Building a 24’ Tolman Alaskan Skiff

Cockpit Combing

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:11:05 -0800

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 the

Splash Well Construction

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:11:48 -0700

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 bu

Cockpit Floatation and fuel ventilation

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 19:53:18 -0700

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 vent

The boat leaves home for the first time

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:30:33 -0700

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 Or

Tugboat Style Roof Combing

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:09:45 -0700