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Black Pearl and fuel tanks etc Black Pearl at 7:02am 10.17.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1542 Black Pearl is now at Rumerys Boat Yard where we are starting on some of my wish list. The fuel t
Milestone david at 10:13pm 10.08.04 Alden General Chat 1/1538 Well, quite a milestone today. We just had the boat trucked cross-country from NY to CA. We hired
949EE Dave Richardson at 6:38pm 09.30.04 Alden General Chat 0/1808 Thanks to Tom Young and others who have posted info, I've learned from Alden that my boat is probabl
cradle and centerboard david at 9:19am 09.24.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1553 Getting ready to build a cradle in the backyard to put the Challenger on. Should I consider servici
Soft Deck Whit at 12:00pm 09.13.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1748 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 3/1952 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 1/1565 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 2/1752 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 0/1531 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 1/1545 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 0/1514 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 12/4715 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 1/1471 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 1/1480 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 11/5983 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 12/3508 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 1/1476 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 1/1436 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 20/12033 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 0/1334 Hello Challenger fans! I have setup this board so that we can share our knowledge about Alden C

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GOB Gone? shemandr at 3:25pm 02.28.24 So can't they go digital? It's not the same reading my laptop on the can but I could get used to i
GOB Gone? kappykaplan at 3:16pm 02.28.24 Printing costs have gone way up, cost to mail has gone way up, so the costs to produce print has sk
Inner metal structure on 28' Oday Question Clutch Cargo at 3:08pm 02.28.24 It would be great if you could post some pics of your rudder showing the structure.
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? Davidasailor26 at 3:07pm 02.28.24 I agree but certainly catalina knew what it was doing so those two hoses must be for something else
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? All U Get at 3:00pm 02.28.24 Do they run aft to the stern clamshell vents. Crawl into the aft storage and look to the furthest co
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? (1) Ted10028 at 2:53pm 02.28.24 It's not good practice to put supply and exhaust beside each other. Airflow just follows the shorte
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? jssailem at 2:49pm 02.28.24 It's not good practice to put supply and exhaust beside each other. That would be a good suggestio
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? Justin_NSA at 2:38pm 02.28.24 I just talked to catalina direct they seem to think that the two hoses are exhaust and inlet for en
GOB Gone? dLj at 2:07pm 02.28.24 My perception is that the founders of the magazine sold it about 2 years ago to the current owners.
GOB Gone? shemandr at 1:59pm 02.28.24 My perception is that the founders of the magazine sold it about 2 years ago to the current owners.
Kirie Elite 29 Hat trick at 12:42pm 02.28.24 Thanks for your reply! I may need to break out the chisel. The bottom nut looks a bit corroded and t
1981 Catalina 30 Rudder Questions dmax at 11:39am 02.28.24 Water enters the rudder through either the top of the shaft (rain water), where the shaft enters the
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? Ted10028 at 11:03am 02.28.24 Just an observation - the OP was asking about the unknown hoses - now we are fixing his thru-hull..
Catalina 22 Swing Keel Paint Timm R Oday25 at 10:18am 02.28.24 That is what I understood you to ask. I would use a wire brush on a 4 1/2" grinder and get down to t
1981 Catalina 30 Rudder Questions Rmalko at 10:00am 02.28.24 Congrats on your Catalina acquisition. Since your in RI, I am guessing you have your boat on the ha
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? Calif. Ted at 9:46am 02.28.24 they have a little pin with a donut on the end. Does anybody know what they are for? Yeah, you don
can someone tell me what these two hoses/ducts are for? dLj at 9:35am 02.28.24 Just an observation - the OP was asking about the unknown hoses - now we are fixing his thru-hull...
1981 Catalina 30 Rudder Questions jssailem at 9:33am 02.28.24 Congrats on your Catalina acquisition. Since your in RI, I am guessing you have your boat on the ha
Cleaners safe for 4200 dLj at 9:30am 02.28.24 I'd suggest a good citric acid product. The one I like is Citrisurf 2210. It's main use is for the p
Cleaners safe for 4200 ggrizzard at 9:25am 02.28.24 I've used OxyClean on my deck, including 8 port lights, and I've seen no deterioration in 8 years.

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