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<title>Building a 24’ Tolman Alaskan Skiff</title>
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<itunes:subtitle>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 an</itunes:subtitle>
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<title>On the Trailer</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:21:03 -0700</pubDate>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.workingtheory.com/Tolman%20Skiff/Tolman%20Log/48314B4F-0E7E-4A39-8584-F29AAB5A8AD3_files/on%20the%20trailer.mov"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.workingtheory.com/Tolman%20Skiff/Tolman%20Log/Images/on%20the%20trailer.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:116px; height:174px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The movie above is made from a series of stop action photos. They were taken over the course of an hour while I prepared and then pulled the boat onto its new home on wheels.&#13;&#13;After several futile att</description>
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<itunes:subtitle>The movie above is made from a series of stop action photos. They were taken over the course of an hour while I prepared and then pulled the boat onto its new home on wheels.&#13;&#13;After several futile att</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>The movie above is made from a series of stop action photos. They were taken over the course of an hour while I prepared and then pulled the boat onto its new home on wheels.&#13;&#13;After several futile attempts to buy a trailer from local dealers and manufacturers, I posted an email to Road Runner Trailers in British Columbia. They were recommended by a several folks on the FishyFish Forum. Mike got back to me within 12 hours and built me a trailer long enough for the 24’ Jumbo. It is dual axle with twin 12’ bunks. It took two weeks to build, including full galvanizing. He shipped it across the border to a very salty dealer in Marysville, Washington (a 400 mile round trip from Portland).&#13;&#13;I got it titled and tagged immediately but had to wait until today to slide the boat onto the bunks. The building jig was the same height as the trailer (pure luck), so I backed up trailer, “greased the skids” with high density polyethylene scraps, hooked up the winch, and cranked it on.&#13;&#13;This trailer is 28 feet long and fits so tight in my carport that I am sure to take off some house paint someday, but it does fit.</itunes:summary>
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<title>My newest favorite tool</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:54:26 -0700</pubDate>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.workingtheory.com/Tolman%20Skiff/Tolman%20Log/24D87332-51D5-475F-9DBA-AFF7771004A0_files/_MG_3021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.workingtheory.com/Tolman%20Skiff/Tolman%20Log/Images/_MG_3021.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:152px; height:174px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It is not a macho power tool, but is amazing in its own right. I purchased this 6’ Werner heavy duty fiberglass double step ladder at a contractors supply house. It is the perfect height to step onto </description>
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<title>The Pilot House continues . . .</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 8 Jun 2008 05:38:10 -0700</pubDate>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.workingtheory.com/Tolman%20Skiff/Tolman%20Log/11CBE97F-6E47-44CD-980F-29576104B0DA_files/060808_0027_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.workingtheory.com/Tolman%20Skiff/Tolman%20Log/Images/060808_0027.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:174px; height:134px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With just a few inches to spare between the roof and the carport, I had to wait until the weather abated, so I could roll the boat out into the driveway to add the next two layers of the roof “sandwic</description>
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<title>Fast forward to May, 2008</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 21:19:13 -0700</pubDate>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.workingtheory.com/Tolman%20Skiff/Tolman%20Log/72317302-95DF-46AA-B9CA-48BB7442BD96_files/Pilot%20House_051708_0003-filtered_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.workingtheory.com/Tolman%20Skiff/Tolman%20Log/Images/Pilot%20House_051708_0003-filtered.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:174px; height:92px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So . . . . between my last entry in November to May is a long time. &#13;&#13;Well life happens in ways that can put boat building on the back burner. I had the opportunity to check out the health care system</description>
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<title>Side Panel Foam and Exterior Skin</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 18:33:16 -0700</pubDate>
<description>The lower side panels are filled with 1/2” Divinycell foam, which I get from &lt;a href="http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/"&gt;Fiberglass Supply&lt;/a&gt; in Bingen, Washington. They are a great mail order resource that caters to surfboard and boat builders. T</description>
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