The most impressive thing to me about the Tally Ho project is Leo's skill as a project manager. I've been working on major construction projects for 40+ years and good project managers are worth their weight in gold. I'm old and I wasn't sure that I would be around long enough to see Tally Ho actually sail, but I'm so happy to have seen that happen. I've got to admit that a few tears of happiness were shed. I look forward to watching the upcoming adventures of Leo & Tally Ho.
Yes, both as a project manager and as a wonderful team leader. His courage and generosity shine through the whole series. Working with a guy like that is a great privilege.
Ditto on the Project Manager comments. It’s my opinion that this is the “special sauce” behind the scenes that none of us see that makes the difference between this and other similar projects. In fact, I vote to dedicate one episode to pulling back the curtain on these behind the scenes activities.
Absolutely. Leo does have the most extraordinary skill set. When Tally Ho eventually returns to the UK I'm going try and meet Leo and have a chat if he's not too busy.
I too am old and as the gentleman in the initial comment said, he was glad to have lived to Tally Ho's completion. I deeply appreciate the oral documentation that has gone along with the high quality videos. In my young days I learned much from books by Eric C Hiscock et al that had hand sketches and black and white photos not always of best quality. The explosion in technology has advanced boatbuilding and seamanship to levels never imagined in my life time. You have preserved the past in a new contemporary context. Great enduring effort by all!
Two videos I’d really like to see. 1, a tour of Tally Ho pointing out all the bits of wood etc that came from the original boat. 2, a video focusing on all the helpers you had along the way. Show some old footage of them at their best and give us an update of where they are now.
I'd be really keen, further down the track, to see occasional content dealing with lessons learned along the way: things which worked particularly well, things which needed tweaking (how and why), and things which, if Leo or other team members had known what they subsequently learned, would have been done differently. Also I would love a bit of future content on the choreography of some of the tricker operations to do at sea with such a versatile rig, such as striking/sending down the topmast (in case of damage, or to lower the centre of gravity of the rig in expectation of an impending storm)
I just turned 93 years old, and have been blessed that I have been able to watch all your from the beginning to now. Thank You! for them all. Just don't stop! I'm still here!
I am not a boatbuilder nor a sailor, yet I bought a Swedish Skerry Cruiser, SK40, from 1923 a couple of years ago, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I have learned and how much courage I have gained just by watching Tally Ho. Thank you so so much
Absolutely beaming smiling from Leo saying "we are getting ready to leave the dock tomorrow." So, so, chuffed for Leo and the team. Leo's management, humanity, humility and approach to this whole project is Exemplary in the biggest meaning of the word. I'll always be hugely impressed, and massively grateful that we got to follow this along all this time.
Leo: I am a research scientist now retired. I outfitted a complete woodworking shop in 1980. I have worked in it every weekend for 44 years. I have watched your channel since #3 posted. You have taught me so much about woodworking. I had to self teach, or read "how-to books". Remember this was before home video players, and 25 years before TH-cam. Thanks to you, I am now fearless about making the wood exactly the correct shape to fit the project. I will send you photos of a trivial project I am doing right now, and you will see how much thight fitting I now do when before it would never have occurred to me. (I get seasick. I once got seasick on a large barge docked in Boston Inner Harbor, on a calm day, even though I was inside a windowless room. So sailing is out for me.)
Guilty - Leo was a huge inspiration in me getting out on the water. I really am not exaggerating to say that it’s been life changing! Thank you Leo and team!
Leo's grounded and realist attitude to the process of rebuilding Tally Ho is the essence of what has made this incredible journey as special as it is. His emphasis on community and gracious thanks to those who helped along the way is a blueprint of how to succeed in a mamoth, complex and very lengthy project like Tally Ho. His knowledge, gratitude and tireless work ethic is inspiring. Tally Ho really is "wooden boat porn" in the nicest way - she is simply gorgeous! Enjoy the fruits of your effort and those who worked to "make it happen". Fair winds and calm seas!!!!
The raw footage to date alone could probably yield a 20-30minute video-a-week for another 6-16 years! All we've been seeing so far is the "highlight reels". Leo's construction/attention to detail & authenticity means, with equal stewardship, that Tally Ho could conceivably sail into the year 2200 - a "mere" 176 years from now!
Every time I tell my kids that there's a new Tally Ho video, their faces light up and they can't wait to see it. They don't even speak English and I translate it for them. They know the names of the crew, the tools you use, the names of all the sails. Just like me, they're in love with this project. Through these videos they can see how long and tedious work pays off. They get to see amazing craftsmanship and the beauty of creating something that lasts. I can't overstate how much value your videos have brought to us. Thank you!
Hey Leo. I watched the whole story. Your videos made me build my own little sailing dinghy out of plywood. I learned how to sail on that dinghy and now I bought a 1,7 tonnes sailboat, which I'm gonna sail on the Baltic Sea in August. You're right about just doing it. It doesn't have to be perfect, just start and take one step at a time. Many thanks for the years long enjoyment and inspiration for you and the entire team.
Thanks ^^ We'll definitely keep it safe. I'll go with my brother and we'll test everything in as many conditions as possible, won't take any unnecessary risks and only do things, we're confident we can do.
We are old. We sailed our lap-welded steel sailboat for 20 years, then settled down on land. The San Juan Islands was one of our favorite places to spend time when we had time off from work. We sailed all of Puget Sound, Inside Passage up to Skagway, took the narrow gage railway to Canada and back. Sailed back down the outside. That was fun! Later we sailed down the west coast to San Francisco, Sandiego, Cabo San Lucas, spent a year in the inside of the Baja, sailed to Hawaii and all over that, came around the north pacific high back to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and home. Such great memories.
Guilty as charged, I will build my own sailing boat. Though living in a landlocked country, I still have a Chichester's book about Gipsy Moth circumnavigation I received from my father as a kid some 50 odd years ago, read about Joshua Slocum and the bug was there since then. When I found YT channel about Tally Ho, it made me longing after sailing and I decided to build a trailerable boat (J. Welsford design) to discover our Danube and possibly Adriatic sea. I have very close to woodworking as I organise salvation of old folk architecture (see my channel) but boat building is a huge step. Thank you for the inspiration, it is a great booster for any boat builder.
Tally Ho is just the catalyst that brought this amazing group of artisans together. In the real world it’s the people that are the gold in this project Tally Ho is just the by product. Go sail and enjoy the moment.
I have watched this all the way through, and watched Keith Rucker’s work on the capstan. Now I want to watch Tally Ho sailing around the world. Magnificent boat, incredible build, promising future. Cheers, Leo.
Same here. Randomly saw the first video when it came out and have been watching ever since. Watched Keith Rucker’s work and enjoyed discovering that channel as well. The foundry casting the capstan cap, the pattern maker for that capstan, the shops that made the mast and booms, the sails and the hardware, the casting of the bronze floors, pouring the lead keel (the wrong way and the right way). It’s been a heckuva interesting and informative journey. On to the next chapter!
As a Woodworker, I watched this channel regularly. I don’t think I missed an episode since you started. I was impressed with everything you’ve done and quality that you’ve taken this process of building a boat two. Your work and the workmanship of everyone that participated has been exceptional. It was so satisfying to see you complete this process and bring the boat to the point where it could sail. I will continue to watch your videos. I’m looking forward to the changes coming.
