Hi Dean-<br><br>I was thinking I saw you sporting some sort of boot on Friday at Cowan. If they tend to keep the feet warm while wet, I may have to spring for ...
Roger,<br>Sorry that I've been away from the 'puter for a while. Was at a prof. meeting in the Big Easy! Nice place but no time for sailing!<br><br>Galia is...
Hi John-<br><br>Thanks for the background on GALIA's name. How appropriate - the best of both boat and melon worlds! <br><br>Have you managed to snag a few ...
Hi - <br><br>I get a lot of melonseed questions via email and can not get back to folks sometimes because their return address is set wrong so my replies ...
Hi RC-<br><br>Welcome back after the rigors of the Annapolis Boat Show. I watched the weather daily and it looked a bit iffy along towards the weekend. ...
Thanks. I am absolutely pooped, but that's the usual state of mind and body after this show. Rained hard on Sunday, but still had a good turn out. Annapolis...
So there I was, somewhat flustered and behind schedule, setting up the display early in the morning of the first day of the Annapolis Boat Show. Had my head ...
Roger, it was our best vacation in a long time - think the melonseed was responsible.<br><br>the first sail out of Oxford started at 10 knots and went to 0 - ...
RC- I've savoured your message and chuckled harder each of the half-dozen times I read through it. To be hauled up short by the very author of a really nice...
Hi Brooks-<br><br>By the time I was a couple lines into your last message I was drooling. Sounds like a terrific time on the Chesapeake and you really put...
I am looking for a used Melonseed in the under $3000 range, or one in any condition that needs repair (I am an experienced boat restorer). <br><br>I am a young...
Our boat is in Toms River, about a hour south of Raritan Bay. We would be happy to show the boat. No trailer, so they would have to come down to us. Let me...
Paul,<br><br>I JUST heard of one in PA that will be a "trade in" for a new one this winter. It's this person's THIRD Melonseed !!!! Boat, no trailer, (and no ...
Right in your area (Seattle) is one of the best suppliers of traditional boat hardware in the country. "Doc Freeman's" is pretty good about keeping that sort...
Actually, I think I am going to need to go to Marc Barto for the job I am needing. I was hoping there was someone besides him who did the kind of custom...
Hi- <br><br>I recall that Roger Rodibaugh had custom bronze <br>made. I recall he sent a plastic part to the <br>bronze folks who dulicated it. <br><br>Hey RJR...
Hi Stuart-<br><br>Bristol Bronze at Tiveton, RI has all sorts of custom cast bronze hardware for traditional and classic boats. There's a website at:<br><a...
My boat is still unfinished. The lapstrake, mahogany plywood, epoxied, hull is largely done. Now it is down to the busy finish work. It is being built for me ...
Can you tell me if your friend's 16 footer has the oars? I did not see any practical way to add those to this size melonseed. Did your friend manage to slip...
Stuart-<br><br>I believe my friend's 16 footer does not have provisions for oars. (I have not seen her in person - just photos - and I don't recollect seeing...
Greetings to all-<br><br>Back in March I posted a message relating my FIRST sail of the season. Aside from the usual rewards associated with the first sail ...
Music to my ears, as the magical Melonseed mystery tour cruises through another succesful season. Sure is nice in life when fantasies become realities. RC...
Just finished washing PEPPER preparing for the winter lay-up. This has been a truely enjoyable season. From my first sail with Roger Rodibaugh in NANCY LEE ...
Doug (and others),<br>I truly enjoy your comments, observations and appreciation of your Melonseds. While it is quite obvious to me that each and every type of...
