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A below decks shower on an Alden Challenger? Tom Young at 10:28am 03.08.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 9/2640 I can't see a good configuration of the head to supply a shower, anyone have any ideas? I installed
Where is the best place for propane tanks on a Challenger? Tom Young at 7:34am 03.07.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 7/1991 I currently have 2 CNG bottles located in the aft end of the port cockpit locker. I like the set up
How to remove rudder? david at 2:05pm 03.05.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 5/2126 Can anyone describe the process of removing the rudder? It seems to have a large nut on a bolt that
pictures of BlackStar Portland, CT rtyszka at 6:02pm 03.04.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 6/1907 I uploaded the pictures I have of BlackStar on Yahoo. Let me know what you think any comments, poin
Maine sailors (or anyone interested in Maine), please help Tom Young at 1:56pm 03.04.05 Alden General Chat 2/1627 Curtis Rindlaub get his great website up and running. Curtis is the author now of the Taft Cruising
Fuel Tank Tops Black Pearl at 11:26am 03.02.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1667 After removing the heavy fuel tank tops and replacing the fuel tanks with a new plastic ones, the t
Date code on Challengers rtyszka at 9:39am 02.28.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1134 I have seen the folks here saying their boats are a certain year and month, how do you figure that o
Anyone have knowledge of the Alden Zephyr? Tom Young at 6:44am 02.26.05 Alden General Chat 2/1548 It appears to look much like a scaled down Challenger. The site shows one for sale. Halmatic again d
Several years ago I stripped the cabintop to make repairs. Tom Young at 12:33pm 02.25.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1189 I had to remove everything. This was a chore but in the end, it was easier to repair the top and ref
What engine do you have? rtyszka at 3:53am 02.20.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 11/2642 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 2/1368 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 9/2786 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 4/1520 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 0/1482 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 2/1453 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 9/2735 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 8/2474 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 4/2039 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 4/1478 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 0/1645 I love the lines of these boats. I rolled and tipped the hull. That was easy, removing the Awlgrip w

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Twizzle rig? Tipsynippertoo at 3:11am 03.01.24 Update: I had new sails made a couple of years ago, not long after posting the original article. I s
2GM20F engine issue Tipsynippertoo at 2:58am 03.01.24 With the boat out of the water: If the prop' is serviced correctly the blades should rotate on their
2GM20F engine issue Tipsynippertoo at 2:56am 03.01.24 I too have a Kiwi prop. Your symptoms are exactly what I get if the prop' hasn't been serviced. The
V berth leak from electric windlass Tipsynippertoo at 2:43am 03.01.24 I have just finished overhauling my windlass. There is a seal just below the Daisy wheel which was w
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V berth leak from electric windlass Ken13559 at 12:29am 03.01.24 The Up/Down Push Buttons could also leak water if bedding is bad.
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 12:25am 03.01.24 Question your compression gauge results. Examine your gauge assembly closely. There should be a che
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 12:23am 03.01.24 check that a reversing roller has not fallen out of the kiwi prop. had same problem with reverse
Grand Soleil 50 C_Level at 9:59pm 02.29.24 Not clear what you are looking for. Here is a review from 2006. https://www.boats.com/reviews/grand
Grand Soleil 50 C_Level at 9:37pm 02.29.24 The teak deck is going to be higher maintenance than fiberglass. Expect around 50k for full replace
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. Project_Mayhem at 8:21pm 02.29.24 For an outside "stop fill" indicator, I think you could use a whistling device that is sold for fue
Sigma drive flex coupler American_Mainsail at 7:53pm 02.29.24 I can't recommend it enough. Everything about the Sigmadrive is extremely well thought out and it is
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 7:19pm 02.29.24 I thought the "standing on a comfortable surface" seemed like a good workout. -Will
Where to find copper sleeves for injectors Volvo MD7A twalker H260 at 7:18pm 02.29.24 From a parts listing it looks like you might be looking for part number 838061? Found this place i
Water maker baycloud at 5:45pm 02.29.24 It's been reported to not work, but I T'd into my vent line. However, I have had the water premature
Keel repair captcoho at 5:31pm 02.29.24 What year is your boat? Your keel is in very sad shape. My approach would be to try and find a us
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. (1) jssailem at 3:37pm 02.29.24 If you keep track of your current filled capacity, then you could use a tool like this to roughly me
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. Davidasailor26 at 3:07pm 02.29.24 For an Arduino compatible display that you can read in bright light you can consider E-Ink displays
Sunlight visible meter, indicator, LED, LCD, etc. Rich Stidger at 2:45pm 02.29.24 For an outside "stop fill" indicator, I think you could use a whistling device that is sold for fuel

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