I've built a couple of small wooden boats, and six years ago I called Leo's project "Mission Impossible." And of course it was impossible for ME or any other random person, but not Leo!! I called it Mission Impossible because the project would require such a wide range of expertise; from showmanship, to video making, to public relations, to financial management, to boat design, to shipbuilding, to personnel management. And those are just the skills needed. To this list you must add a lever of persistence, determination, ambition, and grit that is at the championship level. So, how could one person process all these attributes? I still say it's impossible, except for Leo that is. Fair winds, and I hope you head out on a world cruise.
Today I hoisted my very own sail for the first time. A small sail for my kayak. Such a free feeling. This channel plays a big part in me getting out on the water with a sail. Looking forward to what's next for Tally Ho and the channel.
Hi, I’m Errosion. I mine coal from the depths of Wyoming. I’ve also watched you and the crew toil for the last seven years. Hopefully my coal provided power to your saws at some moment. It’s been a long time coming but, I’ve finally come through and made a congratulatory donation under Frazier. So happy to see you moving from shore while sad to see the amazing craftsmanship start to dwindle. It has been an amazing trip so far and I look forward to learning how a sailboat sails. Best of luck on the shakedown.
Leo , my two bits : With the state of the World people need to see more positive , creative & incredibly interesting stories . Tally Ho checked all the boxes it was your spirit that tied it all together for that I tip my hat to you Captain of the sailing vessel Tally Ho ! three cheers crew !
Leo. After 7 years of my astonishment from the goodwill your rebuilding has received from the community, the sagas of your acquisition of amazing materials, continual impeccable workmanship, the fellowships among your chimerical team, and the heartwarming over-story which Tally Ho brings, I'm not leaving this channel just because you've reached your initial dream. Sail on!
Dear Leo, I want to thank you so much for all the videos you’ve made. I have been ill for 5 years now, mental en physical and couldn’t do anything… just sit or lay on the couch and go to bed and repeat that.. But I could watch the video’s of Tally Ho. And that was one of the few things I could. Because it was honest and clear and naturally with hard working people. I didn’t know anyting about boatbuilding en sailing and now I know so much more and I admire all the craftsmanship I’ve seen. But most of all how you did manage everything Leo. Beginning alone, building a shed and remove everything from Tally ho and started building up again. You gave me many relaxed hours. I’m living in the north of the Netherlands in the water on a houseboat. Whenever you will go to Europe I hope to see you and Tally ho in real life. ✨🍀🙏🏻 (Now I am recovered and finally can walk again and no depressions anymore)
To Leo and the Team, it's been a privilege to watch this project steam ahead week by week despite the many challenges it met along the way. To see this beautiful restored yacht on the open sea once again is simply magical. Cannot wait to travel along virtually to all the amazing destinations. Glad to hear that there's a possibility that some of the Tally Ho Team may join in on future adventures. One thing I'm certain of is that all the care that was taken in restoring this yacht so well will stand her in good stead in any sea that may in the future challenge boat, crew and skipper. May a fair wind blow wherever you set sail!
“If you want to build a ship, you should not order workmen to collect wood, you should not divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach people to first long for the endless sea.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944). Start longing for the sea. I think this is a beautiful and important starting point for many other things in life. We will continue to follow you Leo no matter what 😅
Leo it has been an amazing experience for me to watch your adventures with the rebuild of Tally Ho. I will try to follow the new adventures, and see the world through your eyes. Thanks again and tally ho.😅
I’m sure that many viewers of Leo’s channel understand what he was trying to say but didn’t. That if you watched him build Tally Ho you might not follow him now the boat is in the water. Fear not Leo, this channel is far greater than just the reconstruction of a fabulous and old wooden sailing boat. There is so much more to come as we see how all of his hard work becomes a second adventure for him and us the viewers. Please don’t stop following and sponsoring Tally Ho there’s so much more we will learn about operating this magnificent ship. God bless her and all that sail in her.
You could definitely make a movie documentary of the rebilding of Tally Ho. I know I would watch it. There have been so many cool things and amazing people. It has been a joy to watching this boat get her sole back.
It's been a while since we've had a conversation with Leo. Yes a one sided conversation, but that's what is needed at this time. Leo has all the information! I know many folks feared that once Tally Ho was finished that Leo would simply disappear. I'm not in that camp and have never been. I believe after a period of time that Leo will endeavor to tackle another wooden hull ship. and bring the younger viewrs along for the ride. Leo has perfected the art of documenting wooden hull sailboats on youtube and I for one, am sure he will have to do it again. I'm approaching 70 quickly, so I can only hope I'm around to see another 7 year project of near perfection. Meanwhile I look forward to seeing this beautiful craft sail, and the catch up and maintenance videos. Thanks Leo, for the last seven years.
Leo... Make a book... I'm not even Joking... ch 1. history of Tally Ho. ch2. abandoned ch3. rescued ch4. rebuild ch5. the crew. ch6. the rigging ch7. the drive & tech ch8. Standout projects. ch9. Sailing into the sunset :-) You must have so much media for this, hire someone to put it together, if only 10% of your subsciber base buy one at 20 each, you would get enough money for Tally Ho 2. I would buy one 😅
Hoping that you find a project manager for Sampson Boat Co to continue to exist as a platform for the local talent and their works restoring yachts. Give Tally-Ho it's own sailing channel.
It would be a massive waste to not continue the tradition of the Sampson Boat shop; the artisans, the tools, and the shop itself. A unique resource that should continue when Leo and Tally-Ho return to Great Britain one day.
Hey Leo, the sentiment of this vid resonates.. I started to restore my dad’s old GRP wayfarer 4 years ago.. I imagined a stunning rebuild.. covid and full time work determined the turn out instead.. I could have spent another year on fairing out the repairs.. I watched Tally Ho set sail and decided an acceptable standard of finish on a safe to sail boat would do for me as I just needed to cruise rather than only club race my Laser and my son in his Topper. My son and I launched the W yesterday. It felt great, even in calm wind, just to be afloat on the W, she hasn’t been in the water for over 25 years and was nearly scrapped before I got hold of her. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is one of the channels that sparked my interest in learning to sail . Granted I didn`t buy a wooden boat , I did buy a project that has allowed me to learn a lot through the rebuilding process . Thanks for all the great memories throughout this build .
This has easily been the best project series on TH-cam, and maybe anywhere else. You bought a pile of firewood and turned it back into a boat, explaining everything along the way. I look forward to the sailing videos and I know they'll be at the same quality!
It's been a pleasure and a privilege to follow the rebuilding of Tally Ho for the past seven years. Last year, I enjoyed meeting and photographing the team. Long may she sail.
Water Rat said to the Mole: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Hi Leo, Greetings from the Wirral UK I've been following Tally Ho's rebuild and progress ever since you started this rebuild of this 100+ year old sailing ship. She's a beauty and I'd be stupid if I didn't say I wish she was mine, I don't sail anymore because of illness I'm disabled now because of an operation that went wrong, I used to have a Beneteau 62 but not anymore due to my illness I always wanted a wooden sailing boat but the ones I saw we're nearly all eaten away by rot. What you've done with Tally Ho is truely exceptionioal a one of kind rebuild and I'm sure if you we're to offer your'e services and your team you'd be inundated with work offers around the Globe. Regards Mark
Been watching since the beginning and it's hard to believe Tally-Ho is going for her shakedown cruise. Congrats and keep the videos coming as you transition from building to sailing and maintenance.
