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2. Tolman Skiff - Wikipedia

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   The Tolman Skiff is a boat design of Dory heritage created by Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska. Tolman authored two books, initially, "A Skiff For All Seasons", in 1992 and a revised version "Tolman Alaskan Skiffs", in 2003. The books described advantages of the design and construction method Stitch and glue using plywood, fiberglass cloth, and ...

3. Aleutian kayak - Wikipedia

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   The word bidarka or baidarka is the Russian name used for Aleutian style sea kayak. [1] The word was coined by early Russian settlers in Alaska, who created it by adding the diminutive suffix "-ka" to the name of another, larger boat that the Aleuts called the umiak and Russians called "baidara".

4. Umiak - Wikipedia

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   The boat must be hauled on a sled pulled by snowmobile over very rough trails cut through the ice ridges to locations where there are open leads in the ice pack, where it is used to catch whales. The skin cover on an umiak will last for two or three years, as does an aluminum boat used in the same way; however, replacing the skin on an umiak is ...

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6. Harry Newell (fireboat) - Wikipedia

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   The Harry Newell is a highspeed fireboat operated out of Ketchikan, Alaska, since August, 1986. [1] She is built of aluminum, is 45 feet (14 m) long, is propelled by a pair of 410 brake horsepower (310 kW) diesel engines, at up to 30 knots (56 km/h). [2] Her pumps can throw 5,000 gallons per minute through four water cannons.

7. Steamboats of the Yukon River - Wikipedia

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   The Alaska Railroad operated commercial boats on the Tanana River and on the Lower Yukon River from the 1923 reorganization until the end of 1953. On the Tanana River, the A.R.R. operated between Nenana and Tanana. On the Lower Yukon River, the A.R.R. operated between Tanana and Marshall, Alaska. The Alaska Railroad discontinued river passenger ...