Marc, Many thanks for that information and lead to Steve Lansdowne's photo album on the 13' Melonseed build. There are lots of detail shots and methods that ...
Hello Jim, Thank you for the information/encouragement and also for allowing me to view photos of your own project. Along with other replies I have received,...
And yet another 14' at http://www.nd.edu/~cozzi/boat/ <http://www.nd.edu/~cozzi/boat/> Good luck! _____ From: dwrscott@... [mailto:dwrscott@...] Sent:...
... Don, The Barto plans from Wooden Boat for the 13'4" version include only the details for a daggerboard. The daggerboard is raised and lowered by hand, and...
If you post your question on the Wooden Boat Forum you will be inundated with very sage building advise and will learn a lot. I learned a lot there. ...
Barry, I am slowly loosing track of the help that is pouring into my computer...I have never been so inundated with e-mails of the welcome variety! Thank you...
Hello Marc, I guess that I have already received an e-mail from you but did not realise that your surname was Cozzi at the time. I have to say that you are the...
... realise ... to ... first set eyes on ... learned ... jumping ... have built this ... may have ... I'm the Steve whose imagestation site was listed above,...
Several years ago I posted a photo of a 16' Barto version (taken in Seattle) on the WoodenBoat Forum. At that time, the guy who built it responded back that...
... Ah, yes, you can never have too many pictures of beautiful boats. Here are a couple of others that come to mind: Brian Romanowsky built a really nice 13...
Don, Addictive, diseased, obsession, possessed, etcetera. All words I've heard applied to boat builders. It is indeed fun and challenging, however, the fun...
... Hey Marc, If I understand correctly, that means you now have a centerboard? I have been through your construction photos many times, myself, but only saw...
Barry, Let me check for some photos. I'm thinking I drew it out full scale on the garage floor with chalk. From the original CLR and COE, figured the full ...
... That would be great, thanks. My guess is lowering it more than 33% increases the weather helm. Did the original daggerboard setup put too much pressure on...
... Pick-cha's, we need pick-cha's. I can still sitch over to a CB. I live in crazy thin waters off Tybee Island, GA. Would be nice to explore even ore of them...
... Wow, Jim, didn't know you were near Tybee. I used to live in a pink wedding cake Victorian house in the heart of Savannah - my favorite place to live so...
... Victorian ... Tybee has changed. Some for the better, some not. The old DeSoto is now just a hotel. Tore down the cool old version. Tybee is still a bit...
... to ... Of course, (duh). Well, I found the links just now. Very well written stories, full of details about areas that I know will be familiar to you. The...
i have a Melonseed with a sprit sail. Currently the halyard and snotter are cleated on the mast, I would like run them under the deck and back to the cockpit,...
... hell ... I ... the ... since I've not yet installed my daggerboard box but am about to do so (unless I get my mind changed, that is). One reservation I...
Jerry, Marvin Spencer of Brush Creek Yachts builds wooden 'seeds with an arrangement like you describe. His sails are mounted on a tracks, and the whole rig...
I just posted some new photos in an album on the Melonseed site called "Roger's Shop." I was up in Boston on business a couple of weeks ago. I arranged to...
Barry -- Thanks for posting pictures of Roger and his shop & boats. They called back memories from 12 years ago when we paid him a visit there. I've never...
Leave it alone, "if it ain't broke don't fix it", "keep it simple"!!! I know there is often some tempation to try to make improvements to the Crawford MS sprit...
Greetings, fellow Melonheads -- Busy weekends, home projects, and unsuitable weather prevented an April splashdown, but today Nancy Lee hit the water in an...
I was wondering when Roger C would weigh in on this subject. Roger's approach is characteristically minimalist, but I think the best choice. I became a...
Dear Gyrogearloose...I mean Andy, Fuggageddaboutit! Your in simplicity, Roger ... Roger's ... choice. ... the ... style. ... and ... sail. ... moments ... lost...
I did a simple modification to my snotter about 5 years ago. It gives me a 2:1 purchase, and adjustments can be made just above the deck. It allows me to kneel...
Roger, I think I am going to weigh in here and say that I think this arrangement of a block and a small cleat you can reach from the cockpit is a good idea....