Leo, years ago, while dismantling the original Tally Ho, you did ask the question 'how much of the original boat material needs to be reused in order to carry the spirit of Tally Ho into the future'? Well, it went something like that. I also wondered that back then, watching ripping the planks off of the deck and then the entire hull, then removing the very keel, with no apologies. It seems to me that the spirit of Tally Ho is very much still there. It isn't just the materials that now exist in the shape of her, it is the spirit of the people who made it happen. Just outstanding Leo, and crew.
I hope you design and build your own boat. I’m sure there were points you wish you could go in a better direction, but had to stay true to the history of the boat.
After so many years documenting your own craft, I would love to see you showcase other shipwrights/timber framers/artisans around the world as you travel. I’m sure there are many like me that are here for the woodworking more than the sailing, so a marriage of the two could satisfy the largest audience. Thank you for the creativity, integrity and curiosity you maintained throughout this entire documentation. Totally ho’s story has changed lives, mine included.
I supposed there would be no video this week as there wasn't one on Saturday. I'm glad to see an update on a Sunday morning. May God go before you on your journeys and give you smooth sailing.
I know that you are a very good boatbuilder, but also a great educator. I loved seeing the action, but also hearing about your thoughts, deliberations, theories behind what you were showing. I hope you can continue this with the videos about the sailing of Tally Ho; I'm sure there will be plenty of breathtaking shots (with accompanying soundtrack), but I hope you will also show us about the ideas behind the sailing, which sail when, how do you deal with the weather, plotting courses, etc etc.
Even if you don't end up building anything new, I'd be super happy with the channel just converting into a full time sailing channel with the odd maintenance video. Watching Tally Ho sail into ports all around the world, and being able to come along for the ride, would be amazing!! Thanks for the videos!
Leo! Watching all your beautiful videos from Germany we learnt such a lot from you: not only about boat building und team building but also about how to share knowledge, to respect people, to be humble and to be grateful and of course many, many new English vocabulary. Therefore: Thank you! May you, your friends and Tally Ho have fair winds! "Und immer eine Handbreit Wasser unter dem Kiel" wünschen Inge and Udo (Kassel/Germany) ... looking forward to all the upcoming adventures!
22,242nd looky-loo view. 5.2K+ LIKE posted. The drone footage of Tally Ho with the full sail-plan hoisted and moving the boat through the water is a great reward for all the years of hard work and top-notch craftsmanship. "Cheers, Leo & crew!" Anxious to see y'all out on the open ocean.
I love the 50-foot Tally Ho, and the 35-foot Arabella, but for my own sailing, I love racing 16-foot dinghies. In the past Albacores, and currently Wayfarers. What fun!
I came across the channel quite a while ago and though Im neither a boatbuilder nor a sailor I binge watched the first 60 or so videos. Its been completely fascinating and Im definitely hooked. This video feels like a bookend to the project - Tally Ho lives and sails - what an achievement! Now there are some major changes to come. They are exciting changes and I know Im still going to be watching. Im absolutely in awe of the whole project. The complexity, and technical details have been incomprehensible at times but no less fascinating for that. I recall watching in awe at the complexity of the angles that had to be cut so planking would be possible. The quality of the joinery and cabinet making. The massive complexity of lofting. The sourcing of timber……the list is endless. Amazing Leo, just amazing….Fair winds!
I'm wondering if you have considered selling some sort of Tally Ho clothing? I would love to support the channel and at the same time wear a t-shirt (or similar) with the logo!
Besides all the craftsmanship, the brilliant management skills from Leo, the outstanding design, this is a project about love, positivity, respect for the past and each other. I wish the whole world could see this as an example of how people make society. Thanks for all those lovely hours of perfect footage.
Bought a wooden sailboat because of Tally Ho. Mine is only 12 ft. But needs to be almost completely replaced. Can’t wait to get started. Thank you Leo.
It's been a pleasure to support this channel on Patreon. I'm not a person who is supporting many different projects/channels on Patreon, but I chose to support this project because I believed in your ability to see it through to the end, without compromising your vision, I believed in the constellation of talented people in the orbit of this project who contributed to it, and I believed in the community that developed around it.
Thanks for all of this Leo. The channel has been an inspiration and succor for me through the travails of recent years. But now has come to reinvent yourself and the channel. Godspeed to you and all who travel in Tally Ho. Dr M
I'm very happy you did a very silly thing 7 years ago Leo. In Tally Ho, the channel and the community around it you've built something wonderful and I'm here for everything that is still to come. A couple of years ago I bought an old cheap grp sailing boat and since then I've slowly been doing it up and the fact that I'm sailing again is in part inspired by you and your project. So thanks very much 😊
When I first started following Leo, the Tally Ho was still in the process of deconstruction before the reconstruction could even begin. I knew that one day, if the boat ever actually reached a sailing condition, that the videos on the rebuild and restoration process would taper off. I knew that when I signed up, I wasn't signing up for a series just on restoring this vessel, but a journey. And I have to say, I'm still here for the journey. I hope to see a lot more videos in the years to come Leo. Videos of the adventures, the shenanigans, the oops moments, the laughter moments, the tears moments, the sweat and blood moments, as you move forward with your life and with the Tally Ho. I wish you many years of sunshine, fair winds and following seas as you sail ever forward Leo.
Thank you for this important vision of the coming chapters for you, the crew and Tally Ho.. Your dedication and appreciation of your crew/colleagues/partners is so clear and moving. Onward.
I own a small sailboat, a yoghurt cup as we say. A small glass fiber boat, not a wooden one. But it’s mine and I’m out on the water. Well not only me, but yesterday my son went out with my 2 years old grandson, i hope he will be into sailing. Another event in my sailclub, kne of the members launched his self built wooden boat last week. It took him 15 years to built it, he can be proud I think.
Bitter-sweet feelings abound! I've been watching religiously almost since the beginning and have since bought my own boat. Leo, you have been an inspiration to a generation of craftsmen and have done more to keep alive the tradition, knowledge, and skills of sailing and shipwrightery than anyone can know. I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to you and to the stalwart band of folks you've fostered into one of the most effective teams I've ever witnessed. Thank you, Leo. Thank you, crew. Thank you, Tally Ho. Fair winds and following seas to you and yours.
Thanks for the update Leo. So glad that you are finally able to sail Tally Ho and head offshore! I wish you & the crew fair winds, calm waters & smooth sailing! 👍👍⛵⛵
After finishing this video I realized Tally Ho is under way. Out on the ocean, sails catching wind at this very moment (most likely). The shake down, finding all the little things, building a new to-do list. Woo go team, enjoy this long awaited break, journey and celebration. Gotta get ur sea legs back!
Good luck, found the channel the first time I was in the hospital. And kept up with it though the continuing drama of my health, sail the San Jaun strait sounds fantastic. Again good luck, fair winds a following seas Tally Ho.
I hope you’re able to fit “more boatbuilding” as you hinted. I’m excited to see you sail. Just a little bit of that before with your guest crewing early on. But your team is just so seasoned now at building. A gold standard of building heritage in such a young crew would be monumental in preserving the traditions and boat building disciplines.
