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Caravelle 992O KALIMERA now in San Blas, Panama (3) Iain McAllister at 8:28am 01.09.17 Alden General Chat 0/892 Discovered that the Hodgdon Caravelle sloop KALIMERA was sold from Santa Barbara, CA, in 2015 and is
Challenger 949X, INTEGRITY Iain McAllister at 4:48am 12.29.16 Alden General Chat 1/885 New intelligence up at the Alden Fiberglass Boats List for Challenger 949X, INTEGRITY. She competed
Poul Molich's "world-wide everlasting guarantee" Iain McAllister at 12:34pm 12.28.16 Alden General Chat 0/728 Letters page, YACHTING magazine, June 1991: GOOSENECK GIANTS Often one hears complaints of equipme
A curious Caravelle Iain McAllister at 4:05am 12.24.16 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 16/6019 [Note, 14 April 2017: This is a long ramble that eventually moves quite far from original theory! I
Caravelle Refit bbistis at 11:47am 12.16.16 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/815 I'm considering a significant refit for my Caravelle (992M-yawl) shortly, and am looking for some ad
Alden Challenger ALLIANCE (949-M) Gets A New Cockpit Stormalong at 4:09pm 12.10.16 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1651 Hello all, While I was scrounging around the internet for info on Alden Challengers I came across a
1963 Alden Challenger For Sale in Texas Stormalong at 4:00pm 12.10.16 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 8/2892 Hello all, I came across this listing for a 1963 Alden Challenger (949-RR) for sale in Texas and th
see announcement david at 8:33am 10.02.16 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/141 please see the new announcement above: http://949.reno2.com/viewtopic.php?f=2't=453. Posting here to
see announcement david at 8:33am 10.02.16 Alden General Chat 0/171 please see the new announcement above: http://949.reno2.com/viewtopic.php?f=2't=453. Posting here to
toe rail on aeolus jon hansen at 3:38pm 07.26.16 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 4/1304 two years ago, six days before i was to go north to have the biggest sailing season of my life, kids
Challenger Owner Checking In! (2) Stormalong at 5:02pm 07.08.16 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1222 Hello all, Last fall I purchased FRIDOLF, Alden Challenger 949Q, which was docked south of San Fran
Update on 959C, 1961 Zephyr (1) Mark at 2:27pm 05.29.16 Alden General Chat 2/1100 959C is a 1961 Zephyr yawl, built at Halmatic. She was originally named Raven, later Dundee, Brabant
New Sail Cover for Wind Song (1) TaborKP! at 9:39am 05.29.16 Alden General Chat 0/841 Wow, a new sail cover has really spruced her up! For canvas going with sumbrella in toast.
Wind Song back in Marion (1) TaborKP! at 10:40pm 05.09.16 Alden General Chat 5/1135 Wind Song is back in Marion for the Summer, after spending the winter at Concordia, and several proj
Just going to the dogs! (1) SKraft at 1:29pm 03.31.16 Alden General Chat 1/892 Launched on March 27th and the only one that noticed was Crosby!
Please support the site david at 12:00am 02.26.16 Alden General Chat 0/351 Thanks again to everyone that shares the cost of web hosting for this site. Like the boatyard, many
Alden Logos (5) SKraft at 1:10pm 02.10.16 Alden General Chat 0/1205 Before Niels Hellebery passed away, he sent me a number of Alden Logos. If anyone wants to have som
For all my fellow Alden sailors stuck in the snowy cold. (3) jayz at 1:45pm 02.04.16 Alden General Chat 1/769 Here's what we've been doing in January and February.
Building a new cockpit for a Challenger. (4) Tom Young at 1:54pm 01.09.16 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 34/6661 I've been planning this for a couple years and have finally started. Xmas is outside under tarps so
See the Might Ti win the 2015 Marion - Bermuda Race SKraft at 10:47am 12.18.15 Alden General Chat 6/1238 Chase and Gregg Marston posted a really nice video on YouTube. Check out https://m.youtube.com/watc

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Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? Rick D at 3:22pm 06.18.24
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? Tally Ho at 3:01pm 06.18.24
Looking for small burner caps for Force 10 Jan Stephens at 2:10pm 06.18.24 Thanks, have contacted them, these are no longer being manufactured, so I was hoping to find one fro
CNG Tank Bronte at 1:36pm 06.18.24
Catalina 22 MKII interior ceiling crack rgranger at 1:35pm 06.18.24 ,I would probably attempt to open it with an oscillating saw . :plus:
Catalina 22 MKII interior ceiling crack Timm R Oday25 at 12:22pm 06.18.24 Always try to do as thorough an inspection job as you can . For a "glued" hatch ,I would probably at
Parts for Boston Harpoon rgranger at 11:57am 06.18.24 who made your mast? Are the spreaders swept back or athwart?
Winchers? Poor man's self tailing winches jnorten at 11:04am 06.18.24 I put a pair of Winchers on my primary jib winches (size 40's) a few years ago. I did leave them on
Has anyone installed new Companionway Slider Track Felt? kappykaplan at 10:09am 06.18.24 We've had 3 days squeak free now. It's wonderful. Awesome! :beer:
Catalina 22 MKII interior ceiling crack kappykaplan at 10:08am 06.18.24 Always open all hatches. You never know what you will find in a 20 y/o boat :plus:
Electrical panel backing board ggrizzard at 10:04am 06.18.24 Check the ABYC regulations if possible. I'm not sure if there is a requirement for "heat / fire res
Hunter 23 broken z-spar tabernacle mast foot Crazy Dave Condon at 9:54am 06.18.24 SBO has the build list of parts for your boat to include run by former Hunter employees
Electrical panel backing board Ward H at 9:47am 06.18.24 Did you look at Blue Sea Systems. They have DC panels in many sizes up to 24 positions.
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners Crazy Dave Condon at 9:44am 06.18.24 You want vinylester resin as it is not porous when dry. Polyester resin is porous when dry. You are
Advice on repairing spreader bracket torn bolt hole LloydB at 8:37am 06.18.24 I think I would have a rigger check that mast for distortion on both sides at the level of the sprea
Looking for small burner caps for Force 10 Hello Below at 8:37am 06.18.24 I am not sure if this will help or not??? Force-10-Sabaf-Series-II-Parts
Another not so "Precision" sail. Doing your own mast slides? Windpilot at 8:36am 06.18.24 I would have recommended getting rid of the plastic slides and go with something like the Tides Trac
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners SteveHughessails at 8:31am 06.18.24 Awesome, thank you!
Looking for small burner caps for Force 10 (1) Hello Below at 8:28am 06.18.24 Its for a Hunter 340, Force 10 Propane 2 burner stove with oven- need a replacement for the small b
NGCC In Memoriam Jacktar at 8:07am 06.18.24 Got some feedback, correcting my statement, looking back at docs from earlier cruises this was a Fle

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