Holly, that gorgeous block print is just crying out to be made into a t-shirt. Huh? Please? Pretty please? Karen MS #267, the lovely Folderol, ignored this...
Adi, Is the boat still forsale. Is the hull a dark green?. Thanks, Dennis To: melonseedskiffmelonheads@yahoogroups.com From: adiches@... Date: Tue, 19 May...
My wife and I live in annapolis on Spa Creek. We've been thinking about a small sailboat for taking the grandkids around the creek and the harbor. We were...
Hi, If you saw a Melonseed, light blue hull, tanbark sail at or Spa Creek, it probably was me. I would love to show you the boat, and have you sail it as well....
Ever since Don Baldwin's Sally Lyn arrived in the dead of winter, I've hinted and hounded him about meeting up with me at Lake Maxinkuckee (the deepest...
Looks like we have at least 3 Melonseeds in the immediate Annapolis area: Rhonda (???), Mike ('Dusk') and Tom ('Simple Gifts'). How about planing a day to sail...
Dear All, I was looking for Melon Seed Skiff plans and found the reference on our group page. I was concerned that the prices had gone up, and indeed they...
We Melonheads must be a crazy bunch of people. Who else would drive two hours on a cloudy, rainy, chilly day just to meet up and sail with another Melonseed?...
I have a fiberglass Melonseed Skiff for sale for $3,500. It was built for me by Crawford Boat Company in June, 1992. It has a black hull with beige deck. It is...
Something's been on the wind these days. The Indiana boats were out sailing together for the first time, and down in Annapolis Thomas Downing is trying to get...
Trevor, thanks for sharing the delightful day you and Albert had. Congratulations on your rendezvous of two. The delight of sailing with another Melonseed...
Pertaining to the delights of sailing in company, here is one of my favorite quotes. Arthur Ransome fans will recognize it from THE BIG SIX, which he wrote in...
"The klop, klop of water under the bows of a small boat will cure most of the troubles in this world, and if another small boat is klop, klopping along within...
Unless, of course, one of the skippers is of the sort who thinks that racing sailboats is "fun", the all bets are off! IMHO, sailboat racing is like cats:...
See, we planned it perfectly. Two people on one boat, one on the other, ergo, unraceable. I admit that I often enjoy making boats I have no business keeping up...
Don, A passage from another Arthur Ransome book, Swallowdale, might change your mind about that. Chapter 35, "The race", delights me every time I read it with...
As to the topic of racing: I'm not one who ever took to the 'round the buoys formal stuff, but it's very satisfying to get the most out of my boat. It wasn't...
Patrick, thanks for the reminder about that wonderful racing chapter in SWALLOWDALE. I promptly dusted off my copy and refreshed my memory. Ransome was a...
This topic has come up before some time ago, but with all the new Melonheads on this forum, I think it would be interesting to revisit it. Survey: Which do...
You tell me! I am new to this boat and wanting to learn as much about how to sail her as I can. Logic tells me that having both spirits to windward would be...
I believe the favored tack is having the boom to windward. There is no distortion of the sail in this situation in contrast with what happens when the boom is...
Snap answer (never being one to flaunt my ignorance); boom to windward, odd as that may seem. I'd refine it a bit: is the answer the same for light and heavy...
In my very limited experience, with the sprit to windward the boat goes faster and points higher I think the sprit interferes with the sail shape when it's to...
Don't forget the question of where the dog sits!!!! ... From: Rick s To: melonseedskiffmelonheads@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:08 PM ...
You silly people..it's neither of these... The FAVORED tack is the one that lets you slouch about the cockpit, gazing occasionally at your new MSMR burgee,...
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