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  • 65. The Pilot Cutter PELLEW

    In this episode, I return to Cornwall to catch up with Luke Powell and his team, who are getting ready to launch the replica Pilot Cutter PELLEW. Luke talks about how this project came about, how to start a career in boatbuilding, and why we should all be building wooden boats! Donate securely with PayPal […] More

  • 65. The Pilot Cutter PELLEW

    In this episode, I return to Cornwall to catch up with Luke Powell and his team, who are getting ready to launch the replica Pilot Cutter PELLEW. Luke talks about how this project came about, how to start a career in boatbuilding, and why we should all be building wooden boats! Donate securely with PayPal […] More

  • 64. “TALLY HO’s first voyage?” – and other questions

    As I’m away from the boat for a while, this is a Q&A episode! Will TALLY HO sail with a GPS? Where will her first (post-rebuild) voyage be? Will I be building a replica of the original tender? Could a dolphin, if properly trained, operate my forklift?! For answers to these THRILLING questions, and more, […] More

  • 64. “TALLY HO’s first voyage?” – and other questions

    As I’m away from the boat for a while, this is a Q&A episode! Will TALLY HO sail with a GPS? Where will her first (post-rebuild) voyage be? Will I be building a replica of the original tender? Could a dolphin, if properly trained, operate my forklift?! For answers to these THRILLING questions, and more, […] More

  • 63. Milling White Oak in New England

    In this episode Cecca and I travel to New York, where we are house-and-dog-sitting for some friends. I drive up to Connecticut to meet Duke at New England Naval Timbers, who supplies large pieces of semi-seasoned White Oak. I select enough curved and straight logs to make Tally Ho’s Deck Structure, and then we mill […] More

  • 63. Milling White Oak in New England

    In this episode Cecca and I travel to New York, where we are house-and-dog-sitting for some friends. I drive up to Connecticut to meet Duke at New England Naval Timbers, who supplies large pieces of semi-seasoned White Oak. I select enough curved and straight logs to make Tally Ho’s Deck Structure, and then we mill […] More

  • 49. Removing the Bow Assembly

    After a holiday on a beautiful 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 for the bow. In preparation for the new Bow Assembly, we cut the old Frame Heels and Hood […] More

  • 48(Pt2). Leo’s Story (RORC Presentation)

    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 teens travelling abroad and busking on the street, to my first sailing and boatbuilding experiences, and my […] More

  • 34. Two Amazing Projects / Old Boats get New Lives

    This episode I visit two incredible projects that are both happening in Cornwall UK. They are both giving new life to traditional wooden fishing boats, but they are doing so in very different ways! Charlotte and Jess have rebuilt and converted their wooden fishing boat into a motor launch with a banquet table, and have […] More

  • 33. Meeting a Master Boatbuilder / 1905 Pilot Cutter

    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 fishing lugger Spirit of Mystery (which was sailed from the UK to Australia by Pete Goss as a tribute to the fishermen who undertook the same trip in the 1850s). […] More