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Alden Designs Web Site Iain McAllister at 1:06pm 12.02.06 Alden General Chat 1/1138
Last sail, the late October gale. Tom Young at 3:27pm 11.06.06 Alden General Chat 0/1439 I spent 3 days dodging the Halloween gale in Gilkey Harbor off Islesboro in Penobscot Bay. It was a
Bridgedeck David B at 6:53am 11.05.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1382 Since the bridgedeck I am replacing is missing, can someone tell me how your sill at the forward edg
fuel tank construction? terabika at 5:36am 11.05.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 8/1993 I have the floor up on Tia Maria and the fuel tank "lids" are steel plate with maany bolts round t
fuel tank construction? terabika at 5:36am 11.05.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1088 I have the floor up on Tia Maria and the fuel tank "lids" are steel plate with maany bolts round t
Our Challenger CHRISTMAS seemed fast this year. Tom Young at 4:45am 10.22.06 Alden General Chat 0/1434 We must be getting the hang of it. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeofej4/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilder
The season is winding down on the coast of Maine. Tom Young at 4:22am 10.22.06 Alden General Chat 0/1396 October has been a delight as usual. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeofej4/sitebuildercontent/sitebuild
looking for challenger mackaym at 4:25am 10.21.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1075 I am interested in purchasing a Challenger. I have time to work on some restoration work and repairs
test david at 4:04pm 10.12.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1309 test
Scheduled downtime david at 10:33am 10.03.06 Alden General Chat 5/1852 Hello all, I'm moving this weekend and will be shutting down my internet connection and starting
Main bulkhead David B at 6:31pm 09.29.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1055 Don't know if I should make a new main bulkhead from Mahogany stock or from marine ply. Seems the p
I've nearly conquered my cabin leaks. Tom Young at 1:33pm 09.03.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1439 I've aquired alot of new knowledge and tools from my local wooden boat yard. They deal with this stu
Reinforcing bow southport at 8:32am 09.03.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 6/1841 Just got a set of plans from Alden and they include a revision for reinforcing the bow between the f
What's this? Whit at 6:53pm 09.01.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1439 http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... 74787'url=
Things are a little quiet here. Tom Young at 5:27am 08.19.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1386 I think we better start thinking about how to release poor David from this board. Having sold his Ch
Alarm David B at 5:07pm 06.30.06 Alden General Chat 2/1424 Just a note: Alarm made it safely back across the states yesterday, arriving in New Jersey. Looking
Shared heritage Quetzalsailor at 7:25am 06.26.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1520 I recently purchased a 1962 advertisement with LeComte-built Challengers and LeComte's Tripp-designe
Seguin Race southport at 4:37am 06.25.06 Alden General Chat 0/1544 Would like to invite all to the Southport Yacht Club Seguin Race. It's a lot of fun for both the ser
Has anyone seen a challenger for sale i14skiff at 12:01am 06.13.06 Alden General Chat 3/1732 just looking for a challenger yacht in various condition would look at anything. I'll check this for
first sail southport at 5:00am 05.30.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1375 Had 3 days of great sailing this weekend- hard to beleive we all had long underwear, hats and mitten

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Insurance Sailgunner at 3:41pm 05.13.24 Progressive is good. One claim years ago and great service. Guy buying my boat went with State Farm.
Catalina 22 jib keeps getting stuck trying to raise it twalker H260 at 2:32pm 05.13.24 Assuming that is a cdi flex furler - it can also be an issue with the sheave at the top. On severa
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 desodave at 2:16pm 05.13.24 Sorry ... no pictures left. I deleted them soon after buying the current boat and selling the H38.
Insurance Tally Ho at 2:00pm 05.13.24 I use State Farm for my boat insurance since I already had home & auto with them. I have never had
Hasserott Beach Mooring Balls (Grand Traverse Bay) (1) Tally Ho at 1:57pm 05.13.24
Hasserott Beach Mooring Balls (Grand Traverse Bay) kappykaplan at 1:48pm 05.13.24 I niver graid on schpelling :banghead:
Hasserott Beach Mooring Balls (Grand Traverse Bay) rgranger at 1:46pm 05.13.24 @rgranger probably didnt help that I was spelling it wrong. I niver graid on schpelling
Leaky screws holding steering gear cover on Hunter 36 - any better solutions? artboas at 1:45pm 05.13.24 Here is an option for you. I wouid suggest using brass or stainless inserts. 1 wouid suggest 10-24,
Hasserott Beach Mooring Balls (Grand Traverse Bay) john6206 at 1:35pm 05.13.24 @rgranger Thank you! I did try google first, I found all kinds of stories about haserot beach, but
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 12:31pm 05.13.24 We had an 2005 H38 with the E-W berth and didn't like it for the mentioned reasons. I built a remo
1986 Catalina 38 Standing Rigging Scott T-Bird at 12:31pm 05.13.24 How long did the previous owner have the boat? Obviously P.O. never replaced rigging. My first ins
Insurance Burdette at 12:22pm 05.13.24 Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help.
Insurance dlochner at 12:03pm 05.13.24 I've used BoatUS insurance which is currently underwritten by GEICO for 40 years. I always found the
Insurance Burdette at 12:01pm 05.13.24 Thanks!
Insurance Burdette at 11:57am 05.13.24 Thank you!
Insurance Burdette at 11:55am 05.13.24 The survey was on January 27, 2023. We got our copy in May of 2023.
Insurance dmax at 11:54am 05.13.24 Progressive is decent for a big company. They didn't require a survey from me.
Insurance kappykaplan at 11:52am 05.13.24 Can the survey be used if the insurance company needs one? How recent is the survey? I have insur
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 desodave at 11:19am 05.13.24 We had an 2005 H38 with the E-W berth and didn't like it for the mentioned reasons. I built a remov
12v breaker panel wiring question dlochner at 10:55am 05.13.24 The grounding wire (bare, green or green with yellow stripe and normally non-current carrying) shou

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