I’ve just taken a look back at episode 1 to remind myself of all you have achieved with this beautiful vessel and how you have saved her. I encourage others to do the same. I am in awe either of your tenacious determination, or stupidity. I can’t determine which, but you have achieved something of wonder. Congratulations!
I was just out in BC. My brother lives in Nanaimo and he has a small boat and we went out crabbing 2 days. I like being out on the water and those days really brought that home. I don’t have a boat or live in such a beautiful area as BC so I satisfy my need to be on the water through this channel and look forward to the videos to come.
Through the years of watching this channel the one thing that stuck with me consistently was the stories told by the people you met along the way. From South Georgia and a man reading a poem about live oak to right there in your boatyard and watching someone make strombolis, there has been such an amazing cast of characters we have gotten to meet and I look forward to continuing that tradition as the boat traverses the world.
This is a wonderful turning point in the Tally Ho journey. Have a great cruise! The Islands are beautiful and I'm sure you will find many lovely anchorages. Can't wait to see some of the videos as you explore the region. Congratulations.
I started watching around when you first started having volunteers on site and wished from the beginning I had been able to join you. It's been an amazing journey and feels hard to believe that "two more years" is now. It's truly been an besutiful and moving project, touching many many lives. To see you ready to finally set sail makes me sad to think the bulk of the build works is done, but excited to see where you take us in the future. Hats off to the intrepid crew of the Tally Ho, and thank you for including us in telling her story.
Ok, since you asked, I'll let you know that because of you and this channel, I became interested in boat building. While following your build, I started by building a stitch and glue kayak. When that was done successfully, I started building a sail boat, which was the dream all along. I launched on April 1 this year. I have taken all my granddaughters out for a sail already. So thank for your inspiration Leo!
Eighteen years of living in the PNW and I still haven't gotten used to the weather. The joke is that summer starts July 5th as we rarely get to see fireworks.
Congratulations to Leo and the team. And I must say I’m very impressed with the talent and supporting shops in the port Townsend area. It seemed that when the team needed something they just went down the street to find it. Other than the fuel tank failure and Keith’s capstan winch repair. Good sailing to all.
Well, I'm one of the ones that you inspired to go sailing. In fact, I bought my first boat right there in boat haven. Got hauled out for a survey and bottom paint. They put me right behind your shed with the little roll-up door. Watching all you guys walking around and trying to keep cool and not disturb you guys... thank you, Leo and crew!!!
This coming shake down cruise is going through my favorite runs a fella can ask for. May your wins be of a favorable sort. The inside of Van Isle has everything A sailor can ask for. The narrows will always have a time when your skills are to be tested. I just love it. If only Tally Ho's deck and below were wheelchair loveable. Now I can only dream of days long ago when two legs would support me and take on the adventure ahead for a young man were ahead. Dream a new destination and simply fill the fridge and freezer, As much firewood and all the needed fids and needles to be ok on a good long tour in/on the north Pacific. It really is the best time of year for a gig like that. Oh how I hope you have a great shake down and I may poss say hello if you are in Vivtoria on Van Island. Our provinces Capital. It would be a wonderful greating/meetining. Take care my friend. What an adventure you have brought to us.
A milestone, not a culmination. A fantastic project that will never be done, at least in terms of how much it inspires us all. Fair wind and safe travels.
I would say there was absolutely no reason whatsoever to fear for us not to stick around! 😂You are giving dreams a place and giving pleasure to at least half a million people through this. I just hope Tally Ho will be able to make its appearance at Amsterdam Sail in 2025 (20-24 August 2025). It's only every five years and in 2025. It is the tenth episode of this amazing festival and it is also the celebration of Amsterdam's 750th anniversary. The atmosphere will be fittingly festive. And boy would I love to be able to touch Tally Ho, even if it is just the outside.
...mmm I have watched every video and was very impressed with the amount of talent , skills , materials and supplies needed in hopes to get a rotten old piece of wood sailing again ! I could never imagine... traveling 1/2 way around the world to buy a worthless rotting boat then finding a wonderful couple that would let me use their beautiful workshop and park Tally Ho in their yard for a few years until someone COMPLAINED and to hope and pray that i could come up with the money - talent - many many people donating goods and services and 1/2 million subs to cheer me on ... ! oh yes and MAYBE that nasty COVID pandemic helped Leo get a few more subs ... Take a GOOD LOOK in the mirror LEO and you will see a very hard working and talented man that everyone is Happy to see sailing TALLY HO !
Thank you so much for inviting us into your life these past seven (!) years! Your unparalleled craftsmanship and love for the wooden boat industry have been amazing to watch. I can’t wait to see what’s next! Fair winds and following seas!
Hi Leo, you don't need to worry about this video being different (and perhaps therefore less acceptable to your loyal followers). In fact, it's one of the most emotional and enjoyable videos you've made (as evidenced by the 35,000 TH-camrs who have watched in in the first 4 days!).
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The most impressive thing to me about the Tally Ho project is Leo's skill as a project manager. I've been working on major construction projects for 40+ years and good project managers are worth their weight in gold. I'm old and I wasn't sure that I would be around long enough to see Tally Ho actually sail, but I'm so happy to have seen that happen. I've got to admit that a few tears of happiness were shed. I look forward to watching the upcoming adventures of Leo & Tally Ho.
Yes, both as a project manager and as a wonderful team leader. His courage and generosity shine through the whole series. Working with a guy like that is a great privilege.
Ditto on the Project Manager comments. It’s my opinion that this is the “special sauce” behind the scenes that none of us see that makes the difference between this and other similar projects. In fact, I vote to dedicate one episode to pulling back the curtain on these behind the scenes activities.
Absolutely. Leo does have the most extraordinary skill set. When Tally Ho eventually returns to the UK I'm going try and meet Leo and have a chat if he's not too busy.
I too am old and as the gentleman in the initial comment said, he was glad to have lived to Tally Ho's completion. I deeply appreciate the oral documentation that has gone along with the high quality videos. In my young days I learned much from books by Eric C Hiscock et al that had hand sketches and black and white photos not always of best quality. The explosion in technology has advanced boatbuilding and seamanship to levels never imagined in my life time. You have preserved the past in a new contemporary context. Great enduring effort by all!
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Two videos I’d really like to see.
1, a tour of Tally Ho pointing out all the bits of wood etc that came from the original boat.
2, a video focusing on all the helpers you had along the way. Show some old footage of them at their best and give us an update of where they are now.
Absolutely - please do a video of ALL the folks who have helped you achieve your dream.
I'd be really keen, further down the track, to see occasional content dealing with lessons learned along the way: things which worked particularly well, things which needed tweaking (how and why), and things which, if Leo or other team members had known what they subsequently learned, would have been done differently.
Also I would love a bit of future content on the choreography of some of the tricker operations to do at sea with such a versatile rig, such as striking/sending down the topmast (in case of damage, or to lower the centre of gravity of the rig in expectation of an impending storm)
Yes please
A short Bio on all the helpers would be great
@@rexmyers991 Same here, I'd really like a memory video of all these incredible people !
I just turned 93 years old, and have been blessed that I have been able to watch all your from the beginning to now. Thank You! for them all. Just don't stop! I'm still here!
