Finally got out on the water this year. It's been a cool, rainy spring up in Cincinnati, so our trip to Cedar Key for the annual small boat meet couldn't come...
Yesterday I had a glorious morning on the water. It was warm and sunny and there was lots of wind. It began in the west and backed into the south during my...
Hey Sheila and Don--you really know how to rub it in. Cedar Key for the first splash of the year! We northerners are really envious! You're in the right...
Congrats on your splashdown, Don & Sheila! I had mine on Wednesday, too, but it was very different from yours. Forty-seven degrees F, 10-15 northerly --...
Even I was surprised and impressed at how simple this boat is. (ME? Of all people??) Peg and I went for our first sail of the season last weekend, well...
All, I might have to sell my brand-new 2011 melonseed. My father finally got around to purchasing our Cape Dory Typhoon which we hae been planning to restore...
I'm soon to be building myself an expedition canoe, somewhat like a Kruger. I am adding deck supports and mast step to be able to run a small sail and have ...
Good questions. Never thought about specific ratios in anything I ever designed in a small boat, I just did a few different drawings until I got something...
Thanks for to advise guys. A friend not in our group down in Texas also shared that in he's seen several places the target values of 4-5% of the sail area....
The location of the board is also critical as well. In spite of the fact that you might have an idea of where it is convenient to locate the board and its...
WOW great info and insight, THANKS. Probabaly saved me a lot of bad feeling to my soon to be boat. ________________________________ From: roger_d_crawford...
Last year I launched Otter on the 4th of April, and sailed in tandem with Albert Eskenazi on his Melonseed Beyefendi, in eighty degree plus weather on Lac St....
Congrats, Trevor, on splashdown 2011. Isn't it superb to be back at the helm after the painful parenthesis winter? That first sail of the season is always...
Thought I'd put this out for the Melonheads to see first before I made the opportunity available elsewhere. There has been a cancellation on an order for a new...
Greetings from this Newbie -- Can anyone recommend a book or manual on wooden strip boat construction? I have ambitions to build a wooden strip Melonseed but...
Hi Jeff, I have two books that were helpful reads before I got started. "CanoeCraft" by Ted Moores, and "Building a Strip Canoe" by Gol Gilpatrick. Yes, I...
Ooops, that's Gil Gilpatrick. Barry Hi Jeff, I have two books that were helpful reads before I got started. "CanoeCraft" by Ted Moores, and "Building a Strip...
I agree wwith that recomendation ________________________________ From: Barry Long <bll@...> To: melonseedskiffmelonheads@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue,...
I had my first sail with Cormorant and it went very well. I do have one question: What type of sound am I listening for to tell me that I should bring the...
Hi David, Singing and clanking? Well yes, I know about singing as I have the world's best MS singing centerboard pennant, but there isn't a single thing that...
Ya know Roger is making this all up, the singing sound is actually coming from a top secret, highly proprietary and patented secret energy and propulsion...
Operating and understanding the Melonseed Centerboard The centerboard is a plate of 1/2'" PVC plastic that is held in place in the centerboard trunk by a bolt,...
My older brother and I -- both AARP qualified -- spent a gorgeous May Saturday on the Severn River above Annapolis. Upon return to shore and over a cold...
This is another reminder that the 2011 Melonseed Summer Solstice Regatta is upcoming in a few weeks. June 17 & 18 are the dates. If you care to join in (all...
Thanks Roger for the great explanation. I did read the Centerboard sheet that you included with the boat, but with my great anxiety about my first sail, and...
