pril 1 1999<br><br>One of the greatest things about melonseeds are<br>their unintended uses. One more which I would like to share with the rest of the ...
ear Andy,<br><br>Leaf shredder, insulation, maybe even compost at some point in time? Yuk, yuk! Ya had me for a bit there, but knowing my beloved Follansbee, I...
i Don-<br><br>Sounds good to me to start thinking about a gathering of the Midwest Fleet. <br><br>Haven't thought as far as September but would love to plan...
elcome to the club, Doug-<br><br>As you've seen, we Melonheads love to talk boats and are basically "full of it." This is a great forum and hopefully it'll ...
ess up. I’m sure some of you Northern Melonheads, rather than store your baby out behind the shed for the winter, bring the boat inside and use it as a ...
ailing MS #60 here in the heart of Buckeye country, Columbus, Ohio. It may surprise most of you, but I've got my choice of 5 big bodies of water here in...
ell, I also have a new way to use a Melonseed skiff. However, I can't<br>really recommend it as the following story will show. I just hope that<br>by the time ...
i Jim-<br><br>Glad to see you've succumbed to the allure of this great gathering of Melonheads and joined up.<br><br>As to your question regarding foulies: I'm...
ell, one way or the other I guess it's still water!Brooks, hat's a first for the Melonseed as far as I know. Maybe we can have a mid-winter championship giant ...
ear Roger C,<br> <br>Along about a couple weeks ago, after scraping my truck windows for the umpteenth time this winter, it occurred to me that it was time to...
im,<br><br>Glad to see you've joined the twentieth century, and not a moment too soon. Hopefully you'll be able to join us this year for another Midwest ...
think this would be an appropriate time to give all your faithful Melonheads the details of your Y2K compliance strategies for Melonseeds. I've heard some ...
oug,<br><br>Glad to see you're officially on aboard. Hope we can all get together this year, whether your boats here yet or not. But four boats sailing in ...
rooks - BRAVO ! The lee bow effect was perfect. Nothing like roll tacking in snow!!! <br><br>Next year I am going to try melonseed ski jumping or maybe luge ...
olks, <br><br>Can you believe that Roger thinks we're nuts? He did not hear half of the uses that the non internet melonheads have told me about. <br><br>I ...
rooks,...Meloneeds are not only Y2K compliant, but they are built to last for milleniums. Fiberglass reverts to coal dust (carbon), which in miracle like ...
nyone else damn glad March is over? I heard a joke about March. "March is God's way of showing anyone who doesn't drink, what a hangover is like!" RC...
reetings from Dixie! Just thought I would introduce myself and describe a perfect day. My name is Jim Derryberry and I have been sailing Carrie Beth (MS #78) ...
im, <br><br>The only thing wrong with your good friday sail is that the rest of us were not there to enjoy it too. :-) <br><br>My favorite kind of melonseeding...
t was, well, fanstastic! Had 10 to 15 mph breezes, launched at site only canoes and Melonseeds could use near wildlife preserve. Had to put up with boat ...
o Brooks B., Jim D., Roger R., Bob F. Geroge B., and all the rest who are reporting on those "first sails", the speeds over 6 knots, the wonderful moments ...
br> Indiana - 1<br> Wisconsin - 1 (At least) Roger C says there is another one somewhere in Milwaukee but I lost the guy's name.<br><br> "Sensible -...
i Jim-<br><br>Thanks for sharing your fabulous sail with us. It sounds like heaven! Keep the stories coming. The water's still VERY cold up here!<br><br>RJR...
missed this and details of your first sail somehow. I like the anchor/shoreline tie up idea a lot. I would have needed something like this on my first sail ...
ot all of us "Easterners" are unfamiliar with the midwest! I myself was a temporary "Buckeye" back in my college days at OSU! <br>I remember a fairly large...
im,<br><br>What a great day - would have been more perfect<br>if the rest of us had been out there with you and your family. <br><br>We all would have enjoyed...
