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Alden? frankgroothof at 3:08pm 05.10.10 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 7/3595 Hello there, My name is Frank Groothof and I live in the Netherlands. I found your side and would l
pole fitting southport at 8:16am 05.09.10 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1937 I have a spinnaker pole end fitting that is attached by sliding 2 straps over the end of the pole.
Mistral chainplates rkg19 at 6:16am 04.14.10 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/2310 I am looking to buy a Mistral that shows very definite signs that the chainplates have to be redone.
Winter sailing Dave Richardson at 7:02pm 03.31.10 Alden General Chat 0/2106 Usually, when I head south around Nov. 1, I look forward to working on and sailing the old boat, and
A Place for Challenger Pictures Jimmy Small at 8:25am 03.24.10 Alden General Chat 0/2155 I started a yahoo groups page for the Alden Challenger some time ago. http://groups.yahoo.com/gr
new boat david at 6:28am 03.12.10 Alden General Chat 1/1803 Hey all, Just thought I'd drop a line and give you an update. After selling my Challenger and bein
A new head. (3) Tom Young at 8:55am 03.01.10 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/2402 A restored one anyway. I've been putting this off for 10 years. Peeling paint mostly, but I'm doing
Which Challenger is this? Iain McAllister at 12:15pm 12.18.09 Alden General Chat 0/1990 Anyone know which boat is the fully pressed dark hulled Challenger yawl, sail number 599, in this 19
Righting Moment of the Caravelle? jayz at 12:49pm 12.15.09 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 9/3482 Any of you armchair Naval Architects out there know the righting moment of the Caravelle?
An Alden 50 year anniversary? (1) Tom Young at 1:16pm 10.07.09 Alden General Chat 34/14589 When I met Jon on Muskrat this summer, we talked a bit about the potential to put something together
Bulkhead Jimmy Small at 6:24am 10.05.09 Alden General Chat 4/2483 Kittywake has been a lawn ornament for a little while now, so I am starting to get to a little bit o
hang a line southport at 4:18pm 09.03.09 Alden General Chat 2/1840 We have a mooring in Cozy Hbr on the west side of southport (which is on the west side of Boothbay h
B 40 southport at 7:50am 08.23.09 Alden General Chat 3/8846 An interesting article in 'Good Old Boat' about the Bermuda 40. Amazing how similar they are to the
Tightening Zephyr rudder stuffing box tips? jeldert at 4:27pm 08.10.09 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/2019 MOTH is design 959-H, a Zephyr sloop, and currently beginning to seriously weep around the rudder po
Looking for a boat to restore dennisfdunn at 10:28am 08.02.09 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/2333 I am interested in a project boat to fill my retirement years. Does anyone know of a Challenger, Zep
Summer is finally here on the coast of Maine. (1) Tom Young at 6:17am 07.06.09 Alden General Chat 3/1975 And what a sputtering wet season spring was. Hot westerly breezes brought sails out of countless gra
From the front porch (1) southport at 2:15pm 06.26.09 Alden General Chat 1/1398 We're very lucky- our view of Cozy Harbor from the front porch. We bought the house in 1974 for 25K
Five year anniversary david at 2:13pm 06.17.09 Alden General Chat 3/1805 Five years ago I started this board (17 Jun 2004 05:33 pm). My reasons were largely to pull togethe
Getting ready to launch. (2) Tom Young at 3:54am 06.14.09 Alden General Chat 0/1835 Not too bad a year for me to get Christmas in the water. Although the cabin is crying out to be wood
Cockpit Size Philip Dann at 12:25pm 06.07.09 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 6/2895 As I inherited a ready made cockpit when I bought Black Star I am not sure of most of the original d

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