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’...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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, an...
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 ...
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), ...
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 mak...
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’ ...
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...
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...
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, ch...
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 affec...
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, b...
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 pu...
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 notc...
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?!&n...
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...
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 fa...
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...
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 thi...
2018-11-12 21:29:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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 t...
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 u...
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 happen...
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 fish...
2018-10-06 19:10:23 +0000 UTC View Post