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Brining back weathered wood Jimmy Small at 3:11pm 03.25.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 11/3038 I'm purchasing a project Challenger. It has quite a few faults (no cockpit sole, lifting glass on ca
unscheduled downtime 3/15/05 david at 8:38pm 03.15.05 Alden General Chat 0/1320 Sorry for the downtime today. The power blinked off for a few seconds about 3AM PST and that shut o
A below decks shower on an Alden Challenger? Tom Young at 10:28am 03.08.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 9/2698 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 7/2050 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 5/2172 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 6/1957 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 2/1644 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 2/1703 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 1/1157 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 2/1562 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 1/1215 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 11/2683 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 2/1395 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 9/2844 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 4/1546 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 0/1495 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 2/1497 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 9/2764 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 8/2516 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 4/2060 We met two Challengers with owners 2 seasons ago on a two week cruise from Maine to Nantucket and ba

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Suggestions on moving my boat forward on trailer Sailor Sue at 3:42pm 04.10.24 I am in a pickle right now so please read and send viable suggestions. I bought a boat 3 1/2 hours
Suggestions on moving my boat forward on trailer shemandr at 3:00pm 04.10.24 I'm assuming there isn't a crane or travel lift available. I'm trying to imagine how the boat was
Suggestions on moving my boat forward on trailer dlochner at 2:57pm 04.10.24 How are the boats being launched at this marina? If this is a dry sailed boat with a hoist, pick it
Small Wood sailboat Will Gilmore at 2:52pm 04.10.24 Paint is more traditional than full varnished hull. All that wood looks good, but unless the boat w
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 (6) SV Maverick at 2:26pm 04.10.24 Ok so the holding tank is out. I was afraid that I was not going to be able to pull 1 1/2" off of th
Electric Windlass dlochner at 2:21pm 04.10.24 We have a 1999 Beneteau 352 with a manual windlass. We would like to replace the manual with an el
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: (1) Tally Ho at 2:21pm 04.10.24 As a last resort @Ted10028, get a wife, girlfriend, SO or a friend to sail with you and act as the
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: jdrutten at 2:20pm 04.10.24 What happened the other times you tried it or is it something thats not spoken of? :biggrin: No o
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon smokey73 at 2:06pm 04.10.24 Thanks all. I'll look at some of the Sunbrella options. I don't want anything that will scratch th
Name Change stickinthemud57 at 12:58pm 04.10.24 Sink boat, rebirth it by bringing it back up, give it a naming ceremony of your choice, chastise in
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Project_Mayhem at 12:47pm 04.10.24 Have you seen the stern bridle technique? It worked for me once or twice. Stern bridle (link is to
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Project_Mayhem at 12:46pm 04.10.24 I leave my dock lines attached to the dock. I go forward a few feet, lean over the gunwale and grab
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: shemandr at 11:44am 04.10.24 I used something like this except in SS to hold my spring line (Boat Stopper) while I was away from
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: dlochner at 11:34am 04.10.24
Mas-technologies instrument gauge for Yanmar Laid-back at 11:16am 04.10.24 Three months later and the display is blank again. Time to hook the readouts up to the chart plotte
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Tally Ho at 11:15am 04.10.24
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon Ward H at 10:56am 04.10.24 Sailrite carries several materials that can be used. Some will have a layer of soft material on the
Replacement outside cover for large "panoramic" fixed port in Salon Ralph Johnstone at 9:50am 04.10.24 Do you have any problem or concern with the Sunbrella scratching the acrylic or lexan? I haven't
3GM30F Service Issue Mark Maulden at 9:32am 04.10.24 Based on the assumption that they didn't disturb the timing shims, I suspect they aren't the proble
3GM30F Service Issue Mark Maulden at 9:25am 04.10.24

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