Here is a video from Keith Rucker as he gets to work on Tally Ho's Capstan! It was a real nightmare to disassemble apparently.
Please note this is not a Sampson Boat Co video and Patron...
2023-06-11 20:15:42 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode Patrick and I decide to become masochists and join "SEVENTY48" - a 70 mile rowing race from Tacoma to Port Townsend. We also catch up with the progress on Tally Ho’s beautiful mas...
2023-06-10 17:11:17 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we follow Bob as he builds some beautiful wooden strop-blocks for Tally Ho’s rig, and explains their purpose.
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Kula - Topher...
2023-05-27 17:03:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The Butterfly-hatch (the big skylight hatch in the middle of the boat) is coming along nicely, thanks to some beautiful joinery by Pat Mahon! I can't wait to see this on the boat with glass in it!&...
2023-05-23 20:41:19 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode Zeal fits the cast bronze rudder hardware to the boat, and he and Patrick hot-rivet the gudgeons through the purple heart stern-post. Nic does some beautiful work on the “front do...
2023-05-13 16:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We have begun paying Tally Ho's deck seams! This means filing the seams with a flexible sealant on top of the cotton which has already been hammered in. We are using Teakdecking Systems (TDS) SIS 4...
2023-05-11 18:55:56 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we follow a typical day in the boatyard, catching up on the dozens of jobs currently in progress - from the galley to the deck furniture, the rudder, the winches, and so much more. ...
2023-04-29 17:20:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Remember Bob?! He was introduced some time ago when he made and fitted the Channels, and since then he's been really busy helping with lots of rig design and drawing work, amongst other things. Mos...
2023-04-18 17:02:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode Leo builds the Teak companionway steps, Patty installs some beautiful aluminium brackets, George builds out the saloon, and Joe explains the latest developments in the engine room. ...
2023-04-15 17:45:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks everyone for playing along so well with our April Fools video on Saturday, April 1st! We did fool a few people, and I apologise to anyone who felt too upset by the fake chainsaw scene! ...
2023-04-03 16:49:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we work on Tally Ho’s front door, which will be a traditional frame-and-panel door built with quarter-sawn Oak. We talk a little bit about the history of front doors on traditiona...
2023-04-01 20:16:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Zeal has begun installing the beautiful rudder fittings that were cast for us by Port Townsend Foundry! If you are interested in a career in bronze-work, the foundry is actually looking for staff i...
2023-03-31 20:52:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we trick Patty with some fake poop, we shock our faces with microcurrent in the name of capitalism, and we discover the best places to warm tortillas on your diesel engine.
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2023-03-25 16:09:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Patty has been busy with laying out the cabinetry in the Galley! After constructing some small drawers at one end, he mocked up the rest of the structure with thin plywood and tape. Then he built t...
2023-03-17 21:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we follow a lot of amazing woodwork - Zeal bolts together and shapes the huge purpleheart rudder, and Nic fits builds some elegant cherry cabinetry in the Head. We also get a visit ...
2023-03-11 18:23:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Zeal planes down the Purpleheart pieces to make them fair. The pieces are already bolted together and the prop aperture is rough-cut.
2023-03-08 19:23:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been having fun making the teak companionway ladder - the steep steps that are the primary entrance to the boat. I made some unusual jigs and used a router to shape the rounded through-tenons ...
2023-03-04 21:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I really love this photo of part of our team here, shot on medium-format film by http://www.jakubikphoto.com/ , who came to visi...
2023-03-02 00:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post
The sun is shining in the boatyard, but the temperature has dropped - there’s a thin layer of ice on the water in the marina. Inside a large green hanger several boatbuilders struggle to wrestle ...
2023-02-25 17:23:15 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we follow the construction of the main mast, which is built of 8 long staves of high quality Sitka Spruce glued together in a barrel-staved construction with West System epoxy. We t...
2023-02-11 17:03:39 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode I return from the UK (with a brand new visa!) and catch up with the crew and the amazing progress they have made on Tally Ho. While I was away, Patrick built more furniture in the a...
2023-01-28 17:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we finish planking the bulwarks - but before the last planks can be fastened, the stanchions themselves have to each be cut down to their final length and have a tenon cu...
2023-01-14 21:39:12 +0000 UTC View Post
In this bonus New Years episode, I go to collect Tally Ho’s new Diesel Tanks from Bellingham on Christmas Day!
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Gotta Find Out - Silent Partner
Sandy's Mud...
2023-01-07 19:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we cut and shape long boards of Wana (Red Louro) to plank the bulwarks with. The strakes are fastened onto the Oak bulwark staunchions, creating a wood wall around the edge of the dec...
2022-12-31 18:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s time to build Tally Ho’s rudder! We start by purchasing a gigantic piece of Purpleheart from Edensaw, which Zeal cuts into several pieces using the chainsaw mill. Later in the video he sta...
2022-12-17 17:21:46 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we have some very exciting developments regarding the construction of the Mast and other Spars. Elsewhere, Clifton does some stunning woodwork building the cockpit coamings, and Nic d...
2022-12-03 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we make progress all over the boat - the engine-room sole is laid, the diesel-engine exhaust gets installed, and Zeal joins the team again to do some caulking and fair the ...
2022-11-19 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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What's in the closet?!
2022-11-19 19:02:40 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we follow some really interesting and complex joinery on deck.
The hatch sills, built by Clifton, feature some mind-bending half-lap mitre joints and some ver...
2022-11-06 21:16:52 +0000 UTC View Post
After a long wait, we finally receive our welded plastic Diesel tanks... and then it all goes wrong.
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Eviction - Silent Partner
Cancun ...
2022-10-22 16:01:23 +0000 UTC View Post