Farewell To Tally Ho And The Sampson Boat Co

[@billschmitzer9159]

I wish Tally Ho a great sail. I’ve watched this project from the beginning and now a new adventure begins.

[@railroad9000]

So did I! Looking forward to her future adventures!

[@georgethompson5192]

I have watched this beautiful boat been built from keel to mast her team should be very proud of themselves she is beautiful and looks gorgeous under full sale .thanks for sharing .

[@davidnichols147]

What a spectacular accomplishment. She is truly one of a kind, a thoroughbred designed by an apprentice with knowledge of his day, her speed never compromised by beauty, left to rot after collecting yard bills out of reach for the common craftsman. We, are all so very lucky to have been introduced thru Utube and the creator Leo for their dedication to excellence. Her road back to England should be enhanced by Leo's vast local knowledge and one we will not miss.

[@knlazar08]

If you think Tally Ho has been spectacular so far, just wait til she wins fastnet 2027! Go Tally Ho! The prettiest vessel there... even if she is the oldest too!🙂

[@hubertwalters6345]

Wonderful to see she's ready to return home. I have enjoyed the build from beginning to end and I knew it would end. I will miss seeing the process of building her, but I 'm excited for you, good journey and be safe.

[@davidc6510]

Such a beautiful yacht. The video footage is amazing. The view in person must be spectacular. Thanks for sharing Mike.

[@mikesworld60]

I was there just looking at her for quite a while.

[@tomjones2202]

I've been following since Leo had the boards cut in south Georgia several years ago. It's been a beautiful journey and I'm glad to see it continuing. I'll certainly continue to follow as long as he keeps posting. Thank you for posting this!

[@mikesworld60]

Your welcome!

[@piperjohn_3]

Like many others I feel invested in every inch of that lovely boat. Love the way the teak and the bronze fittings have weathered so beautifully. And the way the water is exactly parallel to the boat's painted waterline.

[@jpdj2715]

Yes, the water did a great job. Pacific!

[@GypsyTinker2012]

She sits so perfectly on her lines... still amazes me. Masterful restoration.

[@hotcoffee5542]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[@mikesworld60]

Your Welcome!

[@rushd45]

Thanks, always nice to see another perspective of something that I've spent hours watching. I hope Leo takes the nothern route.

[@shortribslongbow5312]

Beautiful in every way shape and form. :o)

[@mikesworld60]

I agree!

[@dboboc]

It better be, they got enough people to give them money…

[@robertarnold1449]

Fantastic! Beauty on the water

[@lostsailor2284]

Thanks for sharing

[@mikesworld60]

You're Welcome

[@KennyP88]

I’ve spent many a winters day aboard a beautiful wooden vessel in those exact windy conditions being toasty warm below and ever dreaded having to breach the seal of between below decks and on deck.❤️

[@jrabeux]

Nice video. Thank you for sharing

[@mikesworld60]

Thank You!

[@pm1104]

Good luck with your sail across the Atlantic! ❤

[@Trebuchet48]

As I said in one of your other videos, I'll miss seeing Tally Ho when I drive through the boatyard. But hey, she might be back -- Leo has stored all his shop equipment locally, as far as I know, for use in future projects!

[@mikesworld60]

I know what you mean.

[@andrewmogg591]

Gorgeous reconstruction, but can't help thinking they're going to need to install guardrails at some point.

[@michaelslaney620]

Beautiful, what an achievement

[@wayneo7220]

A lot of yards have no experience working with wood. A yard I worked in had a wood mast removed and was put horizontally on horses with about 5' overhang at the masthead. It was not solid wood, just boxed (hollow inside). We were horrified the next day to see the masthead end had sagged down noticeably maybe 2" as I recall.

[@n01k32]

beautiful, thanks man

[@mikesworld60]

Glad you like it!

[@davidantill6949]

It's amazing quite what an inspired and persistent individual can achieve and also how many people it can positively influence

[@chuckthomas8176]

Fair weather ahead .

[@ciberbri59]

Tally Ho is one of the best stories on KZbin. She’ll start Fastnet 2027 and Britain will welcome their boy home a man.

