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Post by Nutty on Jun 24, 2023 20:45:26 GMT 1
The following is the first in a series of short videos on YouTube that show Leo Goolden, a young English boat builder and sailor as he tackles the daunting restoration of 'Tally Ho' - a wooden sailing yacht built in 1910 - from the keel up. He's based in Washington State on the west coast of the US.
I've been an avid viewer of this series ever since it started about 6 years ago. Leo paid one US dollar for what many of us would consider a hulk that was beyond saving - fit perhaps only for a bonfire. I find it addictive viewing as he solves one problem after another and the sheer quality of his work and that the small team he eventually puts together is truly remarkable. Every two weeks or so he posts a new video that shows what he's been doing.. The videos are short (7-15 mins long) so if you watch one a day you'll soon catch up. He's an astonishingly talented craftsman and he clearly knows what he's doing. He spells everything out so his explanations are accessible to all of us who are neither craftsmen nor yachtsmen. He's attracted worldwide sponsorship via Patreon and deservedly so. Watch them in order! Mods - I don't know if this is the right place to put this but please feel free to move it to a more appropriate place if you think it's necessary. Nutty
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Post by Loiseau on Jun 24, 2023 23:43:01 GMT 1
Just watched 1 and 2; what an amazing project. I loved the way the trailer just slid out from under the keel on arrival!
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Post by Nutty on Jun 25, 2023 4:48:26 GMT 1
The lorry driver eased the trailer through the gap with a barely a cigarette paper's width of clearance..
What a mammoth project to take on for Leo.. As the series develops, his total commitment explains why 'Tally Ho' attracted so much support.
Nutty
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Post by Aardvark on Jun 25, 2023 8:19:44 GMT 1
As an ex- amateur boat builder myself I would find it very interesting to watch. I hope the vids are still accessible later in the year when I have time to watch them. I have the greatest respect for those who successfully restore older wooden boats, having assisted with a few over the years, one of which was one that participated in the evacuation of troops during WWII. The drivers who deliver boats (and the majority of other commercial drivers) are very highly skilled indeed. For a while I was employed as a "driver's mate" with a boat delivery firm on the south coast. Sometimes in UK just to satisfy a legal requirement for loads above certain dimensions, and sometimes for deliveries in France where I drove a small van driving ahead to stop or control traffic ahead to allow easy passage of the lorry delivering river cruisers.
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Post by Nutty on Jun 25, 2023 11:08:47 GMT 1
I think the only part of 'Tally Ho' that has survived is (to the best of my memory) the transom.. Leo and his team have replaced everything else. It raises an interesting philosophical question for those to whom such things matter (I'm not one of them!) and it's known as the Ship of Theseus paradox or nowadays 'Trigger's broom'. (My $0.02-worth: Leo's boat occupies the same space as the original 'Tallo Ho' and will perform the same function - so, yes, to me it's the same boat.)
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Post by Nifty on Jun 25, 2023 14:56:24 GMT 1
The ship of Theseus came to my mind as well. Which begs the question exactly how much of he original boat was used?
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Post by Nutty on Jun 25, 2023 15:13:07 GMT 1
Just the transom as far as I can remember.
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