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spare parts available from salvage david at 3:46pm 11.05.15 Alden General Chat 4/1179 Just received this and sharing: My name is John Sturm and own Florida Marine Works. We are in the p
An Alden Challenger finally makes it to Sailing Anarchy Iain McAllister at 3:01pm 11.02.15 Alden General Chat 0/1048
Buying a challenger Jim Greer at 12:41pm 10.05.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1718 All: I am presently looking at 949K (196?) Halmatic/Molich yawl, CARILLON. Originally commissioned b
Image uploads david at 9:38am 09.04.15 Alden General Chat 0/1092 By suggestion of a member, I've increased the image upload capability. Up to 10 images of size up to
Caravelle - Serena for Sale in Maine SKraft at 7:34am 08.24.15 Alden General Chat 0/595 I just saw that Serena is for sale. She is listed through Lyman Morse www.lymanmorse.com. Annie La
Caravelle -Franctional Rig TaborKP! at 10:04am 08.09.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1116 Jayz, Looking through some old posts realized you have replaced your mast with a fractional rig.
Windlass / Bow Roller Arrangement on Caravelle TaborKP! at 3:52pm 08.08.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1122 In the next 2 years or so, I am looking to install a windlass on Wind Song, thinking a Muir with a v
Alden Caravelle Serena back on the market TaborKP! at 8:51pm 08.04.15 Alden General Chat 1/562 Here she is, was last on the market in 2010 as I recall, and was not sold. I approached the owner ab
Cythera underway -2 clips on vimeo TaborKP! at 2:53pm 07.30.15 Alden General Chat 4/1467 I had been trying to purchase a Caravelle for a few years, but was on the fence a bit, never having
Caravelle - Helm TaborKP! at 5:03pm 07.23.15 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 6/1448 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 7/1770 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 1/1114 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 4/1317 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 7/3546 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 4/3090 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 1/1766 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 1/1831 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 0/1815 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 3/2101 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 7/1893

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Looking at a Tartan 33 jssailem at 8:44am 06.30.24 The Tartan is enticing. What do you think about what the rest of the boat looks like?
Noise between Mast and Boom jssailem at 8:42am 06.30.24 attach a cable to the back stay to hold the boom up Ouch... Please help me understand when you nee
Noise between Mast and Boom KGarvey at 8:31am 06.30.24 If I can not find replacement parts or have the current one repaired I can still use a non mechani
Looking at a Tartan 33 Lazy1 at 8:17am 06.30.24 Thanks for the input, I think with a potential rudder rebuild and repower I might be better off buyi
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator Davidasailor26 at 8:11am 06.30.24 I know that the regulator is sealed, but I am wondering if the winterization antifreeze which appea
Balmar 6 Series 150 Amp alternator, Balmar MC 614 Regulator DayDreamer41 at 7:54am 06.30.24 I think I understand your issue, but this statement ^^^ confuses me. The regulator is what determi
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 7:30am 06.30.24 The fact that Beyrl so Compact , many of the Islands will not even see tropical force winds. Note L
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive dizo514 at 7:23am 06.30.24
Invest 95L shemandr at 7:22am 06.30.24 Compact indeed! Is my rough estimate of 120 nm across the meat of the storm right? About 2 degrees
Need help recognizing items on my boat Davidasailor26 at 6:42am 06.30.24 Can't quite figure out why everyone is responding to this thread. The OP answered their own questi
Need help recognizing items on my boat PaulK at 6:40am 06.30.24 Can't quite figure out why everyone is responding to this thread. The OP answered their own questio
Yanmar SD20 Saildrive PMK at 6:32am 06.30.24 Thanks. Yes, I'm sure its not much of a problem to replace the hull seal. I'm planning to have bot
Need help recognizing items on my boat (1) Tally Ho at 6:01am 06.30.24
1996 440 Oceanis Choke Cable Replacement Indysailor at 5:32am 06.30.24 I would be surprised if there was an actual part that was manufactured for the specific length of th
Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 4:59am 06.30.24 225692 The 96 hour path takes it over the HEAT fuels area. 225693 Dammit Jim...
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? dlochner at 4:33am 06.30.24 :) And, while I'm here, a pet peeve of mine: why do new posters bother to sign up, ask questions an
Looking at a Tartan 33 shemandr at 4:27am 06.30.24 I've sailed quite a bit on a Tartan 33. They are good boats. You may need to modify this one a bit
Looking at a Tartan 33 (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:18am 06.30.24
Noise between Mast and Boom jssailem at 4:05am 06.30.24
Rubber hose for prop shaft packing gland leaking, misaligned prop shaft? Jim Legere at 3:48am 06.30.24 I wonder how @YankeeGirl fared? Hopefully made it to haul out and is getting the problem repaired. A

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