Torture-boards, Plugs, Varnish! (Traditional Boatbuilding / EP97)

[@whotknots]

Bye Rowan all the best, your sunny disposition and mischievous sense of humor will be missed.

[@blogz]

Not your t-shirt tho. Made my eyes in.

[@OldWhitebelly]

I can't help think how hard this is going to be on Pancho.

[@jamesmcgee7723]

She's the one girl who's been with Leo through it all.

[@hackfabrication139]

Pete has really warmed up to the camera! Which is great, since he has a 'boat load' of knowledge!!!! Leo... How about another video on getting your chisels razor sharp???

[@Carpenterjoh65]

Norton waterstones, 1000 and 4000, followed by stropping with compound. 5 minutes.

[@codybitterman9387]

Hes got a Tormek T8 with a 250 wheel and a leather wheel

[@slateslavens]

Leo, on the teak - get in touch with the USS Iowa Museum. They're in the middle of a $5M re-decking of the battleship, in teak, of course. They may be able to give you some options.

[@Xondar11223344]

This is a good suggestion.

[@marcryvon]

Wow, that would be great !!

[@slateslavens]

@@icarus877 I haven't. I'll give it a go.

[@williamoverton7265]

Awesome

[@spaight711]

Wonder if it could be reclaimed... How cool would that be, to build the deck out of the reclaimed boards of a USN Battleship!

[@sapelesteve]

WOW! The interior of the hull looks amazing and the exterior is coming along nicely Leo & Crew. Sad seeing some older crewmates leave but good to see a few new faces as well. I really hope that you can get the wood that you need Leo. Everyone be well and stay safe! 👍👍😊😊

[@peternicholsonu6090]

Leo you have done absolute wonders. And your fellow workers have become like family to us all out here. I’m in Australia have only hobby built plywood and also ‘fibre glass’ boats and am totally intrigued by your magnificent project......Thankyou and your ‘mates’ for taking us all along with you. We will all stick with you and expect to see the real thing in our varied shores in time to come.....we will recognise every line in her..cheers

[@rheffner3]

In the mid 70's I bought a classic Dragon sailboat (the last wooden boat in the Olympics). Took a long time to replace ribs and making it ship shape. But nothing like the time you guys are spending on this beautiful project. When I/we were finished, everyone on their fiberglass boats were filled with envy.

[@eisenelch1194]

Beautiful wooden boats are great if they belong to someone else :) My father owned a Drachen (Dragon) build in the 50s out of Teak and Mahagoni. For every hour sailing one had to spend 20 hours to keep the boat in shape.

[@allenschmitz9644]

@@eisenelch1194 Bang! the first true saying Iv heard 'some one else' and a hour value cost..bet Leo Sells Tally Ho as fast as "some one else's" money can be transferred to his account.

[@eisenelch1194]

@@allenschmitz9644 that doesn`t refer to Leo but just to me. Leo has the passion for wooden boats, I just love to look at them when they are well kept, because I know how much sweat, money and time it costs to keep them that way. No boat beats the look of a well kept and maintained wooden boat. I myself prefer my "plastic" one because I love to use it more than I love to spend time for maintenance

[@michaelc.3812]

That bird is pretty cute… hoping you can take her with you on your adventures!

[@goobfilmcast4239]

I understand about trimming the plugs....I love mowing my lawn.....I find it peaceful and diverting. I use nice noise-cancelling headphones...sometimes silently, other times i'll listen to non-fiction audiobooks.....and I usually stretch the job out.

[@tjnak]

She is looking quite grand. Great job guys

[@oliverliddell613]

So beautiful. A real piece of art. The thing that separates a piece of art from a boat is that a boat also floats. You can't beat the raw beauty of a boat!

[@dingle1492]

That interior varnish looks great! Beautiful color!

[@markwhite9148]

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. SEE YOU IN PORT TOWNSEND, IN MONTHS TO COME.

[@rtmordecai1]

Pairing down the first bungs with care and then he’s just going to town on ‘em. Wonderful sequence.

[@PSPMHaestros]

Nice plants btw

[@ShawnRitch]

It's not fair !!! This video bunged me out LOL ; ) Beautiful job ... Remarkable

[@diggerddawg]

Missed a spot! Kidding. She looks amazing!!! Shaving those plugs was satisfying to watch.

[@josephovermyer9276]

It's a beautiful sculpture

[@cheewurz]

The Inside after Varnish is Gorgeous!!!

[@lucasebastianosodero9018]

Great job! My congratulations. Luca from Italy.

