Here's one reason for a late launch this season.

TomY

Alden Forum Moderator
Jun 22, 2004
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Alden 38' Challenger yawl Rockport Harbor
Wooding and varnishing the spars. It appears to be well over 10 years since it was last done. The removal, inspection and rebedding of all the hardware is a good thing to have done as well. I do everything on the boat including getting the mast to the crane. I enlisted my families help.