Hi Leo. I don't know if you will ever read this as I do realize this video is a few years old, but I am going to write to you, nevertheless. I have been watching quite a few of your videos and I have come to greatly admire you and your abilities. It is very rare to find this level of commitment in someone so young. You have a very rare and natural story telling ability and a sense of humor that is immensely endearing. I am looking forward to that video you do on the day you finally launch Tally Ho.
Here 5 years later after having just watched this gentleman hoist the sail on Tally Ho for the first time. What an outstanding achievement. Kudos left and right!
"Is it the same boat" ...it doesn't matter the authenticity is the continuity of the story. Stories are what bind us not physical authenticity. Bravo to Leo. What a guy and what a project. My God, the inspiration is endless.
Leo’s comment about all the support is interesting. I like probably everyone thought it was a big job to take on, but totally underestimated just how big! And clearly so did Leo, even with his experience. Looks to me like it was more an emotional decision rather than a rational one as we are all very good at rationalising to ourselves an emotionally based decision already made! As he said in the closing of the video he thought he’d be able to manage it ( both financially and practically no doubt ) until he got into it. I’d suggest his greatest achievement to date, with some good fortune, is turning that potentially bad decision into a good one. Where others would have floundered and failed he’s turned it into a huge success. Well done!
@@flatblack39 Yes. I believe it's one of those serendipitous niches he's unintentionally stumbled in to. Hard work+timing=success and worldwide recognition.
I retire in two months at the age of 68yrs. My Wife and I have travelled through Northern Europe for many years, firstly on an 1100cc Motorbike, learning to travel light, starting off with all the wrong gear, learning as we went. No help from anyone, just us and the road. We did that for 17 years then as the bones got stiffer we transferred to a two seat roadster and followed the same learning process but with a few more creature comforts. Last year while loading up the car again one morning of our tour of the NC500 in the Scottish Highlands, I thought, 'I've done this for so long now it is getting too samey' I need another challenge. So we are selling everything and buying a boat. I sailed as a kid, served two years aboard a merchant ship in my teens and raced power boats as a 30 something married man. I cant afford a Gin Palace (and would not want one) but as a former construction company owner I can do stuff, so we are setting off on a new adventure. Watching you rebuild Tally Ho is inspirational, I cannot hope to do the quality of workmanship you and your team do but Im looking forward to giving it a bloody good go. Thanks for inspiring so many.
Thank you for sharing everything you have put into the restoration of Tally Ho and her history. You're doing what thousands of us watching would love to do.
I remember seeing Leo looking at Tally Ho when it was in the boat yard with the plastic cover. My thought was wow that's going to need a heap of work! After watching his videos I realized I under estimated the amount of work! Hat's off Leo!
I totally relate your story of building a new boat versus getting caught up on a boats maintenance. It is heartwarming and a beautiful thing to watch your project over this lengthy time. You are a very passionate craftsman - which is rare. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Leo, at 26:00 you explain about how a well-maintained wooden boat will over time lose all of its original wood, yet still be the same boat. I agree with my whole heart. You are speaking to the Royal Ocean Racing Club, founded in 1925. You state that this is the SAME club that was founded to run the initial You and everyone in that room seems to think this is true, BUT not one person who founded that club is still alive, so this is NOT the SAME Royal Ocean Racing Club, which is a ridiculous statement, because it IS the same. So why it is different for a wooden boat? The Exact Same Continuity is there in a wooden boat, and in a club: parts get old and die, and are replaced by new parts, and the same boat or club continues.
Your doing a great job and the quality of your build/rebuild reflects that. This will lead to bigger and better projects for you. Good luck and fine sailing ahead.
Leo, once you were underway with the great build I could see that I had missed your abilities when I thought the project would overwhelm you eventually. Having seen this presentation I now realize you are a very special person born with some type of artistic sailing and shipwright genius genes that I will never forget once the project reaches its final conclusion.
Because of internet, micro funding, and you, Leo. This boats story will live in forever, and the story of TH now belong to all people who follow and help you. It is such an inspiration... Thank you...