[@WesW3187]

Man, that is one sharp chisel you were using there.

[@GarySmith-up1un]

Beautiful Wood !!❤

[@maddoxklaw7803]

These videos are like a fine wine I watch 10 mins reflect enjoy Watch 10 mins more Really enjoying the flavour and contents 10 mins to go How delicious To Leo and all crew past and present Proper Job She's looking fantastic

[@kevinmcneill468]

Re the yellow cedar, contact Sawmill Sales Direct in Ladysmith BC, Rick might be able to help you he saws yellow cedar among other things.

[@mikevoncollas326]

Work of art!!

[@dalespringerwilson4233]

Absolutely love this project. And master Craftsman and ship right you are Leo !

[@IanMott]

Amazing work team!

[@stevemarks3538]

Watched you varnishing inside the hull and the varnish looks neat, would you not of used 50/50 varnish and white spirt first coat to soak deeper

[@CS_247]

This is a thing of great beauty. Speechless!

[@Fambamm-ib6pw]

Looking really nice so far!!

[@davehoward3645]

That is the finest boat I’ve ever seen on the inside

[@dougsmith6565]

westwindhardwoods....BC Marine timber....Alaska YC...Vncouver....

[@עבדאלכריםמוחמד]

Thank you too

[@royormonde3682]

Have you ever considered a long flex block air sander like the ones they use on cars. They're pretty aggressive with coarse paper and can dialed down to a glass finish with fine paper, either way maybe they can help with your harder material.

[@MrRaggarRobban]

You people are doing a fantastic job, truly amazing piece of art!!!

[@HunterJE]

Wow Tally-Ho's is looking good inside with all that varnish, I know it's the cliché but that sure does make it look less like a construction site and more like a boat.

[@alchik1]

Always makes my day to see these videos! Keep up the stellar work!

[@prereed]

Excellent editing Leo. The boat looks great too!

[@tobyhicks7858]

It's so weird because I found your Chanel a few days after i stated staying near penpol about a year ago, when I stared going to collage

[@cliftonsnider1520]

Who the hell are these people who give a thumbs down to these videos. They should be keel hauled, slowly.

[@MattheoBorey]

This really is a piece of art. Btw, welcome back Clark.

[@stephen_1987]

I'm assuming the outside of the boat will all be faired and painted with epoxy based fillers and paints which should reduce the amount of water getting to the wood and rot (over the long term) where possible?

[@lory2622]

Trimming bungs… second only to shutter planks in satisfaction.

[@mehrschwein7378]

You'll need a glas interior. you cant cover up that beautiful inside. Great Job!

[@danbolton3180]

Did you see the golden eagle fly through yesterday morning? It was chased by ravens and crows. Sorry to see that you'll be moving soon. I'd like to see the Tally Ho before you move it, but no one has invited me, and I can't see through Josh's house.

[@tonygrimes13]

Send Leo an e-mail [e-mail]

[@joebuckley9940]

Tis the journey, ye can get no argument there. Stay the course and by devine providence Tally Ho shall be known.

[@notmychannel8602]

Poor Clark, he escapes the bronze grinding only to come straight back to torture boards.

[@Colin-Fenix]

Viva Le Tonk!!!

[@donhspivey9177]

it might be "easier to use marine ply on the deck, fiberglass the top, and then put teak or Alaskan yellow cedar on top at a skinnier amount, it might cost less, you know maybe

[@stanleybell2672]

Please look into hardwoods inc, it's located in Clarksville Tennessee, they will be able to get what you need for decking

[@cmu4331]

Leo, Thanks for another interesting video. Given my background as a professional boatbuilder, I can't entirely agree with some of your fairing techniques. Longer boards i.e. 6 to 8 feet (that require two men) work far better in my experence, also each person encourages the other to 'keep at it'. Also the board should never be used in the vertical direction, as we saw in the video, as it digs holes in the hull. I am surprised that you haven't installed any bulkheads, (i.e. much earlier on in the project) as they add enourmous strength and stability as well as preventing movement of the hull. I hope you get on to them before moving the hull.

[@craighearn747]

Why not spray with an HVLP if I may ask. Also was any pre sealer or diluted varnish mix applied to help with absorbency? Looks great.

[@zhouzhang9102]

Will the original lead keel still be of the appropriate mass after all this re-building, or will it have to be re-calculated at some stage?

[@russellrrenshaw1730]

Re teak try looking in French for bois de acajou as Myanmar and Thailand were once controlled by the French good luck :-)

[@jacqueshuot6288]

When Tally Ho leaves to go to Port Townsend I think the bird will have a very difficult adjustment to make.

