Fellow enthusiasts-- I picked up MS #322, Barbara Anne, from RC's shop Friday, April 30--light blue hull, buff deck, off-white sail, blue logo, and a red...
"...suggestions you might have about launching ... or about extra equipment you may make use of on the boat ..." Jim, Roger has done such a great job that very...
Jim, Congrats on Barbara Anne (everyone sing it with me in your best Beach Boys voices: "Bop bop bop, bop boppa ran")! Ah, yes, as Ignominy Bob so rightly...
Hello Everyone, I also picked up my Melonseed,(Bad Seed #325), black hull, ivory deck, & tan bark sail with white pendant on Friday, right before you Jim. I am...
How bad was it to upright the boat? I was out yesterday in some gusty winds with my lab Dallas. A couple of times the boat felt a little out of control (new...
"...suggestions you might have about launching ... or about extra equipment you may make use of on the boat ..." Jim, I put big globs of silicone sealant on...
This year's melonhat event is rapidly coming to a close. The last batch went out in today's mail. A few melonheads have not yet sent their $21 (please send...
Steve sent this to me. After reading it I think everyone need to take a look and learn. Thanks John Westcott Note: forwarded message attached. ... Do you...
Thanks George! In retrospect on Sunday, if something would have happen I would have been in big trouble. I am heading to Annapolis today to find those opti...
I'll take two. Have a friend undergoing chemo and we're getting cool hats together for her. Remind me where to send the check. Regards, Jim Worden SURPRISE...
John, All the info George gave you is accurate and good stuff but...... George mentioned one key thing in his capsizing misadventure but he failed to emphasize...
Dear Jim & John, Because when I'm out there's usually no one around (except for some patrol vessels way out on the horizon), I purchased some buoyancy bags...
Jim: Send $21/hat to: D.L. Ashworth 717 Farmingdale Rd. Lancaster, PA 17603...Thanks! ... for her. ... Because ... are ... of ... (not ... (s) is intended only...
Hello, Everyone: John Westcott has a list of 19 skippers who plan to attend the St. Michaels Melonseed Messabout (anyone got a better name?) on June 4, 5, 6 at...
Mark your Calenders! The annual Delaware river TSCA Small Craft Meet and messabout will be on Sept.18th at Union Lk. in Millville NJ.Note the date change.It...
Two or three used Melonseeds have suddenly appeared on the scene. One is a recent one, a blue hull in really beautiful shape, with a trailer and all the...
A reminder that the 2004 Melonseed Skiff Summer Solstice Regatta, that legendary adventure in sailing and socializing that has been a regular event here now...
Congratulations, Chesapeakers, on your upcoming rendezvous. I'm elated to know this shindig is happening. Nineteen boats is an impressive tally and the venue...
Roger, We got a crew coming from Texas why not hook the seed up to your car and tow her "down the shore hon"? John Westcott #315 Ever&Ever rogerrodibaugh...
Dear Fellow Melonhead's, 317 Wind Shadow hit the water for the first time last Saturday. The weather people said 12 mph, My brother Captain Bob and I said to ...
I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my inquiry about sailing/towing the Melonseed or who offered suggestions about useful additional equipment. (FYI a...
... I, too, am a "never cleat the mainsheet" kind of person, but there was a comment made a while back that you can't go wrong letting loose of the sheet in a ...
Sage advice from Karen... "If you're sailing dead downwind, you don't want to get yourself in the position where your boom swings in front of the mast. In that...
Plus you'll go faster zig-zagging downwind on a broad reach, even though you're going further, you'll get there sooner and a LOT more relaxed! You get a bit...
Karen, How does one tether the C-Cushions? I couldn't stand to see the cusuiions fly away in a blow. What kind of modification needs to be made for the cusions...
Jack, The only time I've lost the C-Cushions overboard is when I've knocked them off while climbing around in the cockpit -- they've never come off in a blow. ...
A few years ago, on a very-heavy-air day, I forgot Roger's advice. I was up on an extended plane, running directly before the wind, throwing up fireboat-like...
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