Your story is the classic Joseph Campbell example of the "hero". I believe Part of the reason so many people are fascinated is because we all want to be, know, learn from that hero. You went into the dark and found something in yourself, you went to do it again and brought us into the fold. Thank you
Brilliant. At present, 42 thumbs down, I can only assume those mouth breathers are in between medication. What a fantastic project this is. So inspiring !
Leo, brilliant. Love the work and thoroughly informative videos. How you found the energy after working on Tally Ho, to produce them is totally appreciated. Thank you.
Leo.... Yes, I do believe that the rebuild of Tally Ho does not make much sense. But, I'm so grateful for you doing it the way you are, because I get to come along with you while you are doing it. Wooden boats and sailing are something that would not have been a part of my life had it not been for you. I am so much enjoying following along with you as you undertake this great adventure. It is the kind of thing I would not even imagined in my own life, but to see you and all those you are encountering along the way is broadening my horizons tremendously. Of course, I'm doing it in the comfort of my nice warm and cozy little home while you are braving the hardships of all the hard work you are doing, but I'm having a great time watching. I'm so impressed, thank you for making you adventure available to those of us who are only able to experience it vicariously.
The most important thing I take away from your project is the commitment, dedication and sheer tenacity of a man who shows what one can do with a great brain and the guts to use it. A success story if ever I heard one. You will go far Leo. Good luck.
I have now learned that keeping 20 board feet of an old transom and replacing the rest of the boat, qualifies as "restoring" a vessel, not building "new". Reminds me of the old car story of removing radiator cap, replace everything under it. It IS an amazing project and great fun to watch along.. Learning a lot with every video.... Sorry I am not able to financially contribute, but I do join with many others in the same situation in sending our best wishes and highest hopes.
This is a great story. A trilogy of sorts. Your life, Tally Ho’s life and the build. It’s like reading a good book. I look forward to every video. Thanx
Bonjour Leo, "Chapeau bas" ! You are a great guy, I envy your strength of character, your maturity and your vision. I am not jaleous, I never felt this need at your level, this is why I am happy with my passion for small steam model boats. Go on sharing with us, you are right, you are followed all over the world. Amicalement, Raphaël
I've been following through a few years now, and turned my brother and my father and a bunch of other folks on your wonderful channel. I am a general contractor now but earlier in my life I was a shipwright, boatswain on tall ships, have owned wooden boats, (though now fiberglass boat, an Island Trader 36)) for many years. Your genuine, self effacing, yet continuously adorable matter of telling the story is beautiful and is only surpassed by your care and craftsmanship. I just watched the launching and your first motoring around Port Townsend bay and want you to know that you deserve every tiny bit of joy that I see in your eyes
While saving a bit of history, you are rediscovering Albert Strange’s work and sharing it with the world. It should be said you are saving Tally HO and the memory of her father. Thank you.
I agree rebuilding the master's plan. To she her on the water in full sail again is a legacy to show the world, the past wasn't all that primitive really. This is where in that dingy gritty past that God breathed life into the old world ways showing others, that there is more to come
I've followed your videos but not right from the start and this is the first time I've seen your presentation with a little of your own background and I'm truly amazed. The boat building videos I've watched with awe and admiration seemed to have been made by someone whose knowledge defied their young years, I assumed you'd had something of a boating background your whole life especially being a Bristol boy. It seems not, so to listen to you speak with such authority and in-depth knowledge about boats, boat building and sailing is incredible. You have my utmost admiration and respect Leo, you are a natural boatman and long may it continue.
Thanks a lot, Leo, you are a great guy, a great sailor. I don't know if it was Leo and Tally Ho 's meeting or Tally Ho meeting Leo, but sometimes, very lucky and nice days. Great respect for your courage, honesty and humility. We all therefore understand today (March 2024) the result of this rebirth and you fully deserve it.
An adventure that will make history, at least in your own mind and that's all that really matters and it's not the end. Beautiful presentation Leo, I really enjoyed these 2 History Classes..Thanks for showing your past in such a wonderful light and the future is yet shown but will be as heartfelt as the past..Tally-Ho will Go on for another 100 years !!