And we can all hope you stay here for the rest of Leo's story
I am not a boatbuilder nor a sailor, yet I bought a Swedish Skerry Cruiser, SK40, from 1923 a couple of years ago, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I have learned and how much courage I have gained just by watching Tally Ho. Thank you so so much
What a beautiful style of boat you got, I love it.
@@Leo-Crespi Thank you, yes she really is at beauty to sail, specially upwind. Not so much in high seas though :)
*I STILL CANT BELIEVE ITS SAILING* I never thought we would reach this day when he bought it - SO happy to be wrong.
Boats are "she", not "it", and never add "The" to the start of the name either. (e.g. "Tally Ho is a great boat and Leo can't wait to sail her.")
@@KarlKarsnark ‘She was so much older then, she’s younger than that now’
It’s been a long two years. 😂
Ooooh
I don't think inanimate objects like boats care what gender we humans prescribe them.
Absolutely beaming smiling from Leo saying "we are getting ready to leave the dock tomorrow." So, so, chuffed for Leo and the team. Leo's management, humanity, humility and approach to this whole project is Exemplary in the biggest meaning of the word. I'll always be hugely impressed, and massively grateful that we got to follow this along all this time.
I do love how you're still focused on telling stories - build, sailing, adventures, etc...
Waiting for the next episode of "Duchess of Desire"
@@cocodojolol
Leo: I am a research scientist now retired. I outfitted a complete woodworking shop in 1980. I have worked in it every weekend for 44 years. I have watched your channel since #3 posted. You have taught me so much about woodworking. I had to self teach, or read "how-to books". Remember this was before home video players, and 25 years before TH-cam. Thanks to you, I am now fearless about making the wood exactly the correct shape to fit the project. I will send you photos of a trivial project I am doing right now, and you will see how much thight fitting I now do when before it would never have occurred to me. (I get seasick. I once got seasick on a large barge docked in Boston Inner Harbor, on a calm day, even though I was inside a windowless room. So sailing is out for me.)
Guilty - Leo was a huge inspiration in me getting out on the water. I really am not exaggerating to say that it’s been life changing! Thank you Leo and team!
Leo's grounded and realist attitude to the process of rebuilding Tally Ho is the essence of what has made this incredible journey as special as it is. His emphasis on community and gracious thanks to those who helped along the way is a blueprint of how to succeed in a mamoth, complex and very lengthy project like Tally Ho. His knowledge, gratitude and tireless work ethic is inspiring. Tally Ho really is "wooden boat porn" in the nicest way - she is simply gorgeous! Enjoy the fruits of your effort and those who worked to "make it happen". Fair winds and calm seas!!!!
Grounded - yep he sure was 😉
May Tally Ho live on forever ⛵️
Ditto that 👊🏼
The real ship of Theseus
And Leo the Boat Builder
Hear, hear !!!
The raw footage to date alone could probably yield a 20-30minute video-a-week for another 6-16 years!
All we've been seeing so far is the "highlight reels".
Leo's construction/attention to detail & authenticity means, with equal stewardship, that Tally Ho could conceivably sail into the year 2200 - a "mere" 176 years from now!
Every time I tell my kids that there's a new Tally Ho video, their faces light up and they can't wait to see it. They don't even speak English and I translate it for them. They know the names of the crew, the tools you use, the names of all the sails. Just like me, they're in love with this project.
Through these videos they can see how long and tedious work pays off. They get to see amazing craftsmanship and the beauty of creating something that lasts.
I can't overstate how much value your videos have brought to us. Thank you!
Hey Leo.
I watched the whole story. Your videos made me build my own little sailing dinghy out of plywood. I learned how to sail on that dinghy and now I bought a 1,7 tonnes sailboat, which I'm gonna sail on the Baltic Sea in August. You're right about just doing it. It doesn't have to be perfect, just start and take one step at a time. Many thanks for the years long enjoyment and inspiration for you and the entire team.
Have a great trip but keep safe. Boats make fools out of the best of us.
Thanks ^^
We'll definitely keep it safe. I'll go with my brother and we'll test everything in as many conditions as possible, won't take any unnecessary risks and only do things, we're confident we can do.
We are old. We sailed our lap-welded steel sailboat for 20 years, then settled down on land. The San Juan Islands was one of our favorite places to spend time when we had time off from work. We sailed all of Puget Sound, Inside Passage up to Skagway, took the narrow gage railway to Canada and back. Sailed back down the outside. That was fun! Later we sailed down the west coast to San Francisco, Sandiego, Cabo San Lucas, spent a year in the inside of the Baja, sailed to Hawaii and all over that, came around the north pacific high back to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and home. Such great memories.
Watching Tally Ho sail will be different from watching any other boat now that we have seen how each and every piece of Tally Ho was put together ⛵️
You can say that again.
Guilty as charged, I will build my own sailing boat. Though living in a landlocked country, I still have a Chichester's book about Gipsy Moth circumnavigation I received from my father as a kid some 50 odd years ago, read about Joshua Slocum and the bug was there since then. When I found YT channel about Tally Ho, it made me longing after sailing and I decided to build a trailerable boat (J. Welsford design) to discover our Danube and possibly Adriatic sea. I have very close to woodworking as I organise salvation of old folk architecture (see my channel) but boat building is a huge step. Thank you for the inspiration, it is a great booster for any boat builder.
Actually, here is my another channel where I will post my boat building and sailing adventures. ;)
Tally Ho is just the catalyst that brought this amazing group of artisans together. In the real world it’s the people that are the gold in this project Tally Ho is just the by product. Go sail and enjoy the moment.
Leo was the catalyst.
I have watched this all the way through, and watched Keith Rucker’s work on the capstan. Now I want to watch Tally Ho sailing around the world. Magnificent boat, incredible build, promising future. Cheers, Leo.
Same here. Randomly saw the first video when it came out and have been watching ever since. Watched Keith Rucker’s work and enjoyed discovering that channel as well. The foundry casting the capstan cap, the pattern maker for that capstan, the shops that made the mast and booms, the sails and the hardware, the casting of the bronze floors, pouring the lead keel (the wrong way and the right way). It’s been a heckuva interesting and informative journey. On to the next chapter!
As a Woodworker, I watched this channel regularly. I don’t think I missed an episode since you started. I was impressed with everything you’ve done and quality that you’ve taken this process of building a boat two. Your work and the workmanship of everyone that participated has been exceptional. It was so satisfying to see you complete this process and bring the boat to the point where it could sail. I will continue to watch your videos. I’m looking forward to the changes coming.
I've built a couple of small wooden boats, and six years ago I called Leo's project "Mission Impossible." And of course it was impossible for ME or any other random person, but not Leo!! I called it Mission Impossible because the project would require such a wide range of expertise; from showmanship, to video making, to public relations, to financial management, to boat design, to shipbuilding, to personnel management. And those are just the skills needed. To this list you must add a lever of persistence, determination, ambition, and grit that is at the championship level. So, how could one person process all these attributes? I still say it's impossible, except for Leo that is. Fair winds, and I hope you head out on a world cruise.
Today I hoisted my very own sail for the first time. A small sail for my kayak. Such a free feeling. This channel plays a big part in me getting out on the water with a sail. Looking forward to what's next for Tally Ho and the channel.
