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Propane Locker and Black Pearl Black Pearl at 2:45pm 04.02.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1374 I have pictures of the propane locker on my website: sailingBlackPearl.com. Restoration is moving ah
Brining back weathered wood Jimmy Small at 3:11pm 03.25.05 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 11/3074 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 0/1329 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 9/2738 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 7/2081 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 5/2223 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 6/1988 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 2/1656 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 2/1715 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 1/1176 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 2/1573 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 1/1247 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 11/2720 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 2/1416 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 9/2866 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 4/1566 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 0/1501 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 2/1530 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 9/2786 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 8/2533 Our fireplace came with a wood top! This nearly started to burn on a few occasions. It looked like i

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Uniseal tank thickness Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:37am 04.30.24 K.O. and C.P. are two of the products I sold to Raritan. Raritan only markets C.P. as a bowl clea
Hand held Radio ? BarryL at 7:31am 04.30.24 Hi, Typo on my part, my previous radio was an HX870. According to Standard Horizon, the HX870 shoul
Need help identifying this boat please Rick Webb at 7:29am 04.30.24 For a $100 you have made many lasting memories. Careful though it's a habit more addictive than cra
Masthead sheaves marchem at 7:20am 04.30.24 That is good to know but I doubt we could actually access the sheaves with channel lock because the
Masthead sheaves (1) Deleted member 117556 at 7:02am 04.30.24
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Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing kloudie1 at 6:47am 04.30.24 The engine is probably manufactured by Kubota with Westerbeke marine stuff bolted on. The engine blo
Masthead sheaves east coaster at 5:57am 04.30.24 My mast head is welded to the mast and when I changed out the hard plastic sheaves it was a frustrat
Access to windlass east coaster at 5:39am 04.30.24 I required access to the bowsprit after a power boat struck it with such force it was bent down abou
Access to windlass Deleted member 117556 at 5:16am 04.30.24 The forward access port in the anchor locker is how you get to the stem fitting bolts. Ask me how I
New Transducer Install - Splitting Hairs? Gene Neill at 5:14am 04.30.24 I can vouch for the plumber's putty, and the toilet wax ring. I prefer plumber's putty, as it is les
hull port (windows) leaking Deleted member 117556 at 5:14am 04.30.24 May want to consider Lifecaulk as a sealant. It is polysulfide and used for bedding chainplates. I l
Advice - Westerbeke 30b Spun Bearing shemandr at 5:07am 04.30.24 Not knowing what a spun bearing is I googled the term. Here is what came up first: https://www.engi
Uniseal tank thickness Project_Mayhem at 5:06am 04.30.24 Thanks for recommending Uniseal @Peggie Hall HeadMistress! While a vendor told me it's not necessary
Outboard depth in water. Gene Neill at 5:03am 04.30.24 Thanks guys. Gene do you tie your motor off somehow when trailering? I basically took all my tail m
Replacing exhaust hose dlochner at 4:53am 04.30.24 I didn't use the old hose to pull the new one thru... the hoses were too stiff and there wasn't eno
Adding a new rope clutch dlochner at 4:46am 04.30.24 If you are screwing SS bolts into an aluminum plate, it is a good idea to coat the bolt with some Te
Hand held Radio ? dlochner at 4:11am 04.30.24 Range is affected by multiple factors, the primary factor is line of sight, followed by antenna orie
Adding a new rope clutch daviddp at 2:27am 04.30.24 I replaced mine last season with the Garhauler parts, as others have noted. It was quick ands easy,
Convert florescent fixtures to LED bulbs karellen at 10:55pm 04.29.24 These look nice, but at $80 bucks a pop they are not in my budget. Ahh, bummer. I got them from Ca

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