Subscribed :) I am doing a Complete restore on a 1973 Ford Ranchero that I bought back in 1973, complete engine overhaul, trans, rear end, front suspension, body work and paint and I thought that was going to be a lot of work :) by Comparison its hardly nothing :) Keep up the Very Nice Work, Take care, Chellie
I keep waiting for each new video. Wonderful mix of technical construction insights, the power of self reliance and an inspirational reminder that the world still has lots of kind & helpful people.
@@marshallmurrell4583 I remember him mentioning the sale, but don't know the timeline. He may have had her in storage for a while then sold her to fund Tally Ho.
Doing this sort of presentation can only help the project. Now you've done it once with all the slides in the right order you can do it again when you get the opportunity. You can feel the admiration your hard work gets and deserves.
Hats off to you Leo there are some talented people out there and you are up there with the best, attention to detail is beautiful to watch. Letty has just been relaunched after a full rebuild from the Cornish boat yards.
Well, that answered that question. I was wondering how you managed to not only have mad woodworking skills, but also the best taste in background music ever. That you are a musician makes it all clear. Thanks for being entertaining on so many levels!
I have been watching your videos and have enjoyed every one of them. Thank you for having me in the building group. Well that is how I feel about the whole process. It is with this video that I understan who you really are. My respect to you has placed you among the great sailors of the world. I appreciate the effort you exert in order to share your experiences with us. Having gone through similar experince in a much smaller scale, your life and the tasks you have undertaken needs to be apprecited at the highest level. Thank you Leo.
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I always wondered what your thoughts were if was a rebuild vs a new build. Obviously there will be very little wood reused but 100% of the hardware will be used in the restoration. Even still people will complain about splitting hairs. To me the spirit of Tally Ho is still intact and there is no other boat like her.
As quite a fiddly woodworker over the last 40-ish years I’ve become committed to approaching every job with only the tech and tools that existed at the time the original was built. I mix my own natural pigments, distillery my grain alcohol for blending stains and lacquers and have researched over 60 finish recipes and pigments from research of ancient books or scrolls. I am fascinated by your project and have wished I could help the work from the beginning. It’s very nice to see you honoring the original design and construction intended.
Indeed -- and I for one think that having him speak to real people in a real room is far more effective (on this YT format) than speaking "to camera". But the classy splicing in of high quality graphics, including animations of sailing routes, means that we have the ability to pore over the fantastic images in our own time, which helps compensate for missing out on the undoubted benefits of seeing a person tell their story in the flesh ... so to speak.
some how a documentary needs to be done about your life and this project. This needs a bigger audience of people who have no idea of what you sir are doing to make this a better world. Every kid in school should be exposed to what amazing people can accomplish.
Yeah Folkboat! Great boat for beginners and just about anyone wanting to sail on the sea. Makes my Swedish heart beat an extra beat. Love the music in Leo’s approach to life. Great way to go about things and so elegantly communicating every step and move along the way. Really appreciate his generosity and care. Thanks for the learning and inspiration. Got right in to the restoration of the Western Flyer and reconnected to John Steinbeck and his adventure in the Sea of Cortez. I’ll stick around for a while! Thanks
Nice work sir now back to the colonies and get cracking on that boat ,I'm sure I'm not the only one looking forward to see you back at it as they say ,so hop on one of those big shiny metal things that hurtle dangerously fast and ridiculously high in the sky ,and continue with your project that has me walking aimlessly around the workshop daydreaming about a scruffy haired man with big ears and a parrot named Pancho ,a very dangerous combination. Safe travels mate,cheers from down under.
The last two videos of your life's sailing and boat building endeavours so far are amazing, total respect for what you have achieved at such a young age. It's really is impressive to see what you have accomplished, your mum and dad must be extremely proud. There is something romantic about sailing boats (wooden built ones at that), and I probably wouldn't be here in this world if there wasn't. Good luck with Tally Ho and the next chapter of your life.
What an amazing story Leo. Great to hear how you got to where you are now and some of the advetures you had along the way. It would be great to meet you one day. I'm trying to resist the temptation to seeing where you are on the project, but addicted to watching the project. You and all the people who have helped along with all the people who have supported the project are doing such an amazing job restoring a piece of history and a beatiful ship. Wished I could have been part of that. Keep up the amazing work.
