Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005

Console Skiff console

This is the completed Console Skiff to be named "Rough Draft". Waiting for trailer and motor. I connected the wiring to a Fused Distribution panel on the console and added side rail for safety where the step is in front of the console. I ran extra PVC in the below decks area for the steering and motor cables. It is hard to fish wiring through the flotation foam.

Regards,
Norm Tyler

Console Skiff

Console Skiff bow view



9 June 2005

I finally got the motor for the Console skiff. I bought a 25hp Mercury Bigfoot. Top Speed with 2 passangers is 19 mph. Top Speed with 2 Passengers, 30 gallons of fuel, and a full 23 gallon bait tank is 14 mph. I put a GPS/Fishfinder on the boat and have taken the boat 35 miles south of San Diego Coast fishing for yellowtail(total of approximately 100 miles roundtrip). My fuel consumption was about 6 mpg in 2-5ft swells. I think my bulwarks modifications, the console, and leaning post added about 200-250 lbs to the Console Skiff. A 25hp motor is not quite enough to plane the hull with the added weight, but when the seas are rough, I wouldn't want to travel faster than 10 knots anyway.

Best regards and thank you,
Norm Tyler

Console Skiff with new motor



25 Aug 2005

Proof that it floats.

She floats

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