[@macbilling6410]

Hi Leo. I may have asked this before but, what will happen to your parrot when you move to Port Townsend, will you be taking him with you. The boat is looking fantastic.

[@gordo3di]

Love the progress but why can't you just spray on the varnish? I feel like it would be much faster and cover more evenly especially on the sides...

[@gdfggggg]

Can’t help thinking a spray would be sooo much quicker.

[@roycemontgomery978]

is it possible to find an old boat with a teak deck you could buy and salvage the teak?

[@ericlindemann2558]

Hi, I have a question, would African Teak work also? It is alo known as Milicia, Iroko, Semli (Sierra Leone, Liberia), Odoum (Ghana, Ivory Coast), or Rokko. It is actually very similar to teak in most of its properties. I think prices are between a third and a quarter of teak. So more expensive than Bangkirai, but a lot classes better. Cheers from Germany Eric Lindemann

[@VicariousAir]

Tally Ho T-Shirts... LEO!!! I know I'm not alone here... If you offer Tally Ho T-Shirts, I know folks would buy them. If you need a design, I'd be happy to produce some for you or give you some ideas. - Jeff

[@andrewclarkehomeimprovement]

Looking at the finish on the inside, that's not boat building, that's cabinet making done large.

[@Anand_KL]

Gosh, I actually feel a little sad about the impending move and that ppl are leaving. But the boats looking great.

[@Sorcli]

Was non of the original deck reusable? And what wood was the original deck?

[@javierlopez6001]

Is there such a thing of “too much fairing”?

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Adhesive for plugs?

[@frederickstibbert7389]

polyurethane glue (not the hot-melt kind)

[@paulg3012]

Im surprised the plugs go in dry, no glue or anything.

[@paulg3012]

Until 16 minutes in I see glue squezing out! Looks great.

[@Mokq]

Is Lignia stabilised wood more expansive than teck ? I've read some amazing review of the Spirit 44CR(e) boat made out of Lignia wood rather than teck but don't knwo the price range

[@video3ish]

Im always wondering exactly what that bird is thinking about watching this all

[@robertcarkeek8391]

Boy I sure hope you don't use Alaska yellow cedar for decking, It's way too soft and in my experience prone to rot exposed to repeated cycles of being wet and drying over a period of time. In my opinion Doug Fir would be a much better choice.

[@takl23]

Who’s been here since before the lofting floor???

[@lancemitchell7883]

So is filler for boats called “bungo”?

[@Arnaud58]

19:30 I guess that is thè way to let her grow up from a pimpled adolescent to a peachy skinned young adult in no time... Good job! Also I couldn't help noticing (22:39) the hull is slightly tumbling home. Is this a deceiving perspective, or is it really? Greetings from The Netherlands, Arnaud

[@heforgave]

I would love to buy a t shirt or sweatshirt if you were to have any offered

[@rudybigboote3883]

I’ll varnish the flat surfaces and you do the nooks and crannies ok.

[@SurferKenTV3]

Goodbye Rowan. Your infectious smile will be greatly missed. Godspeed. We wait on the widow’s walk for your glorious return 🥲

[@luk1599]

The coolest guys out of the crew for sure! I

[@VenturiLife]

The volunteers have all been awesome.

[@musicbro8225]

Rowan's a bundle of fun :)

[@SurferKenTV3]

Goodbye David. We’ll never forget you and your port side 🤗

[@squeeeze7814]

Ahhh nothing is better than hearing "Hello my name is Leo and im a boatbuilder and a sailor" after a long day at Work! Love your videos!

[@grahamsmith6474]

Pancho is going to miss everyone terribly when you move on away from your hosts. Project is making amazing progress. Thanks for taking us all along.

[@charlesmuchmore1402]

And we will miss Pancho. I've never had a bird for pet, but he's fascinating and fun to watch. I understand that they are very long lived.

[@beeestuff9819]

@@charlesmuchmore1402 some live like 80 years, i just hope it's not too hard on him..

[@cheeseburger9232]

@@beeestuff9819 *her

[@stevenr8606]

Yep cheese burger 👍

[@moonboogien8908]

Not if she "stows away" on the ship when they move..... Bird?.... What bird?.... I didn't see any bird....

[@madisoncope6626]

Can you PLEASE take a high-res picture of the inside so we can use it as a wallpaper? I mean goodness the wood work and the bronze look so gorgeous especially after the varnish!

