On Feb 26, 10:19*pm, WaIIy wrote:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:11:45 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould

wrote:
In researching an article about one of our local boats, I wanted to
put the *year that Tollycraft was founded into perspective.

Interesting trivial factoids.

In 1936,

Don't think so.....

*In 1946 he purchased a Central Lumberyard and Millwork plant operating
it until a raging fire destroyed the plant in 1952. That same year he
began Tollycraft Yachts with 8 employees. In the spring of 1959 the
Tollycraft Plant, adjacent to the Kelso, Washington Airport, was built
in just 90 days. History began and throughout 35 years over 6,000
vessels were built.

http://www.tollyclub.com/tollycraftfounder.htm

"Tollycraft was founded in 1936 as a wooden boat builder by Robert
Merland Tollefson (better known as Tolly). In 1962 the company
switched to building their boats from fiberglass. Tollefson sold the
company in 1987, and it was bankrupt by 1993. Although it attempted to
resume operations, the company was dead by 1997.

Tollycraft was known to make high quality boats ideally suited to the
waters of its home in the Pacific Northwest."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollycraft