This episode I visit the massively impressive new Pilot Cutter being built in Cornwall, UK. She is named the Pellew, and is a replica of the 68′ Falmouth Pilot Cutter Vincent, which was built in St Mawes in 1852. I have a conversation with Luke Powell, Project Manager and Chief Shipwright, about their progress since last time I visited the project 6 months ago. We discuss the enormous mast that is currently being made, and also the challenges of managing a project of this size and scope.
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2018-09-29 15:51:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys!
Just wanted to write a note to you all to say thanks, and let you know how things are going on the other side of the screen!
So firstly, a massive, MASSIVE thank you to each and every one of you. You guys have completely changed my life, and everyday I am both thankful and slightly incredulous that I am able to pursue this crazy dream. As you probably know, I didn’t really know how I would complete this project when I started it, but I had a strong feeling that it was the rig...
2018-09-17 10:17:04 +0000 UTC
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This episode we make a few more frames, and I talk about the jigs and products that I use to bed the frame-heels into the keel pockets. I get some help from fellow youtuber Wood by Wright, and Kurt works on servicing the blade guides and making some other modifications on the huge ship-saw. Finally, we have to pack up shop and leave the country!
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2018-09-15 15:46:56 +0000 UTC
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...linseed oil on the new frames!
Sorry for the media blackout.. lots more pics and video coming soon!
2018-09-13 17:39:56 +0000 UTC
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Took a photo of the boat from a neighbouring field this morning, in the soft light before Sunrise. If you look carefully you can see some new frames!
2018-09-06 20:31:29 +0000 UTC
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This episode we develop some jigs and tables that will help the framing process go faster. The surface planing jig uses a large power plane to make one face of a piece of timber completely straight. A large assembly table lets us put frames together far more easily and accurately. Pancho observes, and tries to resist destroying the new frames! This episode is early because I won’t be able to post next weekend.
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2018-09-02 17:39:04 +0000 UTC
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***APOLOGIES FOR NOT POSTING THIS SOONER***
This episode I install the first pair of Frames into Tally Ho, notching the Live Oak very slightly into the Purpleheart Keel timber. I also explain how I calculate and transfer bevels from the lofting floor to the templates and frames. I have some volunteer help, and we cut pieces for the next set of new frames, and I also receive delivery of the last of the Live Oak from the sawmill in Georgia.
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2018-08-31 05:03:05 +0000 UTC
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So nice to have new frames in the boat.. Episode 29 coming tomorrow!
Thank you all!
2018-08-24 18:29:47 +0000 UTC
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But where does the frame heel end, and the notch in the keel begin?!
2018-08-23 21:59:43 +0000 UTC
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This episode, I work with some volunteers to cut out more futtocks, and assemble the first pair of Frames using Southern Live Oak - to replace the old English Oak frames that Tally Ho was built with. To fasten the futtocks we use Black Locust Treenails (Trunnels/Trennels), which are traditional wedged pegs, used for centuries in ship-building and timber-framing.
We also get some more of the copper fastenings removed, build some adjustable trestles, and establish the centerline of the boa...
2018-08-11 18:44:04 +0000 UTC
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Cecca finally convinced me that we need a lil' holiday. So we chucked a bed in the back of the truck, tacked up come curtains, and took off for a couple of nights. Hopefully we will return rejuvenated and ready to bash out some more frames at double-speed!
This picture is the morning view out of the truck on a little beach we found between Clallam Bay and Neah Bay, wayyyyy up NW.
2018-08-09 18:40:31 +0000 UTC
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2018-08-06 17:08:40 +0000 UTC
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This episode, I get some more help to remove a lot of Tally Ho’s hull planking. The volunteers grind and hammer copper rivets, while I finish lofting the intermediate frames inside the workshop. Finally I make the first frame template, and cut the first futtocks for that frame, shaping the Live Oak timber using the huge ship/bandsaw, a large circular saw, and the custom sawzall assembly.
