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Offline badinplaid

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Longtime lurker / cheater here
« on: April 07, 2022, 05:18:05 PM »
Hello from windy Cape Cod.
I've read about Tolman skiffs with a lot of interest for a while. Given my state in life (dad of two young kids) a boat wasn't in the budget, but I had an opportunity to purchase a widebody with a 60hp 4 stroke, so I did. It was a great addition to our summer last year and spent a lot of weekends beached on sandbars and small islands. Anyways, I feel like a poser being here having bought a Tolman instead of building it, but I am working to do all the maintenance myself and will be tackling a workboat-quality paint job in the near future. Thanks for letting me be here.
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Suzuki DF-60

Offline jklistof

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Re: Longtime lurker / cheater here
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2022, 06:21:36 PM »
Welcome aboard
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Start Date: 1963
Finish Date: 2018 she floats
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Offline Kobuk

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Re: Longtime lurker / cheater here
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2022, 08:25:03 PM »
Photo required!

Offline guldam

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Re: Longtime lurker / cheater here
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2022, 01:54:37 PM »
Welcome aboard!

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Re: Longtime lurker / cheater here
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2022, 06:53:44 PM »
Great to have you here.

How're you finding the 60HP on the WB?

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Re: Longtime lurker / cheater here
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2022, 07:24:06 PM »
Thanks for the warm welcomes. I'll get a picture up soon. If you've been on these boards for a while you'll probably recognize it as Ken B's build. The DF60 treated us well last year. Nice and quiet, and on a calm day it's capable of pushing ~30 kts loaded up with five or six people, coolers, beach chairs, etc. Hoping to get it out for some fishing this season as well.
21' Widebody
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Re: Longtime lurker / cheater here
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2022, 09:20:34 PM »
My skiff made it out in cape cod bay as a bare hull with a borrowed kicker. Got some blood on the floor. Was a great trip. Trying to remember the builders name who was down my Woods Hole. Did you buy his boat?
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Building J25.2
Started 3/2008
Got wet 7/2008 Cape Cod Bay
Got wet 2009 Charleston, SC
 & Lake Erie.
Got wet 2010 Some Kansas Lakes
Got wet 2011 Texas lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
Got wet 2012 in Puget Sound.
2014 mothballed…..
2022 beginning the resurrection

Offline dnjost

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Re: Longtime lurker / cheater here
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2022, 09:30:03 AM »
lurking here in East Falmouth.  would love to see this boat at some point in time.  strongly considering building a 26’ jumbo.  Places to go and people to see. 

how does your 21’ widebody handle the Nantucket Sound chop?   i have been out on these waters in just about everything for over 60 years.