i Andy,<br><br>Looking forward to getting to know you. I've gotten the melonseed disease big time. I lucked out and was going to the Annapolis show anyway and...
rooks, <br><br>Gee you sound like me. I first got my melonseed<br>in December of 1989 and was out there sailing <br>all winter. I bought a Ronnie wetsuit ...
ey Andy, Once again your genius surfaces! Great idea to have this forum for all us afflicted with Melonseed Mania. It'll be nice to have some connection with ...
rooks, I'm Roger Rodibaugh sailing & rowing Melonseed #178, NANCY LEE here in central, land-locked Indiana. What a thrill it must have been to have all details...
i Melonheads. I rounded the corner at the Annapolis show, saw the green show melonseed, spent an hour or so "kicking the tires," and wrote a check to Roger....
i Geoff- Congrats on colliding with the Melonseed mystique. This boat has a magic all her own and seems to attract the MOST interesting folks. You'll love her...
ello,<br>What a wonderful idea! "Ruach" (#182?) will soon be crated up and shipped to Israel. Melonseed is going international. Her home port will be in ...
eof, <br><br>Congrats on your impending Melonseed! Roger <br>Crawford used to say, imagine waht this boat <br>will be and I assure you that it will be <br>as...
avid, <br><br>Roger Crawford has been talking about Rauch and <br>you. Nice to hear from you. I spent a summer<br>in Israel in 1976 and thought it looked like...
i - <br><br>I have been getting a few messages from Melonheads<br>who have been unable to get into this club. Seems<br>the registration form is a bit of an...
ear Andy, Since I seem to be completely unable to convince Yahoo that I have a valid existence in cyberspace with which to join the chat and message board you ...
i Dean- Congrats on your new Melonseed!<br><br>Glad to hear SUNDANCE made it home safely all the way from "Way out East" to "Way out there!"<br><br>I'm a ...
i David-<br><br>This Melonseed Phenom has been terribly exciting to watch. Now the little beaut is going International(!) - a credit to RC and all his ...
y the way, the name RUACH, as you explained it, is quite lovely and fitting for the magical, mystical connection she'll have with the elements. Congrats on a...
y name is Bob Fukura and my wife Donna and I just recently became Melonheads here in Seattle, WA with Roger's hull #183--"Dulcinea." The boat arrived last week...
i Bob & Donna-<br><br>You're in for a VERY BIG treat when DULCINEA splashes down. Congrats on picking a great boat and on her safe arrival coast to coast....
ame. It seems that most of the time I'm just thinking about Melonseeds, Ruach, and sailing. As a consequence I believe I'm suffering from a bad case of ...
oker Tov David, <br><br>I am probably not qualified to answer your <br>questions about care of the melonseed. At <br>the lattitude I live at, I keep a mooring ...
ear Andy, WOW, I don't even think that I give my own thoughts such a quick response! Thanks for the information. I ordered the spoon oars from Shaw & Tenney...
avid, <br><br>I *should* put something on the oarlocks <br>but never have. Same with the mast. Roger<br>C has put teflon stuff into the mast step to<br>help...
ust ahead of the artic freeze over the country, my wife and I returned to Texas Monday evening with the latest melonseed completed, hull #185," picked up ...
hile in Humarock last week picking up my craft from Roger C (hull #158) I saw your very pretty boat ready to be crated and shipped very soon. Just wanted to...
ear Bob and Donna, Guess hulls 183 and 185 (mine) must be a lot alike. Congratulations on your great taste in boats. I'll really be interested in your first...
ear Roger (RJR), How great to receive an acknowledgment of membership in the melonseeders almost before I had posted my announcement message! It was clear in ...
ear Geoff, Guess I must have been just behing you in line at the Annapolis show. When I said I'd buy one if the showboat was it, Roger cringed and said he...
ear Andy, Thanks a million for getting this chat/message thing going, especially just as I got my boat. I had mentioned to Roger C. last Thursday how helpfull ...
i David-<br><br>I think you're showing signs of a severe infection of the melonseed bug...and that's a good thing, particularly as you'll be receiving the...
avid, I don't know what happened but my message got cut in half....<br><br>On to answers<br>1.4) I use Vaseline here, too. Just a little dab'll do ya. I don't...
ean, I think you got there first. I tried to buy the show boat too, but Roger had already promised it to another future melonhead. The next best thing was to...