Beautiful! Fair winds to you and your boat 🤩
Hi, I’m Errosion. I mine coal from the depths of Wyoming. I’ve also watched you and the crew toil for the last seven years. Hopefully my coal provided power to your saws at some moment. It’s been a long time coming but, I’ve finally come through and made a congratulatory donation under Frazier. So happy to see you moving from shore while sad to see the amazing craftsmanship start to dwindle. It has been an amazing trip so far and I look forward to learning how a sailboat sails. Best of luck on the shakedown.
Leo , my two bits : With the state of the World people need to see more positive , creative & incredibly interesting stories . Tally Ho checked all the boxes it was your spirit that tied it all together for that I tip my hat to you Captain of the sailing vessel Tally Ho ! three cheers crew !
Leo. After 7 years of my astonishment from the goodwill your rebuilding has received from the community, the sagas of your acquisition of amazing materials, continual impeccable workmanship, the fellowships among your chimerical team, and the heartwarming over-story which Tally Ho brings, I'm not leaving this channel just because you've reached your initial dream. Sail on!
Will you have your AIS on so we can track the progress? I'd love to watch from the beach as you sail by!
Dear Leo, I want to thank you so much for all the videos you’ve made. I have been ill for 5 years now, mental en physical and couldn’t do anything… just sit or lay on the couch and go to bed and repeat that..
But I could watch the video’s of Tally Ho. And that was one of the few things I could. Because it was honest and clear and naturally with hard working people. I didn’t know anyting about boatbuilding en sailing and now I know so much more and I admire all the craftsmanship I’ve seen. But most of all how you did manage everything Leo. Beginning alone, building a shed and remove everything from Tally ho and started building up again. You gave me many relaxed hours.
I’m living in the north of the Netherlands in the water on a houseboat. Whenever you will go to Europe I hope to see you and Tally ho in real life. ✨🍀🙏🏻
(Now I am recovered and finally can walk again and no depressions anymore)
To Leo and the Team, it's been a privilege to watch this project steam ahead week by week despite the many challenges it met along the way. To see this beautiful restored yacht on the open sea once again is simply magical. Cannot wait to travel along virtually to all the amazing destinations. Glad to hear that there's a possibility that some of the Tally Ho Team may join in on future adventures. One thing I'm certain of is that all the care that was taken in restoring this yacht so well will stand her in good stead in any sea that may in the future challenge boat, crew and skipper. May a fair wind blow wherever you set sail!
Well said!😊
Beautyfully said, and I couldn’t agree more 👍🏻
Leo, and Crew ( Capital C) ; thank you 🙏🏻 for sharing the Tally Ho Saga with us.
“If you want to build a ship, you should not order workmen to collect wood, you should not divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach people to first long for the endless sea.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944).
Start longing for the sea. I think this is a beautiful and important starting point for many other things in life. We will continue to follow you Leo no matter what 😅
I’m a simple man. I See a Sampson Boat Co video, I like and watch
totally agree!
And then post this simple comment again. You could say that you're a bit of a simpleton.
Yup, in that order!
Leo it has been an amazing experience for me to watch your adventures with the rebuild of Tally Ho. I will try to follow the new adventures, and see the world through your eyes.
Thanks again and tally ho.😅
Safe trip- well deserved 👏 would love to see you build a tender one day for tally ho
I’m sure that many viewers of Leo’s channel understand what he was trying to say but didn’t. That if you watched him build Tally Ho you might not follow him now the boat is in the water. Fear not Leo, this channel is far greater than just the reconstruction of a fabulous and old wooden sailing boat. There is so much more to come as we see how all of his hard work becomes a second adventure for him and us the viewers. Please don’t stop following and sponsoring Tally Ho there’s so much more we will learn about operating this magnificent ship. God bless her and all that sail in her.
You could definitely make a movie documentary of the rebilding of Tally Ho. I know I would watch it. There have been so many cool things and amazing people. It has been a joy to watching this boat get her sole back.
Yes!
It's been a while since we've had a conversation with Leo. Yes a one sided conversation, but that's what is needed at this time. Leo has all the information! I know many folks feared that once Tally Ho was finished that Leo would simply disappear. I'm not in that camp and have never been. I believe after a period of time that Leo will endeavor to tackle another wooden hull ship. and bring the younger viewrs along for the ride. Leo has perfected the art of documenting wooden hull sailboats on youtube and I for one, am sure he will have to do it again. I'm approaching 70 quickly, so I can only hope I'm around to see another 7 year project of near perfection. Meanwhile I look forward to seeing this beautiful craft sail, and the catch up and maintenance videos. Thanks Leo, for the last seven years.
Cheers from another 69yo woodworker.
Always happy to hear the progress you're making... Safe travels! Beautiful trip ahead.
Leo... Make a book...
I'm not even Joking...
ch 1. history of Tally Ho.
ch2. abandoned
ch3. rescued
ch4. rebuild
ch5. the crew.
ch6. the rigging
ch7. the drive & tech
ch8. Standout projects.
ch9. Sailing into the sunset :-)
You must have so much media for this, hire someone to put it together, if only 10% of your subsciber base buy one at 20 each, you would get enough money for Tally Ho 2.
I would buy one 😅
Hoping that you find a project manager for Sampson Boat Co to continue to exist as a platform for the local talent and their works restoring yachts. Give Tally-Ho it's own sailing channel.
It would be a massive waste to not continue the tradition of the Sampson Boat shop; the artisans, the tools, and the shop itself. A unique resource that should continue when Leo and Tally-Ho return to Great Britain one day.
Agreed.
Amen!
@@Pat.Mustard Out of curiosity, are you a milkman on a remote Island off the coast of Ireland?
@@Metal-Possum Yes, and I’m so gorgeous they want to put me under arrest.
Hey Leo, the sentiment of this vid resonates.. I started to restore my dad’s old GRP wayfarer 4 years ago.. I imagined a stunning rebuild.. covid and full time work determined the turn out instead.. I could have spent another year on fairing out the repairs.. I watched Tally Ho set sail and decided an acceptable standard of finish on a safe to sail boat would do for me as I just needed to cruise rather than only club race my Laser and my son in his Topper. My son and I launched the W yesterday. It felt great, even in calm wind, just to be afloat on the W, she hasn’t been in the water for over 25 years and was nearly scrapped before I got hold of her. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is one of the channels that sparked my interest in learning to sail . Granted I didn`t buy a wooden boat , I did buy a project that has allowed me to learn a lot through the rebuilding process . Thanks for all the great memories throughout this build .
Same here
This has easily been the best project series on TH-cam, and maybe anywhere else. You bought a pile of firewood and turned it back into a boat, explaining everything along the way. I look forward to the sailing videos and I know they'll be at the same quality!
It's been a pleasure and a privilege to follow the rebuilding of Tally Ho for the past seven years. Last year, I enjoyed meeting and photographing the team. Long may she sail.
Was happy to see your slip was empty this morning as I was walking the docks, Hope you are having an amazing time up in the San Juans.
Best channel on youtube!!!!
Water Rat said to the Mole: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Exciting news of the trip. Look forward to all the build videos and sailing videos.
Hi Leo, Greetings from the Wirral UK I've been following Tally Ho's rebuild and progress ever since you started this rebuild of this 100+ year old sailing ship.
