Building a melonseed sailboat

The cortez melonseed ~ diy boat plans, Max told you of the melonseed nancy lee from indiana. there is a development of this diminutive 13 foot duck boat in florida designed by roger allen. it is called the 16 footer, but is actually 15.5 feet long, over-all.. Tim' melonseed build: strip time, Building the centerboard the centerboard for this boat is roughly 18" wide at the pivot end, tapering to around 7", and is 45" in length. the plan calls for 3/4" material covered with glass. i'm using mahogany again, surprise! i created the blank from 18 - 1 1/2" x 46" x 3/4" pieces laminated with marine epoxy.. Light melonseed plans, My sof light melonseed weighs half or less than other designs, and takes only a few hundred dollars and a few weeks to build. she is extremely simple to rig and sail, performs great in light airs or heavy, looks good, is easily carried or car-topped, and has provided me with loads of low key sailing fun..

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Melonseed build, Melonseed build thursday, february 5, 2015. sail plan - ? biggest question wrestling sail plan. 16' plans call 90 ft2 stayed gaff rig. 12' spars , ** stow boat (3) add reef points optimize sail area depending weather.. Melonseed build + details flickr, The building process details 15' 3" melonseed sailboat named 'wind dancer' father built. dale andrews built beautiful wooden strip boat 1994-95 mac mccarthy' featherweight canoe shop sarasota, florida. scanned traditional photos building boat share . pretty order build, . A-building strip planked melonseed “goat”, A-building strip planked melonseed “goat” photos text : fred plouffe howard . chapelle -- noted boat historian -- documented fast sailing excellent rowing jersey gunning skiff called “melon seed” illustrated .

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