After seeing your path to starting Tally, I now understand how you had the watermelon-sized balls to take her on. A mixture of drive towards a goal, enthusiasm, willingness to learn, and most importantly; utter blind faith and dumb luck. Mate, I salute you, seriously. I am so looking forward to your autobiography =;-))
Not a job if paid nothing, but learning a trade, apprenticing, through practical experience. You had the desire to learn, work well, and it went noticed. I've done the same to prove myself more than once and was never turned down.
Your life seems built on a pattern few could emulate. I also think it matters little how much of the tangible bits of Tally Ho remain, it's her spirit that will carry her forward.
I/ll bet you didn’t think that just pursuing your own personal dream, would become so much more for so many people. Your dream has become so much of a beacon from beyond the mere consumer lifestyle that it forms the living metaphor of a forgotten variant for the nature of human possibilities. Tally Ho has become, and is still becoming a renewed model for how human nature can work without the cynicism, nihilism and narcissism of modern life. Thanks for such a gift.
We can order most, or all the new replacement parts for a completely wrecked 57 Chevy and put them together. What have we done, built a replica, or restored a 57 Chevy? We restored the car. As long as we have a few important, identifiable bits the car lives on. This is what Leo is doing, restoring the Tally Ho. Sail on young man!
Humans and other animals are also examples of this. As in the case of the _(don't mention the ship of Theseus!)_ famous axe of Captain Cook ("two new heads and five new handles") all of our component cells die many times over, if we live to adulthood. Even old scars eventually consist entirely of new cells (unfortunately, mostly they are replaced "like with like"!). So it's not old cells which make us old eventually, it's broken-down repair mechanisms which direct how to replace those cells, and degraded "builder's drawings", which get read wrongly as time goes on ... My poor layman's analogy, for which no-one else is to blame.
At 17 I was a student onboard a tall ship training schooner. I wanted to travel the world (eventually I did, but not through sailing), and I am so enjoying your videos on the resurrection and reconstruction of Tally Ho. Well done, and thank you very much!
I'm so glad you included these two episodes. As a boy I dreamt of doing what you are doing and the background story was as interesting if not more interesting to me than Tally Ho's. When I was a young boy I once tried to volunteer aboard a tall ship that visited Melbourne. I got turned away and I gave up. The difference between you and I is that when I was dreaming, you were doing. What a great story. So humble but justifiably proud of yourself. Well done Leo.
Is it the same boat? Am I the same person I was two years ago? Eating and drinking and breathing and cellular turnover have changed a huge proportion of my atoms, but my DNA sequence and my outward appearance are the same (mostly😊). The importance is the continuity. And you taking the old pieces out by hand, and putting in the new pieces by hand maintain that continuity. It keeps the intangible, the idea of the boat intact. In our current throw away culture, that is rare and worth celebrating. Keep up the good and inspiring work!
You are an incredible inspiration to me but, I think much more importantly, to a new way of engaging the boating zeitgeist. People like yourself have made a difficult and challenging subset of the sailing community... you put it best, Romantic! I feel that much of the collective focus of sailing as a beautiful and in my opinion zen-like undertaking has been Shanghai'ed into faster, sleeker, money no object and therefore hugely exclusive pageant. Men and women like yourself are breathing new life into a nearly lost mindset. The words thank you do not approach the gratitude that I feel but more importantly to a new crew who, with the inestimable community of the internet have done the entire world a service that probably isn't even understood at this point. In one or three hundred years when this craft and the vessels are still a part of society, people like you Leo will not even be around to thank. So thanks mate! Tally Ho.
Congratulations on being able to capture the interest of You Tube viewers. I have always been too boring to be interesting and have anyone give me money and assistance. I hope you will finish your project before I drop dead.
apparently there are about 113 people trolling the internet disliking people’s hard work.. Not sure why? If you doing like the video... just don’t watch it.. or maybe send Leo a private massage and give some constructive advice... Leo, you’ve done a fantastic job of recording and editing these videos.. takes a lot of hard work, time and dedication.. Keep it up! Cheers!
