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 i...
2020-06-27 16:05:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2020-06-13 15:07:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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 under...
2020-05-30 16:00:58 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys!
I’ll be releasing a video tomorrow (Sat 30th May). I usually release 2 videos per month but this will be the THIRD video in May.
If you have not set a monthly ...
2020-05-30 03:07:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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 tha...
2020-05-16 15:59:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2020-05-02 15:59:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2020-04-18 15:58:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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 She...
2020-04-04 16:33:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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 f...
2020-03-21 16:09:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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 n...
2020-03-08 16:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2020-02-22 17:04:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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,...
2020-02-08 16:03:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ori...
2020-01-18 17:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode Cecca and I travel to New York, where we are house-and-dog-sitting for some friends. I drive up to Connecticut to meet Duke at New England Naval Timbers, who supplies large pieces o...
2020-01-05 17:08:25 +0000 UTC View Post
...and/or Happy Holidays from Cecca and I, and our new friend Meiri.
Thank you all SO much for your help with getting Tally Ho rebuilt!
-Dogsitting in Brooklyn, NYC-
2019-12-25 21:53:06 +0000 UTC
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In this episode I start by adjusting the position of some of the frames, and fairing them all on the inside. Then I cut and fit the scarph joins on the big 6-1/2” x 3” Angelique timbers. Along ...
2019-12-21 17:16:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! I just wanted to write you a note to let you know what’s going on behind the scenes.
Cecca and I are going away for Christmas in a couple of days. We are actually spending Christm...
2019-12-17 03:23:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I need to get a lot of stuff wrapped up here before I leave for Christmas, which means I haven’t had time to make another video yet. I’ll keep posting updates on social media through the week, ...
2019-12-14 16:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we install the Fashion Pieces, which will form the connection between the hull planking and the transom. We have to cut the heels, drill and chisel the notches in the centreline, an...
2019-12-01 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Rowan returns to give me a hand, and we finish shaping the keel with Adze and power-plane. Then we carve some shape into the Stern Assembly, roughing out the Stern-post with a chainsaw first, befor...
2019-11-16 16:56:58 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, after roughing-out the starboard side Rabbet into the Stem, I make a jig to transfer the measurements for the shape of the Keel Timber from the lofting floor to the boat itself. Th...
2019-11-02 16:05:50 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, I ask the question “is Tally Ho still the same boat?” ...I explore the ancient philosophical question of The Ship of Theseus, and how that problem applies to this project and a...
2019-10-19 16:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, I cut the rest of the shape of the Cutwater into the Stem, using a chainsaw. Then I plane it smooth, and shape the transition to the square stem-head with a grinder. I also take a ...
2019-10-06 17:34:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's video will be released tomorrow instead! I've got a timber delivery to take care of this morning. On the plus side, we are getting some beautiful sunrises at the moment! Thanks
2019-10-05 17:48:37 +0000 UTC View Post
After the busyness of the Frame-raising, it’s just me and the boat again for a while. I have some tough decisions to make as I look into ordering the timber for the deck-structure and planks. Aft...
2019-09-21 16:17:55 +0000 UTC View PostHi all!
It’s been a very busy period here in Sequim, and it’s been quite a while since I have written an update for you guys.
The second frame-raising went really well, with a fanta...
2019-09-11 19:04:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Tally Ho is fully re-framed! In this episode we see the final part of the frame-raising party, as we make and install the last of the frames that make up the bow of the boat. We also work on the Fa...
2019-09-07 15:38:31 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we follow the life of a single Futtock, from being marked on a template to being installed as a finished frame. Frame-raising 2.0 is going well, with more than half of the last sect...
2019-08-17 16:53:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Having installed the new Stem, it’s time to replace all the frames in the bow of the boat! Eight awesome volunteers show up and we get straight to work, training them to build double-sawn Live Oa...
2019-08-03 16:08:34 +0000 UTC View Post
A worrying thunder-shake in the new stem means I have to make and install a large graving piece. After making some wedges and cutting notches in the scarph joints, we assemble the Stem, Knee, Foref...
2019-07-20 16:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post