Everyone's right. The Summer Solstice Regatta is a must do event. For starters, the melonseed gene guarantees owners will be great people to be around. At the ...
Roger. Wondering if your rendezvous is still a go? At the moment, looks like wife and I could make it, less some unforseen cloud looms on horizon. Where in...
Dean - It would be MARVELOUS if you, the missus and SUN DANCE could make it to the rendezvous! Understand, it's an informal thing, with minimal planning, ...
Andy, I sent Randy Wright an e-mail and asked him if he would like to come to Toms River to see our Melonseed. Maybe we can add another melonhead to the NJ...
For Sale by Owner: 14 foot Melonseed, built by Roger Crawford, hull 102. Four years old, low hours. Black hull with cream deck, tanbark sails, daggerboard, ...
Wow! that is really something. I'd love to hear details. Is she wood; centerboard or daggerboard; how much sail and how rigged? What's the weight? Does she ...
Really appreciate the info on your Melonseed. At 140 lbs it is substantially lighter than the FG version and also has a bit more sail. So, potentially, ...
Hi -<br><br>I have sailed Marc Barto's personal melonseed, <br>the emily, and found it to be a good boat. It<br>oddly enough has a heavier feel than the...
Hi Andy, Cool, to hear you've actually sailed one of these wooden Seeds, and that factors than weight and sail area seem to make the Crawford boats faster. ...
Dean, <br><br>Hey maybe that is why Roger C always beats me - I had not considered that he is lighter than I am. Actually, there are so many trick to sailing a...
At the summer solstice regatta I was pleasantly surprised to find no noticeable difference in speed sailing against single handers while I sailed with my wife....
Hi Brooks, Gosh, no difference in speed with 100? pounds more weight! I knew there was a lot more to getting the best speed out of my Melonseed than I'd yet ...
Hi Dean-<br><br>I can't claim special knowledge here, nor can I say I've had much experience sailing w/ other Melonseeds to observe the set of their sails. ...
As much as I love my pal magellan's Melon, I still missed paddling a small craft so I took the plunge a couple weeks ago and picked up an Old Town kayak, a...
This past weekend was pretty much perfect: hot weather (in the 90's along the shore) and water temperature about 82-84F. Out in "Ruach" it was COOL because of...
Dean and RJR, <br><br>me too ... ditto .. I set the same way as <br>RJR. <br><br>Had a delightful sail sunday with Ami, potential <br>melonhead from Brooklyn...
David - It's wonderful to hear of your adventures in the Med. and to know that you're enjoying your lovely new RUACH. Take it from me, it only gets better! ...
Greetings and welcome to Dick Kesner, Down Easter Melonhead! Dick showed me his new boat when we visited Rockland, ME last summer and it was his boat that...
Hi Roger and Nancy,<br><br>This probably won't work electronicaly, but thanks for the welcome, and I hope it arrives ,and I'm glad that you like that white ...
I had a beautiful sail today in moderate temps and a nice little 10 mph NW breeze. Had a fish jump into the boat, scaring me half to death. Yep, that's right,...
Sounds wonderful. I'm overdue for a good sail. Have had only a couple of "perfect" sails and many semi white knuckle sails - a good year for sail boards on the...
For those that sail somewhere in the vicinity of a weather buoy, <a href=http://www.nws.fsu.edu/buoy/ target=new>http://www.nws.fsu.edu/buoy/</a> brings the...
It's happening! The Midwest Melonseed Regatta is upon us. Starting this Friday, seven Melonseeds (including Dean from Texas, and Bob and Walt from Wisconsin) ...
10:00 p.m. and I just got in from oiling my teak. Felt it was a must as there will be so much Cetol at the Rendezvous I must put my best foot forward! ...
Today the early arrivers for the Midwest Melonseed Regatta enjoyed a boisterous sail in 15 to 20 mph winds, and hot, humid conditions. A front passing through...
The Midwest Melonseed Regatta proved to a tremendous treat for all involved. Seven happy Melonheads converged on Cowan Lake near Wilmington, Ohio for three ...
