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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. 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 ...

4. 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".

5. Marinette Yacht - Wikipedia

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   In 1954 George Garcia, owner of Falls City Flying Service, introduced the ‘Marinette’ which was an aluminum houseboat initially built as a twin-hulled cruiser. Choosing to use an aluminum-magnesium alloy, whereas previous attempts at an aluminum watercraft had mainly involved small row boats made of a copper-aluminum alloy , the same ...

6. 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 ...

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