Melonseed Skiff?

Jim DiSomma

Jim DiSomma

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Hello forum friends,
I grew up in Forked River NJ hunting out of BBSB's and Melonseed skiffs...I was wondering if ANYBODY still hunts out of a melonseed? I'm building one to Devlin's Zephyr plans, and was curious.....
 
I still would like a to build a melon seed and a round BBSB. Yes so little time and space. So many plans. My other problem is I might not have much chance to use it as I live 90 minutes from water.
 
Pete is that a melonseed in the pic? Plans from Mystic? You might have just bumped my plans of the BBSB down a notch on the build list.

Do you have any other pics of it?
 
Hey Phil...more like Jersey shore/ocean/ ROUGH bay hunting types (1880's-ish) the story goes "Back then, you needed a boat to go out and come back, safely, cause 911 didnt exist!" I've sailed them in Barnegat Bay w' pennies in the mast steps dated 1919, 1935....and I graduated hs in 1991!!! Gotta love atlantic white cedar!!!
We found a real rough one near Lewes, Deleware last year, but nobody was home to ask about it...I left a # but to no avail....
I'm trying to start a bit of a movement here!!LOL!!! These boats are infectious! Dont get me wrong, I liked sailing the BBSB as a teen, we filled them with water regularly! I happen to think the melonseed is a better craft...Google "Crawford Melonseed skiff" check out videos of them being sailed in blows....fantastic little beast...and pretty too!
 
Hey Wispete..I'm familiar with that build...he has a non traditional dagger board...the originals were curved so you could put them in sitting down....I'm also jealous...thats a VERY talented guy!!

I'm in a fowl mood!

VA Goose starts in 48 hrs - Earl go away!!!
 
I have the melonseed on my bucket list.... a copy of Barto's working drawing at my wall at work, Chapelle's book on the shelf, and I follow this site daily:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/melonseedskiffmelonheads/

There is a nice plywood build for sale in CA for $1000. A steal on a trailer. But I want to build my own, cedar strip I think or ship lap perhaps. It will be a few years down the road... need to build the sail rig for my sneakbox this winter, refurbish the cedar strip canoe I recently adopted, then the Cackler, then a melonseed!

They are just beautiful lines.

Dave
 
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