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A BOAT FROM YESTERDAY FOR TOMORROW by Renn Tolman

What the world needs is a truly economical planing-hull power boat. I'm the designer of Tolman skiffs, built of stitch-and-glue plywood, which are economical compared to other boats in their class due to their relative light weight, but the sad fact is an 18-wheeler running down the highway fully loaded gets better mileage than I can get in my 22 x 8-foot Jumbo skiff. A diesel engine would doubtless make it more efficient, but diesels are not commonly made as outboards, and the usual ways to install them are as outdrives (inboard/outboards), which are very expensive to buy and to maintain, or with conventional straight shaft-and-rudders, which result in boats that are deep draft and difficult to trailer because of a keel or other appendages. Neither drive system appeals to me. Read more...

Recreational Fishing Banned off the Coast of California Marine Life Protection Act

California Recreational fishermen are about to be banned from fishing in the Pacific Ocean. Huge swaths of the waters off California are being designated Marine Life Protection Areas and thus banning access to recreational fishermen. Meanwhile I don't see the real issues of conservation being addressed. Read the PDF below and weep. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/nccrsg-proposals.asp

Welcome to Fishyfish. Fishyfish is a gathering place and a resource for like minded folks bent on building their own boat. Most folks who visit are interested in building or learning more about the Tolman Skiff, a boat with a dory heritage and a huge following.

There are images of many Tolman Skiff projects, Tolman Skiff Adventures, Forums for sharing ideas and experiences and few other things thrown in. Some folks like to fish in their Tolman Skiffs and others just like to explore the water ways of the world. For many reasons folks are attracted to the design of the Tolman Skiff. Roam around to see why.

The Tolman Skiff is a design of iteration by Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska. He's been designing and building stitch and glue Tolman Skiffs for around thirty years now. There are plans available for four Tolman Skiff models. They are the Standard, the Widebody, the Jumbo and now the Tolman Seabright.

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