We just got back from the first ever, West Coast TOG (Tolman Owners Gathering) held in San Francisco in honor of Stephen Dampier's lanuching. There were three Jumbos there and Bruce Armstrong's Tolman Standard. See Stephen's site for more photographs of the launch and events. I have a few more photos posted on my home page at http://pnelson.us/sfphotos/

We had a great time on Saturday with the launch party and then spent Sunday exploring SF Bay. We crossed under the Golden Gate Bridge and cleared the last point and spent some time on the ocean. The Jumbo did well with the large swells out there and took the mixed chop inside the bay in good stride as well. This photo is by Bruce A. who joined us for the trip out to the bridge. You can see our red Jumbo just going under the bridge. The second photo is of Bruce's boat.


This last photo is of the other two Jumbos during sea trials on the bay.


We towed our Jumbo to SF with our Isuzu Trooper. One of the reasons we built a Tolman Skiff was because it could be towed behind smaller vehicles and in this regard, it did very well. Our Trooper is only a V6 and we did fine on all but the steepest grades where we had to slow down to 50mph. It would be nice to have a powerful diesel truck but it's not a requirement with a Tolman. We also benefited from the Jumbo's thrifty use of fuel. We cruised all over the bay for a good 6+ hours and used less than 10 gallons of gas. I have yet to connect my flowscan but the flow meter connected to my wallet is working fine and it's happy.