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Re: I found a HUGE difference between cruising the East Coast in the early 80's (81-83) / West White
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Potter! I had the HMS 18! It was the Potters big brother. I sailed the s&@" out of it. I installed a QME wind vane, an RDF, a CB radio (I was broke) and a war surplus two man life raft. I sailed it out to the Channel Islands 60 some miles off shore routinely. It was when I was young and dumb! Having said that it was a hell of a lot of fun. There is a new one on our dock at our club but they stretched it another foot to 19 feet. It's huge compared to the potter.
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- I was looking at an old photo of an Alden Challenger.
- If you tried to build those today (aside from not being able to find a lot of craftsmen)
- True. Inflation doesn't take into account the cost of skilled labor today vs 1960.
- I don't know skilled labor isn't all that expensiv now...
- True. Inflation doesn't take into account the cost of skilled labor today vs 1960.
- You are familar with this Alden site :^)))
- Oh yes. Good source but even less activity than here(which is dismal....)
- Re: Oh yes. Good source but even less activity than here(which is dismal....) Yes! What's
- They have drifted away and we have (none that I know of) no new posters.
- Re: They have drifted away (what can we expect) !
- Re: They have drifted away (what can we expect) ! Dave, Denny and I went to the San Diego Boat show
- Yep. The passing of an era.
- I found a HUGE difference between cruising the East Coast in the early 80's (81-83)
- Re: I found a HUGE difference between cruising the East Coast in the early 80's (81-83)
- Re: I found a HUGE difference between cruising the East Coast in the early 80's (81-83) / West White
- I don't miss that 80's feeling of realizing I wasn't where I thought I was.
- Re: I found a HUGE difference between cruising the East Coast in the early 80's (81-83)
- I found a HUGE difference between cruising the East Coast in the early 80's (81-83)
- Re: The San Diego Boat show...
- Re: They have drifted away (what can we expect) ! Dave, Denny and I went to the San Diego Boat show
- Yep. The passing of an era.
- Re: They have drifted away (what can we expect) ! Dave, Denny and I went to the San Diego Boat show
- Re: They have drifted away (what can we expect) !
- Well it is the middle of winter... things always slow down then... but speaking of anchors...
- They have drifted away and we have (none that I know of) no new posters.
- Re: Oh yes. Good source but even less activity than here(which is dismal....)
- Oh yes. Good source but even less activity than here(which is dismal....)
- Re: I was looking at an old photo of an Alden Challenger.
- Re: I was looking at an old photo of an Alden Challenger.
- If you tried to build those today (aside from not being able to find a lot of craftsmen)
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