The Dream is the BEST part! I have built a couple of boats and I am secretly a little disappointed when they are finished. Kind of like the day after Christmas.
Ben, good to see you are going strong. I had a short stopover in Falmouth last year on my way from the Azores to Norway but no time to give you a shout. Another great project, you're the man to do it. It's time for a pint and a chat, I hope I will make it over to Gweek sometime this year. Would be good to catch up. All the best, don't let the doubts that will creep up deterre you. the german Michael
Now that Tally-Ho is done building I’ve been looking for a new vicarious build.. 18 months!!! Phew this will be some effort. Good luck Ben , I can’t wait😊
Me too. Ship Happens, Ran Sailing, Salt and Light Dix catamaran build and Travels with Geordie are interesting if you want to have a look at boat building and improvements 👍🏻
Glad and excited for this brand new amazing project. Just arrange a fund rising policy as soon as possible and don't uderstimate the whole cost of this great enterprise. Cheers!
It should be fun , a lot will depend on the wind, very early days , but so far its with me, just a light Easterly at the moment. I'll be making offerings to Neptune for a Reach to the Fastnet Rock and back again!
Fingers crossed, good start made on a beautiful boat. Now I need to track both you and TallyHo reports. The vision of meeting the two in 2027 Fastnet is something that make me really excited. Good luck.
Hi Simon, the lofting was really enjoyable with Remi to help, we have made patterns and have roughed out the keel and are shaping the stem and stern post now
I crossed my first Atlantic W to E on the Malabar VI, schooner Troubadour. What an amazing balanced vessel, best crossing ever. Can't wait to see your Malabar IV sailing.
Hi Michele, that's really interesting to hear you have sailed a Malabar V1 I would love to hear more, all the accounts Ive heard of sailing on them recall the ease of handling and dryness of the boat and the ability to handle strong weather well.
Great team work. Integrate minds to make it much better. It is wounderful to see this building. I have followed tally ho. I have to say boatbilders are mindful people. I am a CAD-Worker for the Automobile. I feel like a robot. You are doing a good job. Thank you❤ Greetings from Germany.
Malabar IV, the Fastnet 2027 & Tally Ho : Whaou!!!!!! that is a Very Solid 18 months CHALENGE🤨🤔😐😉😊😊😊😊😊 I hope that you can have a "green card " from RORC.? Greeting from Thonon / Geneva lack shore. Bon courage and stay safe.. .👍👍👍👍👍
Best of luck Ben. Two years isn't much time, but it would be amazing to make the 2027 Fastnet, really hope you do it. I can't volunteer as I'm very busy with my own 48-foot trading wherry project, but would love to come and see Malabar IV as she progresses.
Hi, that sounds like a great project and so good to make contact with another grafter. Im getting contact from volunteers already so, hopefully the tide is with me. Best of luck with the Wherry.
Well I’ve Subscribed, I plan to be at Hurst Point to watch Tally Ho sail through, would be spectacular if this boat is there too. Also hopefully will be in Cherbourg for the finish!
what a wonderful ambition. I used to have sailing summer holidays on the Fal and Helston so know the area well. Alas now live the other side of the world. Maybe swing an extended visit. looking forward to seeing the progress thanks
You are welcome. Gweek Boatyard hasn't changed too much, theres a few die hards keeping wooden boats alive here still. and the creek is as beautiful as ever.
Ooooh, goodeee. Leo is sailing, which isn't so interesting. I needed another good project to watch. Even if you finish in time, though, you need to do a season's racing to be allowed to enter the Fastnet.......so I'm not convinced you've got a chance of being on the start line.
Hi Mike, Im glad you are up for watching the build, I believe I need to do a 300 mile qualifying race to enter for the Fastnet. yes it will be a long shot, I grew up on stories of Robin hood, It will be like splitting the withy wand with my first arrow at 300 paces. Im making the bow right now,, the keel stem and stern laid up look just like a weapon !
18 months is an 'orrid optomistic timeline for the build, but you've got my best wishes! IIRC, La Goleta was purpose-built in the USA for the '27 Fastnet, she sailed to England in a trans-Atlantic race immediately prior to August 1927.
Hi Frederick, Thanks for the encouragement, it seems we have differing sources. I have been in contact with a previous owner of La Goleta, JC Spender and to quote him directly "La Goleta was a sister-ship to the incredibly famous Malabar VIII. But built in England in 1927 for the Fastnet of that year. Quite the most comfortable and easy-to-sail sea-boat imaginable. After we ran her, she was brought into the sail-training business for a while. Then rumored to have sailed to South America. No word of her in decades." further research shows she was built in 8 months in Cheshire just in time for the race. Hopefully 18 Months for a Malabar IV will suffice. I will definitely need to find a serious backer. if you have any pointers that would be amazing. .
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Hit the thumbs up if you watched Tally Ho and now you’re all in on this build!👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Dave, Glad your aboard. it could be a roller coaster getting to the start , let alone the finish, Your support is going to help.
The Dream is the BEST part! I have built a couple of boats and I am secretly a little disappointed when they are finished. Kind of like the day after Christmas.
Ben, good to see you are going strong. I had a short stopover in Falmouth last year on my way from the Azores to Norway but no time to give you a shout. Another great project, you're the man to do it. It's time for a pint and a chat, I hope I will make it over to Gweek sometime this year. Would be good to catch up. All the best, don't let the doubts that will creep up deterre you. the german Michael
Now that Tally-Ho is done building I’ve been looking for a new vicarious build.. 18 months!!! Phew this will be some effort. Good luck Ben , I can’t wait😊
Me too. Ship Happens, Ran Sailing, Salt and Light Dix catamaran build and Travels with Geordie are interesting if you want to have a look at boat building and improvements 👍🏻
Glad and excited for this brand new amazing project. Just arrange a fund rising policy as soon as possible and don't uderstimate the whole cost of this great enterprise. Cheers!
