The Tally Ho project is coming along

[Loren Beach]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/1910-...aign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_linkts

Lots of details about the engine room and systems in this video. As always, the craftsmanship is top notch.

 

[gabriel]

wow, very nice. That purple heart rudder is pimp!

 

[Glenn.225]

Yeah, got to say that is one impressive project. Been watching for about 3 years.

 

[Nick J]

My wife and I got a kick out of the "we're not allowed to just slam things in" comment. There's so many poor system installations out there and it's easy to criticize them and write it off as a bad job by incompetent people. Maybe we read into that comment a little more than we should have, but it seems like he's saying they typically get systems in any way possible to get it done quickly and efficiently. The thought and prep work that went into the final layout is immense and impressive.

 

[Christian Williams]

Tally Ho is a Stradivarius, it's amazing the detail and determination for perfection.

I gulp every episode at the pure expense of everything, the bronze, the teak (!), the latest modernity of the systems, the traditional time-consuming methods (the spars, wow).

In addition to boatbuilding, the whole enterprise is a high-level demonstration of management, research, staffing, fund raising, documentary technique and most time-consuming of them all, near flawless video editing. The video alone requires 10s of thousands in gear, and more hours that anybody would believe in the editing bay.

We have all watched Leo grow, and maybe I mean age, with the project. His tone is more sober now. His grudging but still gleeful acceptance of homemade ads is touching. I sorta wish some overly rich sportsman would just quietly pick up the tab, and maybe they often do.

He clearly intends to continue his life on this boat, doing whatever such a boat can do, for all the right reasons. The guy at bottom is a romantic. Tally Ho will be dark and cramped and lovely in its old-fashioned way, but a far cry from a Lagoon 60 charter.

The story is that Leo sprang full blown from the sea, a shipwright who emerged from under a staircase. OK, but it may be more complicated than that, listening to his English and observing his personal bearing and ease with maths and design and impeccable taste. His father, Adrian French Goolden, is listed as a director of the Tally HO project, and also of Cardigan Mercantile Company, a British firm established in 1876. Not that there's, uh, anything wrong with that.

Oddly, there's apparently no Wikipedia entry on Leo. And the one on Tally Ho sorta misses the point.

One cool guy. At random:

Man goes from bin-diving in Bristol to yacht captain in Caribbean

Seven years ago Leo was busking on the street to earn money, now he's basking in the Caribbean as part of the superyacht set

www.bristolpost.co.uk

 

[bgary]

I gulp every episode at the pure expense of everything, the bronze, the teak (!),

Truly.

I remember watching the episode when he laid out the cover boards. 10 planks, each comprising about 40 board feet of teak. That's 400 board feet when - at least retail pricing - teak was running about $110/board-foot. Yikes. I'd sweat bullets making that first cut.

But the main thing, as you say, is that the thoughtful planning and amazing craftsmanship, put on display through pretty competent video-work, adds up to a mesmerizing experience for the viewer.

B

 

[Nick J]

We weren't able to get on the boat over the weekend, but we did take a road trip over to Port Townsend which gave us the opportunity to see Tally Ho in the water. She's beautiful. Hopefully the crew will hang around the PNW for a few months before heading out for good.

 

[Christian Williams]

Leo remains a bit of puzzle to me. Here's more on his backstory.

 

[David Vaughn]

Tally Ho sails!

Tally Ho under sail
I think my E31 Independence is beautiful under sail, but this is another level. Old school for sure but wow, what a sight.

 

[Nick J]

We were up in the San Juans last week and were lucky enough to spot Tally Ho out and about! We were anchored in Snoring Bay on Sucia and hiked out to Wiggins Head when we first spotted her. Even though they didn't have the full suite of sails hoisted, the silhouette was pretty recognizable. We watched as they doused the sails and headed around the west side. They ended up rafted up to a few other boats in Shallow Bay. It would have been great to share an anchorage with them, but it just wasn't meant to be this time. My wife and I were discussing all the decisions we made getting up to Snoring Bay including leaving a day later than our original plan and bypassing Watmough Bay, Tally Ho spent that night at Watmough, and making a last minute decision to go to the east side of Sucia instead of our original plan of ancoring in Shallow Bay. I even had a work meeting I needed to attend remotely that ruled out our plans to go to Suart Island. Sure enough, that was another stop on Tally Ho's tour of the San Juans. Oh well, it was still great seeing them out on the water.