Building a melonseed sailboat

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.. 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.. 16’5″ melonseed gig harbor boat works, Excerpts from the small craft advisor magazine review: “we think the melonseed represents an excellent value. she’s quite versatile, being a pleasurable sailboat, an exceptional rowboat, and being small enough to manhandle but large enough to bring crew, the dog, or a few crab pots along.”.

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Hadden boat builds melonseed, The melonseed ( melon seed) plans howard chapelle' book, american small sailing craft published .. norton 1951. description boat : fig. 78 plan melon seed 1888; plan files forest & stream magazine, published. good rigged model . The cortez melonseed ~ diy boat plans, Max told melonseed nancy lee indiana. development diminutive 13 foot duck boat florida designed roger allen. called 16 footer, 15.5 feet long, -.. 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..

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