[@starfishsystems]

It's so interesting to see how much this boat looks "lived in" even compared to the beginning of the summer. There isn't quite that sense of newness any more, is there? The bronze has dulled, the cap rails are graying, everything has settled into its function. Now TALLY HO has entered the steady state phase of maintenance, where some refitting and rethinking will always be in mind, but most of the effort will shift to routine activities. These tend to be less dramatic, less obviously critical, but they still call for the same level of attention. Psychologically, this can be a difficult transition. We get used to the stimulus of new shipments arriving, major work to be planned and executed, seeing everything take shape for the first time. Overhauling and upkeep are not as exciting, not as urgent. I love the contemplative aspect of taking proper care of a boat, but it certainly is a different mindset, and if you're not living aboard it becomes different in yet another way. It's all good when done mindfully.

[@mikesworld60]

I was trying to show how she looks now after her summer voyage and now being out in the weather for a while. She is holding up great.

[@roscoejones4515]

The crew is fortunate they'll have the musings of an amateur psychologist to refer to should their "mindfulness" begin to lag. 😐

[@peterwynn4088]

He’s going to want some leather on that tiller before the North-west passage

[@tomarmstrong1281]

I have watched many of the videos by Leo Goolden. He has always struck me as a competent and accomplished young man guided by ethical ideals. What surprised me is that I have never discovered his long-term plans for this boat, which he purchased for one dollar and is now worth a small fortune. I suppose he is the legal owner, and he could put the vessel up for sale and pocket the proceeds. I do not think that would happen for one moment. However, he must have some notions of his future and Tally Ho.

[@AnthonyHigham6414001080]

Nice slow-mo sequence at the end.

[@mikesworld60]

Thanks! Did you see Tally Ho in the background inside of breakwater. Look for the mast with the distinctive shaped flag.

[@normdyer94]

Have you made known a list of parts which survived from the original Tally Ho?

[@michaeltamborelli2769]

Do I see a small defect on the rear portside railing @ 4:00 minutes into the video just next to the yellow hose? Would not think that would go unnoticed by Leo!

[@mikesworld60]

Good eye, it is some discoloration in the wood. That part of the boat does not have anything on the wood so it is just natural and will get water stains and such. The yellow hose is actually the shore power cable.

[@cyrilrebello6955]

@@mikesworld60

[@MikeAG333]

Bob hadn't quite finished the ratlines when you filmed.

[@mikesworld60]

Ya, he was still working on them. It was interesting to talk with him.

[@mikeg3893]

Are you going to show us some parts of your trip and it looks like a dangerous one!!

[@mikesworld60]

Hi, I'm not Leo but he said he was going to continue to make videos. You may want to paste your message on his channel. It is in the description of my video.

[@mikeg3893]

@@mikesworld60 Good idea thanks!!

[@FranklinNewhart]

I am concerned for Leo as he set sail and then the Bomb Cyclone hit and there has been nothing on his channel. Please let us know that he is OK.

[@mikesworld60]

From what I understand, she is moored in Canada possibly Victoria after talking to one of the crew before they left but that was speculation at the time.

[@charlesbey8636]

Leo said he was leaving early to beat the weather. Had a weather window. I'm sure Tally Ho could weather that storm anyways. Plus it would have probably made the news.

[@FranklinNewhart]

@@mikesworld60 Victoria got hit pretty bad. If you find out something please let everybody know. I do hope Leo posts something on his channel or else on his Facebook page.

[@znerol1]

after what we have seen about the boat being built and the experience and caution of the crew i think we can be fairly confindent that they will be fine, looking forward to some awesome sailing episode.

[@mikesworld60]

@@FranklinNewhart If they are in Victoria Inner Harbour it is pretty well protected. We can only really speculate on where they are.

[@johnvannisselroy6197]

I kept expecting Leo to poke his head out and yell "don't touch my boat" 😊.

[@mikesworld60]

He was in the shop; I had just talked to him before going to the boat.

[@para1324]

Stem to stern tuck to keel Tally Ho an epic story by her rebirth. New horizons ahead.

[@Anand_KL]

I wonder how different this Tally Ho looks like from the oeiginal.

[@jd-ku3iw]

May the wind be always at your back.

[@GermanGreetings]

❤

[@tomviti544]

...a Stratovarius'....

[@TheMikesylv]

What is the estimated value of a boat like this? It being one of a kind is it difficult to value?

[@beyblader291]

$787,876.00.

[@kentalanlee]

@@beyblader291 You're missing the '10' in front of those numbers.

