Building a 24’
Tolman Alaskan Skiff
 
 
Cockpit Combing
Friday, January 16, 2009
December rolled in with piles of snow and relentless rain. Keeping the leaks in the carport roof diverted with tarps and spraying the bare wood with bleach to keep the mildew under control is all
 
Splash Well Construction
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Now that the cockpit sole has been installed and glassed, this is where I will deviate a bit from standard Tolman builds. I have added the splash well base as described by Renn. But the splash well
 
Cockpit Floatation and fuel ventilation
 
Saturday, September 6, 2008
I am building this boat mostly fore to aft, and so it is time to build up the self bailing cockpit area. The fuel tanks will be enclosed in the pilot house and so the enclosures will be passively
 
The boat leaves home for the first time
Monday, September 1, 2008
Catch-22 in Oregon. My insurance broker called and told me that I could not insure my trailer without insuring a boat. In order to insure a boat, it has to have a hull identification number, and in
 
Tugboat Style Roof Combing
Sunday, August 10, 2008
A well done tugboat roof is a thing of beauty. An ugly one is . . . well, really ugly. I built this by laminating two 3mm layers of okume marine ply in the front and blending it with 6mm for the
 
This is my builder’s log (blog) documenting the creation of a 24’ Tolman Alaskan Skiff. There is some background information on this boat with links and resources on the Tolman Skiff Introduction page of this site. What follows are random and sporadic entries on my construction process started in July of 2005.
 
 
Ray Brown’s 24’ completed in 2006
The First Entry: July 4, 2005