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Caravelle - Helm TaborKP! at 5:03pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 6/1406 Hello All, On Wind Song I am looking at putting an original helm on, it is currently a small wooden
Caravelle - Engine Exhaust Overboard TaborKP! at 4:53pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 7/1705 Hello All, On Wind Song, the engine and a small electric bilge pump overboard have been put right t
Caravelle -winches, spin poll, boom TaborKP! at 4:43pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1092 I am in the process of replacing several original components on Wind Song, Molich winches, roller fu
Caravelle -Chain Plates TaborKP! at 4:37pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/1262 Hello All I have seen some posts in relation to chain plates. My intent is to pull them this wint
Alden Mistral TI leaves tomorrow in the Marion to Bermuda!! Tom Young at 9:26am 06.18.15 Alden General Chat 7/3492 Race! He's just contacted me today and is wondering if anyone knows the Mistral actual fuel tankage
WINDSONG - New Owner TaborKP! at 6:19am 05.04.15 Alden General Chat 4/2998 Hello All, I wanted to introduce myself as the soon to be new owner of the Alden Caravelle WINDSONG
Cabin interior work. Tom Young at 4:27am 04.25.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1738 Cold and wet spring weather in Maine is making boat work, tedious. I've taken advantage of it and st
The Alden Mistral TI, is in Yarmouth Maine. Tom Young at 4:39am 04.11.15 Alden General Chat 1/1812 Preparing for the Marion to Bermuda Race. A friend took this photo. I found the owner listed and ent
Rick O'Connell's obit hunkel at 9:10am 04.10.15 Alden General Chat 0/1790 Here is Richard's death notice from the Boston Globe. Whisper is mentioned!! Happy sanding and scra
Sad news: Rick O'Connell passed, such a loss for our communi hunkel at 8:49am 04.03.15 Alden General Chat 3/2069 So sad to post that Rick died yesterday, 2 April. As he greatly enjoyed Susan's and his Challenger,
Bounding Home. Just one more week until launch (2) SKraft at 8:48am 04.03.15 Alden General Chat 7/1837
Hatches,... Tom Young at 9:39am 03.27.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1363 Original to the boat, I wooded the hatches, re-varnished and install new Lexan(3/8" polycarbonate sh
Wooden spreaders. Tom Young at 1:04pm 03.22.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1418 Anyone have these bronze hoops on the ends of their spreaders? I'm restoring my spreaders and wonder
Anyone need a westerbeke 4-107 jayz at 5:39pm 02.24.15 Alden General Chat 1/1242 I am pulling my running (but leaky) 4-107 out tomorrow. I also have a very clean spare. The one co
Life on the Coast 2015, a free app, is up! Tom Young at 3:44am 02.23.15 Alden General Chat 0/1428 I write for USHarbors.com and have a couple of articles in this issue, one on cruising Acadia Nation
New Owner of John Alden 959G Orca (2) Orca959G at 4:06pm 02.05.15 Alden General Chat 1/1617 Very happy to say we are the proud owners of a John Alden Zephyr, 959G.The Orca will be calling home
2014 favorite photos. Post here; Tom Young at 1:33pm 01.05.15 Alden General Chat 2/1488 It was a good season. With a new loose footed full battened main, we sailed a lot! Especially light
Our generation Iain McAllister at 1:09pm 01.04.15 Alden General Chat 0/1359 Interesting Sail magazine article by Dan Spurr on our generation of moderate displacement, "classic
New to the Forum, looking for a Challenger Greg Bover at 10:31am 11.10.14 Alden General Chat 4/2325 Having chartered ARIA out of Rockland, ME last summer I am on the lookout for a Challenger or a simi
Don't forget to buy your 2015 Cruising World Calendar. Tom Young at 5:38am 11.05.14 Alden General Chat 3/1601 We(our boats) are famous! https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3950/15714446601_b5afd6c1a1_b.jpg

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Help with seized fresh water pump Ward H at 5:54am 05.28.24 We replaced our sherwood water pump with an Oberdorfer and was glad we did it As did we. Great upg
Help with seized fresh water pump Alansails at 5:46am 05.28.24 We replaced our sherwood water pump with an Oberdorfer and was glad we did it
Deck leaks on Marlow Hunter 37/40 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 5:10am 05.28.24 Maybe worth a try, Captain Tolley's crack filler.
Engine fire SEMPERAVANTI41 at 5:08am 05.28.24 Anything is possible, but the engine was off when the fire started.
hull port (windows) leaking (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:05am 05.28.24 Perhaps it wasnt fully cured?? .com/dam/dms/us01/t/sikaflex-291.pdf
Trump Companion 21 jason66 at 5:00am 05.28.24 Greeting all! I am about to embark on a full refit of a Trump Companion 21 and will be looking for
P42 Engine removal advice Terry Cox at 4:17am 05.28.24 Hi, considering removing the 4JH2TE from my 91 passage to give it some love that the constrained en
Steering wheel shaft Beneteau 393 dlochner at 3:33am 05.28.24 Measure the wheel you have and use that size. The clever people at Lewmar have a solution to your q
CENTERBOARD WOES twodzusfittings at 3:31am 05.28.24 @ tgzzzz. Go to CENTERBOARD HELP and you'll find what I did before all of this last saga.
Cutting mast down due to electrolysis... dlochner at 3:28am 05.28.24 The problem you have is not electrolysis, it is galvanic corrosion from 2 different metals and lots
Dickinson newport type, or forced air / vevor / 12v diesel heater? dlochner at 3:22am 05.28.24 Certainly my instinct was to use the deck vent if I went forced air but unless I started drilling t
Cutting mast down due to electrolysis... kappykaplan at 2:02am 05.28.24 Would it be wiser to fit the mast step with a sort of sleeve that slips over the base and provides
I just bought an American Fiberglass Daysailer 16...gonna have questions for y'all! (2) Coloradonosea at 10:48pm 05.27.24 225099
I just bought an American Fiberglass Daysailer 16...gonna have questions for y'all! Coloradonosea at 10:44pm 05.27.24
I just bought an American Fiberglass Daysailer 16...gonna have questions for y'all! (10) Coloradonosea at 10:42pm 05.27.24 Took off the wood piece on top of the centerboard, (I sanded part of it before I decided to do it ri
Dickinson newport type, or forced air / vevor / 12v diesel heater? adamv at 10:05pm 05.27.24 Well, this is a decision that you need to assess for where and how you are going to sail. The best
Dickinson newport type, or forced air / vevor / 12v diesel heater? adamv at 10:02pm 05.27.24 Is there space to run the ductwork? Do you need heat on anchor or at the dock? If only at the doc
NYC to Milwaukee on a 42' sailboat: how long? dLj at 8:55pm 05.27.24 The Erie Canal is 339 miles. You need to check if locks operate at night. They did not on the Tre
NYC to Milwaukee on a 42' sailboat: how long? higgs at 8:28pm 05.27.24 The Erie Canal is 339 miles. You need to check if locks operate at night. They did not on the Tren
Is it sensible to climb a mast on a Capri 22? higgs at 8:25pm 05.27.24 I have had my halyard jam with the sail up on a Coronado 23. I powered into a protective cove an

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