[@TotalVikingPower]

Amen for this.I'd like to buy a print

[@davidellis2021]

It's bordering on erotic it's so gorgeous.

[@svensteffens2453]

Yes, for me too. An amaising Project, follows since 1st Video. I Love wooden Board especially Pilot cutters Sail on the Pilot scooner Elbe, ex Wanderer (50 south to 50 south) in Germany.

[@allenschmitz9644]

@@davidellis2021 A ''scratch and Sniff" version is coming out soon.

[@foxon4057]

Definitely, I'd love a poster shot of 5:27!

[@rbc5878]

That shot of the inside rivets and frames all varnished looks beautiful.

[@allenschmitz9644]

H.R. Gieger museum looking PG version.

[@sidvak9700]

Looks like the belly of the beast. Tally Ho is coming alive.

[@breakshot7451]

for me its the same with woodn planes when the are strung transparent, or when i sit in an old gothic church with all their curves and pillars , love it, tally is a beauty

[@cappystrano1]

RBC 58 I agree 100%, what eye candy!

[@robertinscoe2379]

Almost a shame to cover over. Outstanding job to all who lent a hand in this.👏👏👏

[@michaelc.3812]

Clark: “You may remember me from exciting episodes like ‘Grinding Bronze’ and ‘Grinding Bronze’”. That’s pretty funny stuff, flyboy!

[@obliquusfasciculare9963]

Yeah, Pete being sarcastic about varnishing being where he really shines, was hilarious aswell! Great episode.

[@ariesdane5876]

Would have been even more hilarious had he said "Grinding Bronze" and "Grinding Bronze, the Sequel".

[@clayrobins1284]

@@ariesdane5876 Grinding Bronze 3: Electric Grindaloo.

[@lilgordy90]

Reminds me of Ron Swanson

[@TheErador]

I presumed this was a Troy McClure reference or whoever that character was taking off

[@stanrylands6693]

I don’t know much about boats but She is beautiful!

[@davep5788]

It's almost a shame to cover it all up.

[@stevenr8606]

@ David, Leo does need an over zealous crew member to polish BRONZE 😉

[@marktully2718]

Yip defo

[@valhalla3595]

The parrot is a real character. He will miss all the activities and his new friends.

[@danmoyer4650]

"He" is a her.

[@ian-c.01]

She is a Macaw

[@robm.4512]

She belongs to Leo’s hosts, sadly, so we’ll all miss her when Tally-Ho moves. She’s a real character to be sure.

[@ShamWerks]

@@robm.4512 Leo mentioned she might come along to Port Townsend though.

[@shopshop144]

@@ShamWerks I missed that. Good news if it happens. I hope that the hosts make a guest appearance at some point.

[@BarryLuskBarrito]

I have watched and enjoyed it right from day one. I think this is the greatest project that I have seen in my 84 years and I will continue to watch and pay for however long it takes. I would like you to stay where you are but I have digested the problems you have faced and realized that a move is your only choice. Leo...keep up the good work. You have proven that you can manage and foster lasting and productive friendships and the future is yours.

[@TheDanielsweden]

Sharp tools cutting wood like butter and leaving a shiny finish, that's concentrated satisfaction right there.

[@smplyizzy]

It’s a shame you have to move. You really seem to have a great setup there.

[@patrickdean9797]

i think Pete shines at everything even talking to the camera these days

[@SawmillerSmith]

When I started watching him rebuild this rotted out boat I didn't expect this.

[@allancrow134]

Yes, it's been amazing. :)

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

When I first saw the boat, along with how young Leo appeared, I thought he was way over his head. I very quickly realized my assumption about him couldn't have been more wrong.

[@pb4414]

The finest of detail, craftsmanship, careful planning and fairing that has gone into Tally Ho is really satisfying to see. Remembering the words of Francis Stokes. “The sea finds out everything you did wrong."

[@meandmyvelo6380]

The inside of the hull is such a thing of beauty. How do you not just sit and stare at it all day?

[@edwardschmitt5710]

I do large projects, and yes at the end of the day I bet sometimes they just stare at her!

[@johnm9285]

I've watched this from the start and it NEVER ceases to amaze and astound me. It's really looking incredible. Thanks to all of you wonderfully insane people.

[@shopshop144]

And now Leo has a desk with a plant sitting on it. Quite the journey.

[@sanddan525]

I remember when he was all alone removing the keel, amazing to take that on by yourself.

[@YTPartyTonight]

Leo doing 15 hours of video editing per week on top everything else... All of these people work so hard; physically demanding work. Leo though; I don't know how he's able to do all the things and for so long. It's mind boggling.