She's a beauty and I'd be stupid if I didn't say I wish she was mine, I don't sail anymore because of illness I'm disabled now because of an operation that went wrong, I used to have a Beneteau 62 but not anymore due to my illness I always wanted a wooden sailing boat but the ones I saw we're nearly all eaten away by rot. What you've done with Tally Ho is truely exceptionioal a one of kind rebuild and I'm sure if you we're to offer your'e services and your team you'd be inundated with work offers around the Globe.
Regards
Mark
Been watching since the beginning and it's hard to believe Tally-Ho is going for her shakedown cruise. Congrats and keep the videos coming as you transition from building to sailing and maintenance.
Leo, years ago, while dismantling the original Tally Ho, you did ask the question 'how much of the original boat material needs to be reused in order to carry the spirit of Tally Ho into the future'? Well, it went something like that. I also wondered that back then, watching ripping the planks off of the deck and then the entire hull, then removing the very keel, with no apologies. It seems to me that the spirit of Tally Ho is very much still there. It isn't just the materials that now exist in the shape of her, it is the spirit of the people who made it happen. Just outstanding Leo, and crew.
Fair Winds, Following Seas, and Safe Passage for Tally Ho and her crew. Thanks for the update Leo. Cheers!
Here here, to 500,000 subscribers! All the best to you and the team. I for one am excited for the sailing adventures.
@Leo, wonder if you are still in touch with any of the early build crew.?
I hope you design and build your own boat. I’m sure there were points you wish you could go in a better direction, but had to stay true to the history of the boat.
Hard to believe it's been 7 years??? I've been a patreon for 7 years??? Very happy to see you on the seas!!!
After so many years documenting your own craft, I would love to see you showcase other shipwrights/timber framers/artisans around the world as you travel. I’m sure there are many like me that are here for the woodworking more than the sailing, so a marriage of the two could satisfy the largest audience.
Thank you for the creativity, integrity and curiosity you maintained throughout this entire documentation. Totally ho’s story has changed lives, mine included.
I supposed there would be no video this week as there wasn't one on Saturday. I'm glad to see an update on a Sunday morning. May God go before you on your journeys and give you smooth sailing.
I know that you are a very good boatbuilder, but also a great educator. I loved seeing the action, but also hearing about your thoughts, deliberations, theories behind what you were showing. I hope you can continue this with the videos about the sailing of Tally Ho; I'm sure there will be plenty of breathtaking shots (with accompanying soundtrack), but I hope you will also show us about the ideas behind the sailing, which sail when, how do you deal with the weather, plotting courses, etc etc.
Even if you don't end up building anything new, I'd be super happy with the channel just converting into a full time sailing channel with the odd maintenance video. Watching Tally Ho sail into ports all around the world, and being able to come along for the ride, would be amazing!! Thanks for the videos!
Leo! Watching all your beautiful videos from Germany we learnt such a lot from you: not only about boat building und team building but also about how to share knowledge, to respect people, to be humble and to be grateful and of course many, many new English vocabulary. Therefore: Thank you!
May you, your friends and Tally Ho have fair winds!
"Und immer eine Handbreit Wasser unter dem Kiel" wünschen Inge and Udo (Kassel/Germany)
... looking forward to all the upcoming adventures!
22,242nd looky-loo view. 5.2K+ LIKE posted. The drone footage of Tally Ho with the full sail-plan hoisted and moving the boat through the water is a great reward for all the years of hard work and top-notch craftsmanship. "Cheers, Leo & crew!"
Anxious to see y'all out on the open ocean.
Amen
I love the 50-foot Tally Ho, and the 35-foot Arabella, but for my own sailing, I love racing 16-foot dinghies. In the past Albacores, and currently Wayfarers. What fun!
I came across the channel quite a while ago and though Im neither a boatbuilder nor a sailor I binge watched the first 60 or so videos. Its been completely fascinating and Im definitely hooked. This video feels like a bookend to the project - Tally Ho lives and sails - what an achievement! Now there are some major changes to come. They are exciting changes and I know Im still going to be watching. Im absolutely in awe of the whole project. The complexity, and technical details have been incomprehensible at times but no less fascinating for that. I recall watching in awe at the complexity of the angles that had to be cut so planking would be possible. The quality of the joinery and cabinet making. The massive complexity of lofting. The sourcing of timber……the list is endless. Amazing Leo, just amazing….Fair winds!
We’re sticking around alright! Wild horses couldn’t drag us away! Enjoy your sail, stay safe! ⛵️
I'm wondering if you have considered selling some sort of Tally Ho clothing? I would love to support the channel and at the same time wear a t-shirt (or similar) with the logo!
Besides all the craftsmanship, the brilliant management skills from Leo, the outstanding design, this is a project about love, positivity, respect for the past and each other.
I wish the whole world could see this as an example of how people make society. Thanks for all those lovely hours of perfect footage.
Bought a wooden sailboat because of Tally Ho. Mine is only 12 ft. But needs to be almost completely replaced. Can’t wait to get started. Thank you Leo.
One of the most fun sailing adventures was in an old 8' Chris Craft sailing pram out on Lake Ste Clair. Good luck with your project!
I thought there was only 5 sails? Leo says he hasn't flown the "Jackyard" topsail.
Leo, just keep making videos. It all sounds great content. Looking forward to your journeys!
It's been a pleasure to support this channel on Patreon. I'm not a person who is supporting many different projects/channels on Patreon, but I chose to support this project because I believed in your ability to see it through to the end, without compromising your vision, I believed in the constellation of talented people in the orbit of this project who contributed to it, and I believed in the community that developed around it.
God Bless you
Thanks for all of this Leo. The channel has been an inspiration and succor for me through the travails of recent years. But now has come to reinvent yourself and the channel.
Godspeed to you and all who travel in Tally Ho.
Dr M
I'm very happy you did a very silly thing 7 years ago Leo. In Tally Ho, the channel and the community around it you've built something wonderful and I'm here for everything that is still to come. A couple of years ago I bought an old cheap grp sailing boat and since then I've slowly been doing it up and the fact that I'm sailing again is in part inspired by you and your project. So thanks very much 😊
my heart sings Talley Ho
if i cud spel
who what knows
Leo, let it be said you built a small empire from $1. You are that wonderfully inspirational rare person.
Enjoy this new chapter Leo and crew, an extremely well deserved reward for all your labour and dedication
When I first started following Leo, the Tally Ho was still in the process of deconstruction before the reconstruction could even begin. I knew that one day, if the boat ever actually reached a sailing condition, that the videos on the rebuild and restoration process would taper off. I knew that when I signed up, I wasn't signing up for a series just on restoring this vessel, but a journey. And I have to say, I'm still here for the journey. I hope to see a lot more videos in the years to come Leo. Videos of the adventures, the shenanigans, the oops moments, the laughter moments, the tears moments, the sweat and blood moments, as you move forward with your life and with the Tally Ho. I wish you many years of sunshine, fair winds and following seas as you sail ever forward Leo.
Thank you for this important vision of the coming chapters for you, the crew and Tally Ho.. Your dedication and appreciation of your crew/colleagues/partners is so clear and moving. Onward.
