MELONSEED
13'4" - Built by Etienne Muller 2020 - Designed by Selway
Fisher
The
last strips about to be glued on. The cockpit, as per
the drawings, is about a foot longer toward the bow. I
lengthened the foredeck to allow for more room to play
around with the look of the deck design. I am glad I
did this. The deck looks well balanced fore and aft,
as well as having sufficient width along the side
decks to give a pleasing chunkyness to the sides. I
was unsure if the red cedar along the outer edges
of the deck should have been wider, but I didn’t
want the pinstriped area to be too mean, so I
continued the yellow cedar around the cockpit. I am
very glad I did this now. Some things are hard to
envisage, sometimes one just has to commit and hope
for the best. My original intention was to continue
the capping coamings over the foredeck to a natural
point. Then I started wondering if they were going
to intrude too much on the look of deck stripes.
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