Ben and Leo two of a kind. What a race it would be!
It should be fun , a lot will depend on the wind, very early days , but so far its with me, just a light Easterly at the moment. I'll be making offerings to Neptune for a Reach to the Fastnet Rock and back again!
Looking forward to the epic historical rematch of Malabar vs. Tally Ho on its 100 year anniversary.
Hi Ray, yes, me too!
Fingers crossed, good start made on a beautiful boat. Now I need to track both you and TallyHo reports. The vision of meeting the two in 2027 Fastnet is something that make me really excited. Good luck.
I'm glad i found this new build. I don't know why I am drawn to wooden boat building more than the sailing but I do enjoy both
Hi Kevin ,im so glad you found it, please keep watching, I need all the support I can get
Beautiful project and very well edited video! That is a recipe for success!
Amazing - so exciting!
Brings back memories of my shpt apprenticeship day. It's a lot of work the lifting process. I'm going to enjoy this journey of yours.
Hi Simon, the lofting was really enjoyable with Remi to help, we have made patterns and have roughed out the keel and are shaping the stem and stern post now
That lofting space is fantastic
Yes its a real joy, The Centerline timbers are getting shaped now,
I crossed my first Atlantic W to E on the Malabar VI, schooner Troubadour. What an amazing balanced vessel, best crossing ever. Can't wait to see your Malabar IV sailing.
Hi Michele, that's really interesting to hear you have sailed a Malabar V1 I would love to hear more, all the accounts Ive heard of sailing on them recall the ease of handling and dryness of the boat and the ability to handle strong weather well.
Great team work. Integrate minds to make it much better.
It is wounderful to see this building. I have followed tally ho. I have to say boatbilders are mindful people. I am a CAD-Worker for the Automobile.
I feel like a robot.
You are doing a good job.
Thank you❤
Greetings from Germany.
Hey Marcus, Robots can't build a traditional wooden boat, but you could with the time, thats the difference.
Best of luck!
Thanks so much
Malabar IV, the Fastnet 2027 & Tally Ho : Whaou!!!!!! that is a Very Solid 18 months CHALENGE🤨🤔😐😉😊😊😊😊😊 I hope that you can have a "green card " from RORC.?
Greeting from Thonon / Geneva lack shore.
Bon courage and stay safe.. .👍👍👍👍👍
Lovely. Really exciting. Wishing you all the best!
Thanks Barry
ten spline weights would be great and a pvc batten makes this work much easier
Best of luck Ben. Two years isn't much time, but it would be amazing to make the 2027 Fastnet, really hope you do it. I can't volunteer as I'm very busy with my own 48-foot trading wherry project, but would love to come and see Malabar IV as she progresses.
Hi, that sounds like a great project and so good to make contact with another grafter. Im getting contact from volunteers already so, hopefully the tide is with me. Best of luck with the Wherry.
Cheers Ben! Good to hear volunteers are already forming an orderly queue. If I do get a chance to give you a hand at any point I will get in touch.
good luck..
Thanks !
Beautifull vessel.
Cheers Tim .
Well I’ve Subscribed, I plan to be at Hurst Point to watch Tally Ho sail through, would be spectacular if this boat is there too. Also hopefully will be in Cherbourg for the finish!
Hi Phillip, thanks so much, I'm sure the French will put on a good show for the finish. Lets hope for the best. so good to have your support,
what a wonderful ambition. I used to have sailing summer holidays on the Fal and Helston so know the area well. Alas now live the other side of the world. Maybe swing an extended visit. looking forward to seeing the progress thanks
You are welcome. Gweek Boatyard hasn't changed too much, theres a few die hards keeping wooden boats alive here still. and the creek is as beautiful as ever.
Ooooh, goodeee. Leo is sailing, which isn't so interesting. I needed another good project to watch. Even if you finish in time, though, you need to do a season's racing to be allowed to enter the Fastnet.......so I'm not convinced you've got a chance of being on the start line.
Hi Mike, Im glad you are up for watching the build, I believe I need to do a 300 mile qualifying race to enter for the Fastnet. yes it will be a long shot, I grew up on stories of Robin hood, It will be like splitting the withy wand with my first arrow at 300 paces. Im making the bow right now,, the keel stem and stern laid up look just like a weapon !
Ben looks and sounds just like Leo
18 months is an 'orrid optomistic timeline for the build, but you've got my best wishes!
IIRC, La Goleta was purpose-built in the USA for the '27 Fastnet, she sailed to England in a trans-Atlantic race immediately prior to August 1927.
Hi Frederick, Thanks for the encouragement, it seems we have differing sources. I have been in contact with a previous owner of La Goleta, JC Spender and to quote him directly "La Goleta was a sister-ship to the incredibly famous Malabar VIII. But built in England in 1927 for the Fastnet of that year. Quite the most comfortable and easy-to-sail sea-boat imaginable. After we ran her, she was brought into the sail-training business for a while. Then rumored to have sailed to South America. No word of her in decades."
further research shows she was built in 8 months in Cheshire just in time for the race.
Hopefully 18 Months for a Malabar IV will suffice. I will definitely need to find a serious backer. if you have any pointers that would be amazing. .
Ben will get done
Thanks Chuck, that's the spirit !
I’ve spent 7 years watching Leo……don’t think I can do that again. I can do 18 months though.
Building the RUclips numbers to help you build the boat. Good luck or Bonne Chance.
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