I own a small sailboat, a yoghurt cup as we say. A small glass fiber boat, not a wooden one. But it’s mine and I’m out on the water. Well not only me, but yesterday my son went out with my 2 years old grandson, i hope he will be into sailing.
Another event in my sailclub, kne of the members launched his self built wooden boat last week. It took him 15 years to built it, he can be proud I think.
Suis très content d'avoir suivi cette aventure depuis le début je vous souhaite bon vent à toute l'équipe
Bitter-sweet feelings abound! I've been watching religiously almost since the beginning and have since bought my own boat. Leo, you have been an inspiration to a generation of craftsmen and have done more to keep alive the tradition, knowledge, and skills of sailing and shipwrightery than anyone can know. I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to you and to the stalwart band of folks you've fostered into one of the most effective teams I've ever witnessed.
Thank you, Leo. Thank you, crew. Thank you, Tally Ho.
Fair winds and following seas to you and yours.
Thanks for the update Leo. So glad that you are finally able to sail Tally Ho and head offshore! I wish you & the crew fair winds, calm waters & smooth sailing! 👍👍⛵⛵
After finishing this video I realized Tally Ho is under way. Out on the ocean, sails catching wind at this very moment (most likely). The shake down, finding all the little things, building a new to-do list. Woo go team, enjoy this long awaited break, journey and celebration. Gotta get ur sea legs back!
Good luck, found the channel the first time I was in the hospital. And kept up with it though the continuing drama of my health, sail the San Jaun strait sounds fantastic. Again good luck, fair winds a following seas Tally Ho.
Great stuff, Leo! If it weren't for this and many other similar channels the old boat in the thumbnail over there
I hope you’re able to fit “more boatbuilding” as you hinted. I’m excited to see you sail. Just a little bit of that before with your guest crewing early on. But your team is just so seasoned now at building. A gold standard of building heritage in such a young crew would be monumental in preserving the traditions and boat building disciplines.
@SampsonBoat_Cc Why can’t you scammers do something to earn an honest living? Leave Sampson Boat and their viewers alone. No one is falling for it.
I’ve just taken a look back at episode 1 to remind myself of all you have achieved with this beautiful vessel and how you have saved her. I encourage others to do the same. I am in awe either of your tenacious determination, or stupidity. I can’t determine which, but you have achieved something of wonder. Congratulations!
I was just out in BC. My brother lives in Nanaimo and he has a small boat and we went out crabbing 2 days. I like being out on the water and those days really brought that home. I don’t have a boat or live in such a beautiful area as BC so I satisfy my need to be on the water through this channel and look forward to the videos to come.
I came for the woodworking years ago but stayed for the personalities. The teamwork, and the ongoing story are amazing. Wish you well on your journey.
Through the years of watching this channel the one thing that stuck with me consistently was the stories told by the people you met along the way. From South Georgia and a man reading a poem about live oak to right there in your boatyard and watching someone make strombolis, there has been such an amazing cast of characters we have gotten to meet and I look forward to continuing that tradition as the boat traverses the world.
This is a wonderful turning point in the Tally Ho journey. Have a great cruise! The Islands are beautiful and I'm sure you will find many lovely anchorages. Can't wait to see some of the videos as you explore the region. Congratulations.
I started watching around when you first started having volunteers on site and wished from the beginning I had been able to join you. It's been an amazing journey and feels hard to believe that "two more years" is now. It's truly been an besutiful and moving project, touching many many lives. To see you ready to finally set sail makes me sad to think the bulk of the build works is done, but excited to see where you take us in the future. Hats off to the intrepid crew of the Tally Ho, and thank you for including us in telling her story.
Ok, since you asked, I'll let you know that because of you and this channel, I became interested in boat building. While following your build, I started by building a stitch and glue kayak. When that was done successfully, I started building a sail boat, which was the dream all along. I launched on April 1 this year. I have taken all my granddaughters out for a sail already. So thank for your inspiration Leo!
It's always interesting to me how cold it is there in June/July. It's like 101f + 70% humidity here but Leos in a jacket. Very jealous sometimes
Eighteen years of living in the PNW and I still haven't gotten used to the weather. The joke is that summer starts July 5th as we rarely get to see fireworks.
Congratulations to Leo and the team. And I must say I’m very impressed with the talent and supporting shops in the port Townsend area. It seemed that when the team needed something they just went down the street to find it. Other than the fuel tank failure and Keith’s capstan winch repair. Good sailing to all.
Happy Sunday Leo!⛵️🦜👍👍👍👍✌️
Looking forward to the up and coming videos . Right from the start they have been outstanding. Thank you all so much
Well, I'm one of the ones that you inspired to go sailing. In fact, I bought my first boat right there in boat haven. Got hauled out for a survey and bottom paint. They put me right behind your shed with the little roll-up door. Watching all you guys walking around and trying to keep cool and not disturb you guys... thank you, Leo and crew!!!
This coming shake down cruise is going through my favorite runs a fella can ask for. May your wins be of a favorable sort. The inside of Van Isle has everything A sailor can ask for. The narrows will always have a time when your skills are to be tested. I just love it. If only Tally Ho's deck and below were wheelchair loveable. Now I can only dream of days long ago when two legs would support me and take on the adventure ahead for a young man were ahead. Dream a new destination and simply fill the fridge and freezer, As much firewood and all the needed fids and needles to be ok on a good long tour in/on the north Pacific. It really is the best time of year for a gig like that. Oh how I hope you have a great shake down and I may poss say hello if you are in Vivtoria on Van Island. Our provinces Capital. It would be a wonderful greating/meetining. Take care my friend. What an adventure you have brought to us.
A milestone, not a culmination. A fantastic project that will never be done, at least in terms of how much it inspires us all. Fair wind and safe travels.
I would say there was absolutely no reason whatsoever to fear for us not to stick around! 😂You are giving dreams a place and giving pleasure to at least half a million people through this.
I just hope Tally Ho will be able to make its appearance at Amsterdam Sail in 2025 (20-24 August 2025). It's only every five years and in 2025. It is the tenth episode of this amazing festival and it is also the celebration of Amsterdam's 750th anniversary. The atmosphere will be fittingly festive. And boy would I love to be able to touch Tally Ho, even if it is just the outside.
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...mmm I have watched every video and was very impressed with the amount of talent , skills , materials and supplies needed in hopes to get a rotten old piece of wood sailing again ! I could never imagine... traveling 1/2 way around the world to buy a worthless rotting boat then finding a wonderful couple that would let me use their beautiful workshop and park Tally Ho in their yard for a few years until someone COMPLAINED and to hope and pray that i could come up with the money - talent - many many people donating goods and services and 1/2 million subs to cheer me on ... ! oh yes and MAYBE that nasty COVID pandemic helped Leo get a few more subs ... Take a GOOD LOOK in the mirror LEO and you will see a very hard working and talented man that everyone is Happy to see sailing TALLY HO !
Thank you so much for inviting us into your life these past seven (!) years! Your unparalleled craftsmanship and love for the wooden boat industry have been amazing to watch. I can’t wait to see what’s next! Fair winds and following seas!
Hi Leo, you don't need to worry about this video being different (and perhaps therefore less acceptable to your loyal followers).
In fact, it's one of the most emotional and enjoyable videos you've made (as evidenced by the 35,000 TH-camrs who have watched in in the first 4 days!).