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    Smile My New Girl

    Just put down a deposit on a new boat. Have to wait about 6 months before she's built.

    Gonna be a blast.

    Can't decide on the color. Maybe a black hull, although the blue one looks sharp too.

    http://www.melonseed.com/
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    Thumbs up

    What a beautiful boat....great lines !!! Classic black for my vote.

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    ......sigh......
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    Exclamation

    You'll never get the Commander finished now!

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    Melonseed Pete?

    Oh, my, god........

    The melonseed is without peer. A guy in my club sails one, and it is a vision on the bay. But here's the thing - a couple of years ago, at a decoy show in south Jersey, I bought my alltime favorite boat, a hand built cedar Barnegat Bay Sneakbox with sail kit. She has a 90 sg.ft spritsail and daggerboard, and has a round spoon shaped bow where the melonseed has the sharper line, otherwise they are very similar. You will LOVE the MS! The sprit is an amazing and ancient design, mannerly and powerful, and there is a melonseed club similar to the Association to swap stories with. Sometimes they stand on the stern counter and ride downwind standing tall! Solo sailing is easy and a blast, and you can even get them to heave- to to take a nap. Congrats on a good buy.....

    Dan
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    almost forgot.....

    if you need oars, think Shaw and Tenney only. They are Artwork.

    Dan
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    I looked at those oars, real nice. 7.5' spoons I think.

    Should be getting the boat in August. I see goose hunting season starts in Sept. in Jersey. We could bag 8 each a day.

    It's a start
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    Pete, now that the season is over, how about a report on this "new gal" of yours?
    Mike
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    Her name is "Molly"

    Black hull, cream deck, tan bark sail

    Have to get some pics. A work of art

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    Quote Originally Posted by commanderpete
    Have to get some pics.
    That sorta goes without saying, eh?
    Last edited by mbd; 11-16-2005 at 08:30 AM.
    Mike
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    Crewdog Molly approves of both the color and name of your new Melonseed.
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    Kurt, does your Molly have "tan bark sails" as well?
    Mike
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    Nope - Crewdog Buffett is the Tan Barker...
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    I just got that joke

    Molly is the name of my Grandmother and my Niece.

    My Grandfather was a fisherman over in County Kerry, Ireland. He and his sons (my uncles) would fish the Atlantic in a handbuilt boat called a "curragh."

    Its in me blood, I guess, although I haven't slayed many fish lately.
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    Article on Melon Seeds

    C'Pete:

    The 11/1 issue of Messing About in Boats has a spread on the Melonseed Midwest Rendezvous. If you haven't seen it, send me an address and I'll mail it to you.

    Al

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