How I Made a Melonseed Skiff part 1

I planned on building a boat 4 years ago, but did not have a workshop. So I built one, see • How I built a workshop...
It took me two years to build this boat. On weekends and vacation days. I used trees from our backyard and cheap lumber. The whole boat did not cost more than $600. This is part 1, so I could row it this summer. Part 2 will be finished (hopefully) in June 2021, so I can go sailing with it.
The music with this video is taped about 40 years ago on a double cassette player. You can hear it skip several times where the old tape has worn out.
The songs are Frisian Folk songs and a French song. Covered from the following artists:
Roel Slofstra: "De alde muoikes"
Doede Veerman: "Twa roeken" and "Hindrik Hasjies"
Jarje: " Mismoedich" and "Jetske"
Malicorne: "Le Bouvier"

[@TheRadconranger]

this is the most "organic " sailboat construction I have ever seen...I am impressed..(your taste in music exquisit as well)...few know wood,or the craft of boatbuilding well enough to do what you have just done

[@juanitabean8470]

Such a labor of love. Very impressive!

[@richardsiddon610]

Beautiful boat. Great presentation.

[@daleskidmore1685]

A boat as beautiful as the music. I look forward to part 2.

[@patriciamillette8620]

Very cool Nienke!! What an accomplishment!

[@psevdotrofeuszebra7936]

Красивая лодка получилась, и музыкальное оформление видео тоже очень красивое. (It's a beautiful boat, and the music for the video is also very beautiful.)

[@user-xh6sf3sl8s]

Отличная работа! 👍

[@Phoenix-pv3wu]

Magnifique.... that all...

[@christopherdemarco4373]

Wow! Very cool, great job!

[@capitancodigo2165]

I can't wailt for part 2. I love melonseed skiffs, I will build one for myself one day. Great video.

[@charleykuijpers537]

Echt super supermooi geworden! Petje af!

[@wolfyk95]

Beautiful boat, and video composition.

[@danielboughton3624]

Good job. Looks like plenty of work for sure. A good bit of modern English is influenced by Frisian.

[@ahrimanicdeception3104]

Very pretty boat. But aren't the oars bumping into the board edge?

[@nienkeadamse5917]

Not if you do it right!

[@peterreter40]

super build so far, where did you get the plans.?

[@nienkeadamse5917]

www.woodenboatstore.com

[@paulbriggs3072]

Some people might criticize the rough and tumble method and materials, but I get it. I am sick of wooden boats being spoiled by all this gourmet lumber made of wood imported from the island of pingo pongo and 7 layers of veneer and epoxy. Enough to make you throw up. Using split ash for the frames gets a gold star from me and so does using lumberyard spruce. I would probably try to avoid knots more and orient the strips with more quarter sawn faces rather than flat sawn but otherwise, I think its a much more honest authentic job than most. I give you an "A". Melonseeds are very good rowboats. Where is this boat mainly used?

[@nienkeadamse5917]

In Maine, it rows and sails fine despite the flat sawn strips I used.....

[@cordeliablakeslee7964]

It's that simple, just go to the Stodoys website and enter the world of woodworkers.