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Melonseed Skiff, 2013 by Brush Creek Yachts a Wooden Sailing and Rowing sailboat Located in Raleigh NC and in excellent condition!
This melonseed (hull #7) is built from the Smithsonian/Chapelle offsets yielding a 13’ 6” length, 4’ 4” beam 2’3” or 6” draft. The hull is strip planked and is encapsulated with epoxy and cloth with a varnished interior. Her Sprit rig stows handily inside the boat and is free-standing. The sail halyard and sprit snotter can be hoisted and tensioned from inside the cockpit. Hull repainted by Brush Creek Yachts in 2019, a Claret dark red The coamings, rub rail, transom and trim are mahogany. The dagger board has gorgeous alternating stick built wood pattern. Many inlaid fine cosmetic details. The decks are marine plywood covered with painted canvas. Mainsail is white dacron while the mooring cover, spar covers, daggerboard cover and sailbag are comprised of Sunforger canvas; all included in the price. Also includes a galvanized Loadrite custom fit trailer, rowing with a teak moveable seat and a 2019 mooring travel cover with tent system More pictures and detail available by request. or phone 919-632-5915
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
Crawford Boat Building
P.O. Box 486
Humarock, MA 02047
781-837-3666
roger@melonseed.com
www.melonseed.com
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