[@tituspullo3079]

30 Hrs.

[@MinBlick]

If you love what you do you won't work a day in your life. Except if you are a boat builder, then you will work ALL the time forever. Honestly though, I think it is Leo's passion that does it. That was what captured us all and then we got to learn a lot along the way.

[@YTPartyTonight]

@James Lawson Yeah, understood. I've also done both types of labor/work and many things in between, as well. I shoveled mountains of horse manure on Saturdays for pocket change when I was 12 years old to buy art supplies, when I wasn't under my dad's wood boat on my back, on the gravel covered hard, painting the hull bottom with antifouling paint in the spring, mowing lawns or helping dad do carpentry projects or whatever. I've made art, design, photography, video shorts and music, built furniture, computers and guitars... much of it professionally... multiple college degrees from very demanding programs, etc. THE POINT: Leo clearly does Herculean amounts of physical, intellectual, analogue and digital forms of work, seemingly indefatigably. Leo also clearly loves what he is doing. It's extremely admirable.

[@gulag8735]

And the office spotless, complete with plants😂

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

Most people don't consider their own labor when they would set a value to paper on her. If Leo missed out on 3 years wages while restoring her, well, don't sell yourself short.

[@tonygould580]

I have never been more enthralled by any subject I have zero knowledge of before, I know nothing about the craft of boat building, but the work I have seen during this restoration looks like it could not physically be done any more thoroughly. Leo, you deserve all the future joy of sailing Tally Ho. ⛵

[@tamar5261]

What it's like to be old' well I'm 64, still at sea as a skipper, and every day hurts. I make a noise getting up off a seat, and also sitting back down 😅 life is short my friend, non of us get out alive, enjoy every second if you can, fair winds.

[@nunosantiago2273]

You must go train some crossfit. I'm the same age and have no pains and aches :)

[@johnmanning4577]

My wife's aunt spent her final years in what then was called a "Rest Home." She had a boyfriend there who once told me, "At my age, almost everything hurts. And what doesn't hurt, doesn't work!" I think of that man often these days....

[@mikeskelly2356]

You're not 'old' until you stop doing things for the first time and start doing things for the last time...

[@tamar5261]

@@mikeskelly2356 I can still do most everything I could at 30, but now it takes a few days to stop aching after I do these things. 😄

[@billstevens3796]

I'm that age too, but a lifetime of hard work took its toll. I physically could not do longboarding due to repeated rotator cuff injuries. Them's the breaks.

[@whotknots]

Welcome back Clark, good to see you. I wonder if being put on the torture boards was payback for the comment you made ages ago about Leo drinking coffee while all the work was getting done?😁

[@ruserious8761]

Long boarding is the WORST job in boat building, in my opinion. It's "torturous" on your arms, back, neck, hell, it hurts everything.........

[@kacperdrzyzga1404]

I always love the organized massacre that is Leo's hair

[@allancrow134]

Hi, my name is Leo and I'm not a hairdresser. :)

[@erniew5805]

many comments on Leo's hair . he wears it how he likes good for him

[@vf19blue]

Pure gold! I chuckled for five minutes after reading this. 👍

[@Anand_KL]

At 9.13 when he is talking about fairing, or something that I never seem to understand but which is so watchable, if you look at the picture of Tally Ho in a glass frame behind; Leo's hair and the sails appear to have the same profile. Amazing.

[@edwardschmitt5710]

He is English, and that is a complete look over there! It was in the US for awhile (there was a product called "bed head" back then. The English are 100% more fashionable than the lazy look of Americans all in yoga pants and cargo shorts LOL. So you laugh at his hair, I laugh at the comments because they say more about the people making them than they do about Leo's hair. His hair says "I don't care about how my hair looks" but it IS a cultured look. The comments say "I have never been to England before" LOL.

[@marknovak8255]

Do not underestimate how ridiculously sharp those chisels are....

[@Slithey7433]

Throughout this project I’ve been impressed every time a chisel is in play. I feel lucky if I can just put a decent edge on my mower blades.

[@robertliston4237]

Looking absolutely stunning with varnish on it, and this is "just" the structure. Love watching this come together!!

[@benters3509]

Yes, I echo the other comments. Goodbye David and Rowan. Rowan was a surprise to me. He became such a long lasting part of the team. When I first saw him, I doubted he would last. Just goes to show! I think he is probably a gentle soul, and people like having him around. Can't ask for much more than that from anyone.