In this episode we finally dry fit the purpleheart bow assembly timbers. In other news, we come up with a short-term solution to a damaged Babbitt bearing in the Ship-saw, and we remove Tally Ho’s Transom. We say goodbye to Jack and Joe, but meet two new volunteers, Renaud and Rowan. The chicks...
2019-07-06 16:28:08 +0000 UTC View Post
…in which we finish the templates for the bow assembly and cut out all the pieces with the chainsaw jig. Meanwhile, I have to deal with a damage to a power-plane, the Shipsaw, a chainsaw, part of my camera, and my wallet! Jack and Joe lose their minds organising all the fastenings in the worksh...
2019-06-23 16:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post
After a holiday on a beautiful aluminium yacht in Turkey, Cecca and I head back to the US, where Tally Ho is waiting. I get two new volunteers, Joe and Jack, who start off by making Frame Templates for the bow. In preparation for the new Bow Assembly, we cut the old Frame Heels and Hood End Faste...
2019-06-08 16:17:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we continue with the 2nd part of the Royal Ocean Racing Club presentation. This part of the talk focuses more on my own story before I began working on Tally Ho – from spending my late teens travelling abroad and busking on the street, to my first sailing and boatbuilding experiences,...
2019-05-25 16:07:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode is a little different from usual – it is part of my recent presentation about the Tally Ho project at the Royal Ocean Racing Club in London. In this part of the talk I explore Tally Ho’s history, beginning with her designer Albert Strange, leading on to her Fastnet Race win of 19...
2019-05-18 14:37:20 +0000 UTC View PostHi all!
Time for a quick update -
I left the US nearly a few weeks ago now, and have spent a lot of that time in the UK, where I have been spending quality time with Francesca and family and friends. As well as a big family gathering over Easter, we spent some time visiting some...
2019-05-17 10:55:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Now we enter the final week of intensive Frame Production, with the team of volunteers going at full swing to finish reframing the entire stern of TALLY HO before our deadline. Spirits are high, and we celebrate by throwing a party in the workshop, and then organizing a very small dinghy regatta ...
2019-04-27 15:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post
For those who are wondering, the frame-raising ended a week ago, and was a great success. However, I’ve just travelled to 🇬🇧 for a visit, and the prep and the journey has been so busy that the next video is going to be delayed until next weekend - sorry! But it should be a good one 🙂 t...
2019-04-20 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
After weeks of hectic preparation, we begin the big push to re-frame the stern of Tally Ho! For these 3 weeks, we have 10 people (including myself) working full-time on the boat;
Kirt (USA), Finn (UK), Arnaud (Belgium), Thom (UK), Pat (USA), Max (USA), Robert (UK), Glenda & Bill (USA).<...
2019-04-07 15:04:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all!
Just a quick update!
Things are going well here - we are two-thirds of the way through our “frame-raising” party, and are on-schedule with our goal to make and install all of the frames for the stern part of the boat. After the training period, we have b...
2019-03-31 02:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Before the rest of the volunteers arrive, we have to get the huge timbers of the Stern Assembly bedded and fastened into the stern of Tally Ho. First we drill the holes for the bolts, using a 6’ long drill bit in a custom-made jig. Then we lift all the pieces with jacks and ropes, and fill the ...
2019-03-23 17:23:55 +0000 UTC View Post
With the deadline of the “Frame-raising party" looming, the race is on to try and get the Stern Assembly into the boat! With a strong team now, we are able to lift most of the pieces by hand, but have to make use of hydraulic jacks to lower the Sternpost Tenon into the Mortise.
We a...
2019-03-09 17:23:59 +0000 UTC View Post
On April 23rd I'll be holding a talk and slideshow in London, at the Royal Ocean Racing Club - the historic club which was founded in 1925 as a result of the first ever Fastnet Race, just two years before Tally Ho won it.
I thought I should tell you guys before I share it on all my ot...
