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cradle and centerboard david at 9:19am 09.24.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1599 Getting ready to build a cradle in the backyard to put the Challenger on. Should I consider servici
Soft Deck Whit at 12:00pm 09.13.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 3/1865 How are the decks on your Challenger? While the decks themselves are sold glass, the grid of plywood
New guy on the dock Dave Richardson at 8:27pm 09.10.04 Alden General Chat 3/2020 I was delighted to find the site and to become a member. David invited me to pass on information abo
Moving, soon to move boat to backyard! david at 7:34am 08.16.04 Alden General Chat 1/1713 We are under contract to buy a house. Shortly after moving, I'll have the boat trucked from City Is
An Alden Challenger for sale FREYJA Tom Young at 3:49am 07.24.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 2/1813 I talked to the owner of this boat a few years ago. He had just returned from Bermuda with his wife
Site backup and recovery plan david at 5:36pm 07.19.04 Alden General Chat 0/1560 Now that we are developing some significant content, I have started an hourly backup job. Just want
Drips in the cabin, keeping the water out. Tom Young at 4:50am 07.19.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1623 More than anything else, fuel tanks, centerboards, chainplates-one of the toughest things I have fou
boat move planning david at 9:25am 07.18.04 Alden General Chat 0/1544 I'm planning on moving the challenger to my backyard to work on it. Any ideas on issues? The first
The dreaded rusting chainplates. Tom Young at 3:18pm 07.15.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 12/4945 My boat showed faint signs of rust, heaviest on the deck and a faint rust stain on the hull in the v
6 Jul 2004 Site Outage david at 7:04pm 07.06.04 Alden General Chat 1/1509 Sorry about the short downtime today. The site was offline from 5:53PM until 6:55PM PST. The serve
Wooden spars or aluminum? david at 9:24am 06.29.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1581 I've been thinking that it would be a good idea to replace the wooden spars with aluminum ones. It
Alden Challenger fuel tanks, one experience. Tom Young at 5:20am 06.26.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 11/6183 949-Y, our boat, had the telltale stain at the hull keel joint on the aft edge. This was a symptom I
Plan for aftmost bulkhead needed david at 7:43am 06.24.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 12/3656 As I have mentioned, my boat needs some work. The cockpit and aft bulkhead had rot and were removed
Challenger image needed for site david at 11:28am 06.23.04 Alden General Chat 1/1520 You may have noticed the predominate image at the top of the web site is "phpbb". That's the defaul
June Cruising World has an article on Alden Challenger Anonymous at 5:49pm 06.22.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 1/1513 centerboard linkage. I wrote the article after an unfortunate grounding caused us a near sinking sit
An introduction to your host! david at 2:53pm 06.17.04 Alden General Chat 20/12139 Hello there, My name is David Reno. My wife Susan and I just purchased a 1967 Alden Challenger.
Welcome! david at 2:47pm 06.17.04 Alden Questions, Answers and Advice 0/1381 Hello Challenger fans! I have setup this board so that we can share our knowledge about Alden C
Rub Rail Replacement - '80 O'Day 25 parrotheadsailor at 10:53am 02.20.17 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1755 I need to replace the rub rail and insert on the starboard side. It was severely damaged a couple of
Lake Pontchartrain Sailors rgranger at 10:44am 02.20.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1503 Hey Guys.... My daughter has just recently been accepted to graduate school at Tulane. So now I'm
Crazy rules in Washington? Ken Cross at 7:34am 02.20.17 Ask All Sailors 44/4496 I find it interesting that there is a new proposed law in Washington State that defines flare launch

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Epoxy vs Varnish dlochner at 6:35pm 05.16.24 Epoxy is not UV stable. It must be coated with a UV protective coating, doesn't matter if it wood or
Epoxy vs Varnish Plymouth Sailor at 5:45pm 05.16.24 Expoy is great for sealing wood! Cured epoxy will turn yellow with UV exposure so you would still n
Epoxy vs Varnish Plymouth Sailor at 5:19pm 05.16.24 This is a pine stern seat. I sanded it and covered it with a coat of epoxy. Then since I planned to
Epoxy vs Varnish Plymouth Sailor at 5:19pm 05.16.24 Expoy is great for sealing wood! Cured epoxy will turn yellow with UV exposure so you would still n
Epoxy vs Varnish Plymouth Sailor at 5:18pm 05.16.24
Epoxy vs Varnish (1) jssailem at 5:16pm 05.16.24 This is a pine stern seat. I sanded it and covered it with a coat of epoxy. Then since I planned to
Epoxy vs Varnish MikeHoncho at 5:07pm 05.16.24
Epoxy vs Varnish kbgunn at 4:51pm 05.16.24 Expoy is great for sealing wood! Cured epoxy will turn yellow with UV exposure so you would still ne
Fuel tank fitting for pick up tube and fuel shut off for "83 O'Day 28 (2) Allan12210 at 4:14pm 05.16.24 If it looks anything like mine, remove the fuel hose from the shut off valve. The aluminum block wit
23.5 outboard motor Southern Crux at 2:46pm 05.16.24 Thanks everyone for all the recommendations. I went and checked up on the status today of my current
Gooseneck Pin AndyL at 2:32pm 05.16.24 Seems like you're not the only one... Gooseneck On 1992 Hunter 33.5
Has anyone installed new Companionway Slider Track Felt? AndyL at 1:53pm 05.16.24 That's a great help - and thanks for the advice about dry lube. I checked out some pictures online
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project jibes138 at 1:40pm 05.16.24 Very ambitious of you. Looks good so far. I saw a guy recore around his chainplates on a caliber 3
Fuel tank fitting for pick up tube and fuel shut off for "83 O'Day 28 jibes138 at 1:22pm 05.16.24 pick up tube for what? Sorry I just read your headline. It might be plastic, some of them have a sc
1985 O'day 28 Depth Transducer Relocation - Something Interesting jibes138 at 1:16pm 05.16.24 I used G10 sheet stock for my backing plates when I replaced my through hulls and valves with seacoc
out haul cleat isaksp00 at 12:44pm 05.16.24 On my H23 I just coiled the line with fairly small loops and let it hang, on one of the reefing rams
End of Times isaksp00 at 12:42pm 05.16.24 Will your handle become "trawlergunner"?
23.5 outboard motor Sail22Capri22 at 12:13pm 05.16.24 I have a Capri 22 with the 6HP Tohatsu 20". The motor has been great and plenty of power even when g
Air Conditioner Condenser Pump kloudie1 at 11:14am 05.16.24 Yup, exactly the same pump function.... That is the subject of my wondering.. seems like it could wo
Removing caulk.... NYSail at 11:05am 05.16.24

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