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Forest & Stream

Forest & Stream Skiff

Victoria Small Boat Builders Club · 2026

A build log

Forest & Stream

Forest & Stream Skiff

kept by Victoria Small Boat Builders Club

2026

The boat

Forest & Stream Skiff

Designer
Forest and Stream magazine
Plans from
Forest and Stream
Started
28 October 2026
Built by
Victoria Small Boat Builders Club

First boat club build. Traditional flat bottom skiff.

What it took

By the numbers

2
Hours at the boat
1
Days written up
1
Photographs
47
Words written

The work

Contents

Chapter 01

Plans & Lofting

Reading the drawings, lofting full-size, making patterns and templates.

1 day 2 hours from October 2026
28 Oct 2026 Plans & Lofting 1.5 h

Lofting

7 members. Used Jim Tolpin's Beam Rule lofting method to lay out basic lines. This is a historic layout method uses proportions rather than offsets to describe a hull shape. We're lofting the half breadth and profile at 1/2 scale. The body plan will be lofted at full scale.

Forest & Stream Skiff: Lofting

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Forest & Stream
1 entry, 1 photograph, written down as the work was done.

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Printed 31 October 2026