2019-03-05 07:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The yard is full of deep snow, but we have no time to spare! Finn and I cut out all the remaining Stern Assembly pieces from the huge Purpleheart timbers, and then use power-planes, hand-planes, chisels, and a new router sled, to shape them to match the templates as precisely as possible. Then we...
2019-02-23 18:02:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode, while the team keeps on building new frames, I make the templates for the Stern part of the Centerline, from the lofting floor. The ShipSaw gets some love and affection, and the framing of the centre-section of the boat is completed! Kirt and I talk about his real...
2019-02-09 18:44:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode, after a little work on the frames, Cecca and I take a trip to Vancouver for my VISA interview at the US consulate. When we get back to the USA Cecca has to head back home to the UK, but we start building a new team with three guys who arrive to help out – including one who has bee...
2019-01-26 18:07:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi!
This is just a little update to keep you guys in the loop on the latest activity here!
This past week has been very different from usual. I haven’t talked about it publicly, but I have been going through a Visa Application for the past 6 months or so. I previously h...
2019-01-17 02:10:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode, I start by installing and running a new helical cutter-head in the planer thicknesser, before making a pair of oak frames with the help of some volunteers, and notching those intermediate frames into the keel timber. Then I take a trip to Port Townsend, where I vi...
2019-01-05 19:44:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode, we continue replacing frames, starting now on the intermediate frames in-between the station frames. Washington is hit by severe wind and power cuts – will the boat-shed survive?!
Brad is still helping out, and we are joined by a young guy from Illinois who is keen to ...
2018-12-23 17:42:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I’ve done something very silly and cut the end of my finger. Why would I do that, you may ask?! Well, it was all going a little too well, so I thought it was time to add a little drama to this project! In other news, making and installing the new frames has been progressing pretty well, and ...
2018-12-08 19:07:46 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Newsflash ; I injured a finger recently. It's fine really, I just chopped the end off my middle finger on my right hand (about 1/2 inch). But I thought I should let you guys know. In fact, that's why I had to release the interview video last week - I was unable to edit a normal video ...
2018-12-06 03:39:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Making some progress on the roller-furling rain-cover! After much noggin-scratching, we decided to place the “furler” at the bottom. Obviously it’s not quite finished yet.
2018-11-28 15:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought it was about time you guys got to know me a little better. This video - edited and presented by Doug at SV Seeker - is a series of questions and answers about my background, my work, and the Tally Ho project. I talk about my motivation for taking on a project like this, and the various cha...
2018-11-24 20:07:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a lovely frosty Sunday morning in Sequim.
2018-11-18 17:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post
If you follow the link, you'll find a podcast from "Around the Buoy". They just released it today, and there's a half-hour or so interview with me about the Tally Ho project, and about some of the things that I did before that.
I hope you guys enjoy it!!
This episode I welcome Francesca back to the workshop and introduce a couple of volunteers who are going to stay here for a while to learn some boatbuilding and help out with the project. But before they arrive, I have to replace the huge roof of the shed over the boat, and make some improvements to...
2018-11-10 18:42:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode I return to Washington State USA, and get back to work on Tally Ho! First I give a brief tour of the project, and a little overview of the work done up until now. I get the ship-saw set up again, and then get on with cutting a few more futtocks and assembling another couple of frames. I...
2018-10-27 17:36:35 +0000 UTC View Post
**This is the last of my UK weekly posts - I will now be going back to work on Tally Ho, and posting a video every other Saturday!**
This episode I visit two incredible projects that are both happening in Cornwall UK. They
are both giving new life to traditional wooden fishing boats, b...
2018-10-13 15:01:54 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode I visit Chris Rees, a very experienced boatbuilder who was behind various impressive projects including the enormous 3-masted lugger Greyhound and the replica fishing lugger Spirit of Mystery (which was sailed from the UK to Australia by Pete Goss as a t...
2018-10-06 19:10:23 +0000 UTC View Post