Jan 5, 2020, 2:39 PM
In this episode Cecca and I travel to New York, where we house-and-dog-sit for some friends. I drive up to Connecticut to meet Duke at New England Naval Timbers, who supplies large pieces of…
Jan 18, 2020, 2:43 PM
As I’m away from the boat for a while, this is a Q&A episode!
Will TALLY HO sail with a GPS? Where will her first (post-rebuild) voyage be? Will I be building a replica of the original tender? Could…
Feb 8, 2020, 2:45 PM
In this episode, I return to Cornwall to catch up with Luke Powell and his team, who are getting ready to launch the replica Pilot Cutter PELLEW. Luke talks about how this project came about, how to…
Feb 22, 2020, 2:48 PM
Back to work on Tally Ho! After returning to the West Coast, I start by planing and bolting the beam shelf scarps joints. In the process, I buy a vintage pipe threading machine and use it to thread…
Mar 8, 2020, 2:51 PM
In this episode, I finish planing the beamshelves, move them into the boat, and start the process of bending them around the inside of the frames - creating some big loads and some scary creaking…
Mar 21, 2020, 2:55 PM
In this episode, I finish twisting the beam shelves into place, bending them into their final positions forward and aft. I receive the repaired part of the pipe threading machine in the mail back from…
Apr 4, 2020, 2:57 PM
I’m very excited and grateful to welcome another Shipwright onto the Tally Ho rebuild! We also have a new volunteer here, so the 3 of us and Cecca get to work making bolts, fastening the Beam Shelf,…
Apr 18, 2020, 3:01 PM
It’s time to start building the Deck Structure! Firstly I take a look at the old Beam Shelves and analyse the 110 year-old joinery of the original boatbuilders. I decide to replicate these joints and…
May 2, 2020, 3:04 PM
In this episode we finish building the majority of the deck structure! Lots of dovetails are cut, and the deck layout emerges as we add carlins and half beams one by one.
We also begin making the…
May 16, 2020, 3:06 PM
In this episode we face a major dilemma - having found that one of the White Oak logs had porous grain (bad news!) I have to make the painful decision of whether or not to replace 19 deck beams that…
May 30, 2020, 4:02 PM
This is the day - the big reveal! With the deck structure fastened permanently into the Beam Shelf, we can remove the temporary cross-palls and finally see Tally Ho’s internal space and the underside…
Jun 13, 2020, 4:05 PM
In this episode I work on repairing and reinstalling Tally Ho’s original transom timbers. Being Teak, they have escaped rot, but have a lot of damaged areas and holes that need to be filled with plugs…
Jun 27, 2020, 4:08 PM
In this extra-length episode, Pete and Clark show the process of making individual patterns for each of the floors, laminating thin strips of ply into the boat and then shaping and sculpting them into…
Jul 11, 2020, 4:11 PM
In this episode I focus on the final install of the transom, using a couple of old tricks to ensure that it stays watertight. The planks get bolted to the sternpost and eventually fully plugged and…
Jul 25, 2020, 4:14 PM
In this episode we take a look at the names of the basic parts of a wooden boat. Hopefully this will help people who haven’t had much experience with traditionally built vessels to better understand…
Aug 8, 2020, 4:19 PM
In this episode we calculate the locations and sizes of all the hull planks, based on the complex shape of the hull. I’ve never done this before, so we get some help from the Lead Shipwright on the…
Aug 22, 2020, 4:22 PM
In this episode I start thinking about the plank fastenings for Tally Ho. Using copper rivets is the strongest and most authentic choice, but they are not available to buy in the size I need. Just as…
Sep 5, 2020, 4:25 PM
Cutting the Prop aperture and boring out the hole for the stern-tube are intimidating jobs - you only get one chance to get it right. But it’s easier to tackle these tasks before the planking goes on,…
Sep 19, 2020, 4:28 PM
Having poured all the smaller bronze Floors, we have to build a bigger flask in order to cast the largest ones. Packing these big moulds isn’t without it’s setbacks, and we experience the frustration…
Oct 3, 2020, 4:31 PM
In this episode, we focus on the fitting, shaping and polishing of the cast bronze Hanging Knees. We cast the last Floor, and production is speeding up in the foundry, with an average of two pieces…
Oct 17, 2020, 4:34 PM
We have finished casting!
In this episode, the final lodging knee is cast by Daniel - his first time pouring the molten bronze, and not without a little bit of fire & chaos!
After a celebration,…
Oct 31, 2020, 4:37 PM
At long last all the bronze hanging knees, lodging knees, breasthooks and floors are fastened into the boat! In this video we show the final parts of the process, including some welding of the most…
Nov 14, 2020, 4:41 PM
After a much-needed week off, we head back into the yard and begin the next stage of the rebuild - making and fitting planks! The last stages of the lining-out are completed first, and then templates…
Nov 28, 2020, 4:44 PM
In this episode, we start to get the “hang” of the planking! The first quick job is to put the Stopwaters into the centreline seams - softwood dowels which will swell up and prevent water ingress.…
Dec 12, 2020, 4:47 PM
I can’t put it off any longer, a final decision has to be made about Tally ho’s engine!
In this episode we start by looking back at the boat’s early Paraffin engines, and then go on to discuss some…
Dec 27, 2020, 4:49 PM
t’s holiday season, so happy Christmas, Solstice, Hanukkah, Las Posadas, or whatever!
As Saint Nicholas screams overhead in a pandemic-proof jet-powered sleigh, the Tally Ho crew are are merrily…
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