[@Mr572u]

I see so much deterioration already.

[@mikestevens9455]

tie halyards away from mast, so neighbors can sleep and to save his varnish

[@hanssolo4ever]

It is called the devils tatoo.

[@mikestevens9455]

@@hanssolo4ever in some marinas, dockmaster may board a vessel to silence this tatoo, others are too concerned with liability,

[@DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA]

Fair winds and a following sea, Tally Ho!

[@michaeltouchette8156]

So Yar................

[@936anyst]

Did you touch it? I know you did

[@mikesworld60]

Actually, I didn't! But I did swing the rudder when I went to the Open House in 2023 and walked on the deck at that time.

[@pepperwatson7784]

I can hear the lines and cables banging in the wind Kinda Rude to the live a boards there why not secure those

[@kenlynch6332]

⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵

[@DouglasArringtonMusic]

Beautiful boat but who wants to sail a gaff rigged boat?

[@kenbeiser4443]

Gaff rigs have many advantages over a masthead or fractional rig. Low center of effort, more sail area where you want it in light air, ability to add a topsail up where it also helps, and more.

[@DouglasArringtonMusic]

@@kenbeiser4443 Those advantages are actually no that at all. Look at how many lines subject to chaff and fouling, a long heavy boom that can dip into the water on a following sea with cross waves, cannot be single handled and likely will need more than 2 for long passages, huge effort to raise and lower sails especially on this boat with no power winches, a antique heavy and waste of money and effort in the windlass, exposed steering position leading to fatigue, a small and easily broken auto pilot, the likely need to go aloft in a blow to free tangles lines and sails, the real possibility of getting caught with too much sails in a sudden blow, etc etc. Old things are quaint and nice to look at but their practicality when compared to modern rigs is very poor. Also below decks in a severe storm will lead to a boat full of vomit as the design will roll and heal greatly. This boat has never been in a real blow or sudden changes in the sea state nor has it been without a large crew. It is indeed a work of art with a fine skipper, but it will be super uncomfortable and dangerous on any long voyage. And what of warmer seas with worms on a wooden boat? Certainly areas of the south pacific would be off limits.

[@davidnichols147]

I grew up on a gaff schooner which our Uncle John built in Dover, NH on the Lamprey River under the guidance of Ted MacIntosh. At 74, although still in the game, wouldn't change the knowledge accumulated nor believe I'd enjoy the fast pace of the IMOCA fleet?

[@DouglasArringtonMusic]

@@davidnichols147 I am sure your sailing experiences were wonderful and you enjoyed it. So perhaps this would be a perfect boat for you. However if you want to sail the world, as the owner has stated, this would be the worst choice to do so. Having a seaworthy vessel that can sail rapidly with few crew which can outmaneuver storms at sea, is a distinct advantage when contemplating long voyages, not like sailing on a river in a day sail. I get it that some folks love traditional things, yet there is a reason we invented better machines in our evolution. This is not an efficient design and if it was they would be mass produced. It is a relic of a bygone area and is suitable as such for day sailing and shorts trips. Yes, you could take this across the Atlantic, but not without a crew and and a whole lot of effort. At my age or even when I was sailing at 14, I would not choose this design, nor would the market. People looking to buy a boat and explore would be foolish to select this type of vessel in my view. There are reasons why we do not make airplanes out of wood anymore. The same logic applies here.

[@DouglasArringtonMusic]

Also, try finding the energy to raise and lower those sails when you have been sea sick for a day or two and your mates are too.

[@kevin-vt7dw]

Someone always has to be negative

[@johnkelly6942]

How do we know this boat is a “she”???

[@mikesworld60]

The tradition of boats being referred to as “she” has endured for centuries, reflecting a deep-rooted connection between sailors, their vessels, and the sea. It encompasses as the language evolves, ship names, emotional bonds, the power of Mother Nature, and maritime customs. By personifying boats as female, sailors pay homage to the strength, grace, and protection associated with these mighty vessels. So, when you hear someone calling a boat “she,” it signifies a rich maritime tradition connecting sailors to the vastness of the sea and the captivating essence of femininity.

[@johnkelly6942]

@ very well said, my comment also applies to people who refer to their cars/motorcycles in the feminine gender. No. It’s not a person, it’s a machine.