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2018-07-28 18:25:38 +0000 UTC
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Cecca coats the first new futtock with Raw Linseed Oil, to help prevent checking and distortion.
2018-07-27 18:49:42 +0000 UTC
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Pancho checks the Live Oak stock.. and places a template!!
2018-07-26 17:53:30 +0000 UTC
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Getting closer and closer to being able to re-frame!
2018-07-20 17:20:30 +0000 UTC
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This episode, I have a number of interesting volunteers and visitors, who help me out with various aspects of the project – a welding machine, a sign for the shed, some much-needed modifications to the massive ship-saw, a forklift service, and a ride in a classic muscle car. Meanwhile, I continue lofting inside the shed, and we are nearly ready to start re-framing!
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2018-07-14 18:13:19 +0000 UTC
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Health and safety officer Pancho approves...
2018-07-13 20:09:18 +0000 UTC
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This Wednesday (11th July), I'll be doing a little talk with some photos at the Sequim Bay Yacht Club. Starts @ 7.30pm. I'll be talking about the history and the rebuild of Tally Ho, and a bit about the projects that lead up to this one. Cheers!
2018-07-08 16:37:02 +0000 UTC
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This episode, I continue lofting the lines of the 1910 Gaff Cutter, Tally Ho - enlarging them to life-size on the new 50’ lofting floor in the workshop. I get some help from a young Australian Shipwright, and have another very special surprise visitor!
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2018-06-30 18:04:09 +0000 UTC
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2018-06-22 18:19:21 +0000 UTC
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Drawing out the stations on the body plan using a combination of the waterline offsets from the table, and diagonal and buttock line offsets that I measure off the lines drawing myself. Each point is marked with a nail, the batten is sprung against them, and then the nails are moved slightly to make the line fair and iron out any discrepancies between measurements. Three different sets of offsets to work with means that it is possible to take an average in most places, but the most important con...
2018-06-21 19:08:47 +0000 UTC
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2018-06-21 19:01:45 +0000 UTC
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This episode, I take some more measurements of Tally Ho’s current shape compared to her original lines, and make a big decision about how to go about bringing her back to a more authentic and elegant shape. I have a visitor from England and we set about building a lofting floor in the workshop, making some very long battens, and beginning the actual process of lofting the original plans up to full size.
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2018-06-16 20:07:56 +0000 UTC
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...anyone??
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2018-06-15 17:29:15 +0000 UTC
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Exciting! Getting the ply boards flat and painted and marking down the waterlines and perpendiculars accurately was kind of a pain, but now the fun stuff has started and I am beginning to really enjoy this lofting lark.
2018-06-11 16:40:41 +0000 UTC
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Cutting some long 30:1 scarphs in a jig to make some 50' long battens! Various lengths and dimensions of batten are needed to draw all the different curves in the lines plans.
2018-06-08 18:24:20 +0000 UTC
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...I didn't spend lots of money on plywood and white paint, just for a big dance-floor.
2018-06-06 16:12:01 +0000 UTC
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This episode, I investigate the part of Tally Ho’s history where she was almost wrecked on a remote Pacific Atoll, in 1968. Amazingly, I have been given photographs of Tally Ho high and dry on the reef, taken from the boat that towed her to safety! Because of the accident, part of the hull was rebuilt, but unfortunately not to the original lines. I assess the change in shape, do a little bit of lofting, and remove a lot of hull planks to give me space to rebuild the boat back in...
2018-06-02 19:23:33 +0000 UTC
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I've only just discovered this amazing photo of Tally Ho hard aground in the Cook islands in September '68. She was swept by local currents onto the reef as the crew slept, waiting for dawn. She would probably have been lost if it wasn't for the kindness of a passing New Zealander in a fishing trawler, who helped fill Tally Ho with empty barrels and then towed her off the reef. She lost her interior, her mast and rudder, and had to have part of her port side rebuilt, but she lived to tell the ta...
2018-06-01 19:31:03 +0000 UTC
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