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Maine Cruise 2016 The theme of this year's Maine Cruise, scheduled for July 31st to August 5th, is Five Bays and a Reach. Our opening gathering place will be on High Island in Long Cove adjacent to Tenants Harbor. High Island is now preserved following a three-year campaign led by Maine Coast Herita...

Dear Fellow Cruisers, We are pleased to announce the 2015 Summer Northeast Maine Cruise August 9-14. Register online at the CDSOA Northeast fleets page: http://www.capedory.org/events.html#NEFleetEvents Hope you can join us as we look forward to seeing you on the water. Safe travels, Les and Anne Le...

Hi Phil and Sharon, See you are still in Harpswell. We are not planning to venture far form Tenants Harbor, but may take a couple of day sails this week. Give us a call if you get in the area. Les and Anne Home 207-372-6762

Hi Phil and Sharon, Nutmeg is still in the water. We were out today but just for a spin around Tenants Harbor. Burr. it was cold and damp. We hope to be out on the water Columbus Day and again next weekend. We plan to sail to Rockland next weekend and get hauled on the 16th. Love to get together and...

Dear respondents, Thanks for all your helpful advise on my starter problem. I am so happy that I asked for your help before attempting to haul out the starter on Mr. Perkins (we always address our Perkins 4-108 in a most respectful manner, usually adding sir). I had a mechanic friend do some testing...

[quote][/quote]"Before you pull the starter you should try either the starter relay suggested by Jim or a new push button switch. " Thank you all for the reply. I think I will try replacing the starter button as a first step and am interested in the starter relay. Do I need to get at the s...

Hi Steve, Thanks for the reply. I did not personally check the connections, but had a technician at Journey's End yard do the check. He replaced a ground cable and this did not fix the problem. He also did a check of the starter button and key switch which were reported to be OK. The starter is a ch...

Greetings, The starter on Nutmeg, CD 36 1984 with Perkins 4-108, is suspect. Occasional "click" when starter button is pushed... starts after several tries. Have checked ignition switch and starter button and connections...all appear OK... and have decided the starter needs rebuild. It is ...

Greetings, We are planning to re do the non-skid deck and cockpit surfaces of Nutmeg CD-36. We are contracting this work out as the gel coat needs to be ground out to remove some crazing. The person we plan to hire to do the work suggested we might eliminate the white spaces between the non skid pan...

Hi Cathy, You are an inspiration. We have new sails for 2010, but kept our old sail cover. We will need a new main sail cover soon and i may try my hand at making it. Did you get the brass fastenings form Sailrite as part of the kit? I like your new Dodger, too. We need a new dodger this year. Les

Hi Cathy, Your new sail cover looks great. Love the traditional dark brown color. Do you have a Sailrite or similar brand heavy duty machine? Les S/V Nutmeg

Thank you for all the suggestions on repair of the water tank. After making a couple of phone calls I found that a local shop, Lyman-Morse in Thomaston, ME, does plastic welding. I hauled it up there and they patched it for a modest price.

I so appreciate all your help.

Les

As this is our drinking waer I am concerned about chemical contamination, although the "fix" is on the outside of the tank. I might try the melting idea and will look into the label on the scotchcote. Thanks for your suggestions.
Les

I was hoping to get through the year with this tank. I was thinking of trying to force a product into the crack... maybe silicone caulk, 3M 5200, or ????

Thank you for your suggestions. I followed your recommendations and our tanks are now sparkling clean. In the process I discovered a leak in the starboard tank. I suspected a tank was leaking last summer as the bilge was always wet. See new post.
Les