry Cox at 4:28pm 03.01.24 I have a 1991 Hunter Passage 42. The compass is sun damaged and the ( bezel ) mount the compass sit
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. Project_Mayhem at 4:21pm 03.01.24 After some thought, I decided to go this route: The contactless level sensors came with a PCB to con
How to Best Run Solar Panel Wires Down Hunter Arch Tubes? + Custom Over Bimini Solar Panel Install on 2006 Hunter 38 KelToy at 4:20pm 03.01.24 Thanks! Yes! I saw that one - very helpful! I was trying to find more details on where the run of wi
Passage Compass replacement Tally Ho at 4:14pm 03.01.24
How to Best Run Solar Panel Wires Down Hunter Arch Tubes? + Custom Over Bimini Solar Panel Install on 2006 Hunter 38 Hello Below at 4:12pm 03.01.24
Where to run the solar panel cables on a Hunter 38 ? KelToy at 4:10pm 03.01.24 I made a frame of 1" tubes that I mounted to the arch and to my davits. It covers the rear of my b

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