George! We got backed up a week due to reservation problems at the Bay View. Plan on being there the following weekend. We have made our reservations at Bay...
Our annual Holiday Party will held at the shop this coming Saturday night Dec. 7th. Those locals who usually attend have already been invited, but if anybody...
Midwest Melonseed Rendevouz 2003, here I come! I've made my reservation for Green Lake -- I reserved a room for Wednesday the 20th through Sunday the 24th....
Don't know if it's the current cold spell passing through the mid- Atlantic or all of this talk about MWMR03 (or the chai and biscotti I had before bedtime)...
... "For those of you lucky enough to be at Melonseed Central this weekend, raise one for the rest of us suckers!" REPLY: "Raise one????" Madam I will be...
Well, Roger, here's the report from a couple hundred miles northeast of you folks down there below Beantown. It was 12 degrees F when I got in my car...
Hi folks, There is a used Melonseed for sale. It is an unusual "custom" Melonseed I built for a friend back in the early 90's. It was a special custom...
To those who are attending the Christmas Party at Crawford Boat Building -- Have fun, get a little silly, and think of the rest of us at least once! RJR...
Mention was made on the board a few weeks ago of the book "The Sea Bright Skiff and other Shore Boats" by Peter J. Guthorn. I got hold of a copy through...
Lenny, Thanks for sharing this information. I'm going to check it out! During my last sail (Nov. 22), the only other vessel on the lake was a jonboat in camo...
... Sailing the creeks up here in the Plum Island Sound estuary we find that we often sneak up on ducks and other birds. The creeks are narrow and winding, and...
Guthorn's book about the Sea Bright skiff is a good one. On page 147 is a lofting of the melonseed from circa 1891 built in Absecon, NJ. It is 15ft and is very...
... Wow!!!! Thanks for an amusing and warm story. As the lakes have frozen hard this past week and Yankee sits with snow on her tarp that story brought smiles...
I think that was my post of 11/8/2002 RE: [Melonseed Skiff Melonheads] Re: November Breeze. I believe the discussion was about the Seabright, a Jersey skiff...
Back in October I spent a 3-day weekend puttering around South Jersey, from Barneget to Little Egg Harbor and Absecon Island (i.e. Atlantic City), thumbing...
Marc: When Peter Guthorn was researching his book on the Jersey shore boats back in the 1960s, he interviewed many old hunting guides from South Jersey, guys...
Dear Marc, While this is an overly simplified response, and perhaps more of another question than answer, I offer this: I am guessing that for a number of...
I'm enjoying your obsevations on the origins of the MS.A number of problems people find trying to do research is the lack of written material.Boatbuilders...
It has occured to me that I ought to have an anchor on board. The local Boat/US has several that look like possibilities but before I jump it seemed prudent...
Hi Bob -- Interesting that as the weather gets colder, the chat warms up. Thank goodness for this group, which has helped us winterbound Melonheads keep our...
Hi Bob, I have one of those little fold-up graple hook type anchors. Just weighs a couple pounds, and folds up for easy storage. I think I have 75' of line,...
If anyone's interested, I've uploaded a photo of the Seaford Skiff "Ro Ro" to the "Steve Paskey" folder under photos. She's 13-6 long by 4-4 wide, barely 2...
Besides having similar lines to the Melonseed,the boxed keel at the stern is just like the seabright skiffs of NJ,given more evidence of its origins or its...
Bob, The forward hatch on the Melonseed deck was actually designed to accomdate the insertion of a 4 lb. danforth type of anchor! Danforths are the most common...
Roger, I have a Bruce on my Stone Horse. The writeups on the Bruce that I have seen are generally favorable for most bottom conditions. I have only used it...
Bob: I use a folding grapnel hook-type anchor which came packaged in its own padded bag, w/ float and 25' of line... it's even vinyl coated...it's actually...
Dave, Thanks for the head's up on West Marine. Since they don't have a local store I don't think of them. They do have a store in Racine, about 30 miles from...
My preference for melonseed anchoring is the ATTwood river anchor available from West Maring for $18. It is a rubber coated mushroom but, it is cut with 3...
... Actually, some of the really serious cruisers, like Lin and Larry Pardey, who have sailed all over the world in boats of their own construction, use all...
This Anchor comes in 3 weights, to tell you the truth, I dont know how heavy mine is, I will take the snow off my melonseed and go and weigh the anchor to see...
