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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 5/1849 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 1/1054 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 6/1835 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 3/1385 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 0/1541 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 3/1730 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
Bow weakness? marshwatcher at 5:14am 05.16.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1546 Any info available on delamination in bow area? My husband, crew on an Alden Challenger headed fr
Insurance southport at 4:20pm 05.09.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1464 Are Challengers considered Classics by insurance companies?- Nice to think some one considers them s
Varnish or weathered? Whit at 5:48pm 05.07.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1505 With the season approaching, I am looking at my teak and trying to decide varnish or let it go weath
News david at 8:19am 05.05.06 Alden General Chat 4/1816 I recently learned that I will become a father of twins soon. :shock: This has prompted some
Poul Molich 1918-2006 Iain McAllister at 3:35pm 05.01.06 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/2172 Poul Molich passed away in his 88th year on March 15th. He was the finisher of many Halmatic moulded
Does Maine have the largest number of Challengers? Tom Young at 1:08pm 04.28.06 Alden General Chat 1/1334 I believe I've met the owners of, seen the boats or am aware of 8 Challengers on the coast of Maine.
1962 Alden Challenger Advertisement Jimmy Small at 7:42pm 04.27.06 Alden General Chat 1/1374 From 1962Yachting Magazine. http://img6.picsplace.to/img6/18/Alden_Challenger_advert..jpg Jimm
Chesapeake Challengers? Jimmy Small at 1:22pm 04.25.06 Alden General Chat 1/1365 Are there any Alden challengers in the Chesapeake bay region that anyone is aware of? Jimmy Smal 94

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Spring refit done, time to go sailing ?? (4) morbidfollower at 9:43am 05.12.24 224747
Flickering House Lights BAD ORCA at 9:38am 05.12.24 I wondered about that, but I don't know how to test that. Really strange. I wonder if they are in s
Self Tailers and the Catalina 22 New Design morbidfollower at 9:26am 05.12.24
Eco Flow Wave 2 Airconditioner Thoughts/Reviews jssailem at 9:01am 05.12.24 New to me.. Intereesting video... MgJ3-Wr-q2I
Winch placement jssailem at 8:45am 05.12.24 Locating additional winches is often a good step in making the boat easier to manage. You might al
Universal M 3 20 (1) jssailem at 7:47am 05.12.24 Agree... Fuel would be the suspect high on my list to chase down. You say the boat was built in 19
Happy Mothers Day... jssailem at 7:23am 05.12.24 I'll be pouring wine at the Winery for 1000 of my friends sharing brunch with their Mothers. :biggri
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Tally Ho at 6:02am 05.12.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls ment
Refrigerator/Solar kappykaplan at 4:38am 05.12.24 Type of house batteries and capacity. Age of house batteries Type of refrigerator (if we know the m
Refrigerator/Solar Captain Larry-DH at 4:30am 05.12.24 I also have a basic converter which attaches to a battery and then has a standard three prong plug
Refrigerator/Solar east coaster at 4:11am 05.12.24 I have an Adler Barbour 50 and it runs great especially since I changed its controller to the 500 se
Starting the Yanmar on a H280 Occasional Heeler at 10:54pm 05.11.24 A million thanks to all! Got 'er started nice and easy and managed to avoid the many pitfalls menti
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 MFD at 10:17pm 05.11.24 I have a 41DS, with an athwartship berth aft. I think there are actually some benefits. Offshore, an
Universal M 3 20 Stu Jackson at 8:30pm 05.11.24 In ADDITION to this fine advice, there is this: Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Check Ball Valve F
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 shemandr at 7:09pm 05.11.24 We like that!
To cut or not to cut pushpit PaulK at 6:59pm 05.11.24 We have a short section of lifeline across the top opening there, secured with a pelican hook, inst
Stove Cover PaulK at 6:43pm 05.11.24 The cover on my boat is OEM. It fits over top of the stove and pot holders and has two latches to k
Replacing a mast step on a Princess 18 dlochner at 6:41pm 05.11.24 If they smeared epoxy into the slots on the screw heads, they probably smeared it all over the thre
Flickering House Lights dlochner at 6:30pm 05.11.24 A common practice, which does not imply a good practice, by boat builders is to stick more than one
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 6:00pm 05.11.24

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