Excellent Leo. May be you did talk about it off camera, but I see something in Tally Ho restoration that is beyond the happiness that you probably feel restoring her, it is the transmission of your knowledge and that you meet people helping you restoring her which is probably even more greatfull. A big fan of you and your work. Stephane
Truth you are inspiring us all ,I wonder in ten years what you will be doing especially if you are married with children ,However Leo i will still be watching you,yet another great video Thanks.PD
A project of this nature is one of historical significance. Not just of the nauticality. Learning from history needs touchpoints such as this. So many learnings are in the lines of Tally-Ho. We need these touchpoints in so many other disciplines.
I will probably never sail a boat. The research you have done into the history of Tally Ho and attention to detail is so interesting. As someone that is unqualified to comment on boats, ships or sailing in general it's the same boat if the only thing that survives the restoration is the name. Tally Ho the Next Generation!!
What an incredible life story have so far, I'm certain T.H is to be the start of many more adventures and experiences. You are also an accomplished public speaker. Well done, keep at it.
You are a very powerful and motivating individual! Certainly a top notch example for any youth seeking meaning in life! Hope your project continues and that we see you sailing this amazing boat! I am retired...but if you weren't so far away I would certainly go and give you a hand! Cheers & Godspeed
Learned a lot by watching your awesome reconstruction with respect to the older sailing vessels. Some of these techniques hark back to the early boatbuilders, very impressive handiwork indeed.
What a great analogy........people might be thinking messing around with boats is insane (which it is), but how many of us own houses that we are still trying to fix up 20 years after we bought them. Keep going Leo!!
one word.....FASCINATING. i've watched part 1 three times and i suspect i'll at least match that with part 2....and i haven't sailed one nautical meter in my life and i suspect at my age i never will. but a really, really great channel so a heartfelt THANKYOU for that.
Superb Leo. An enjoyable vid. I’m going to break my own rule and try to help you out a bit. (Again!’) ha ha! Thank you, I hope I can make it to your launch. We will get there. Thank you.
I had a feeling of being very small at sea, never more the a hundred or so miles off the east coast of the US, but far enough to be out of sight of land. Calm moon lit nights were my favorite times...when not working my ass off hauling cod. 😁 Thanks a million for this look into your life. 👍
I laughed, I cried and am still amazed at this project and how gracefully you handle everything. You made the right choice. Great video. Thanks for your efforts.
Wonderful video of your background and the process you have gone through to get here at the Tally-Ho restoration. You've had an amazing adventure thus far and I hope it continues for many years to come while sailing Tally-Ho when she is ready. Take care and safe travels.
Hi Leo. I don't know if you will ever read this as I do realize this video is a few years old, but I am going to write to you, nevertheless. I have been watching quite a few of your videos and I have come to greatly admire you and your abilities. It is very rare to find this level of commitment in someone so young. You have a very rare and natural story telling ability and a sense of humor that is immensely endearing. I am looking forward to that video you do on the day you finally launch Tally Ho.
Today I watched that launch video and it made me a little emotional. Well done young man.
@@warrenmurchie6599 Wasn't it great?!
@@BrianBello-g8z It was epic. I was going to make a joke that it was so beautiful that it would be a shame to get it wet.
Here 5 years later after having just watched this gentleman hoist the sail on Tally Ho for the first time. What an outstanding achievement. Kudos left and right!
Leo: Boat builder and a sailor (And a historian, story teller, craftsman, adventure seeker, living life to its fullest!) World needs more like Leo.
Well said !
No phoney, that Leo.
"Is it the same boat" ...it doesn't matter the authenticity is the continuity of the story. Stories are what bind us not physical authenticity. Bravo to Leo. What a guy and what a project. My God, the inspiration is endless.
That may be the best answer to that question. And Leo , continued bravos.
Leo’s comment about all the support is interesting. I like probably everyone thought it was a big job to take on, but totally underestimated just how big! And clearly so did Leo, even with his experience. Looks to me like it was more an emotional decision rather than a rational one as we are all very good at rationalising to ourselves an emotionally based decision already made!
As he said in the closing of the video he thought he’d be able to manage it ( both financially and practically no doubt ) until he got into it.
I’d suggest his greatest achievement to date, with some good fortune, is turning that potentially bad decision into a good one. Where others would have floundered and failed he’s turned it into a huge success. Well done!
The community he has fostered is pretty cool too!
@@flatblack39 Yes. I believe it's one of those serendipitous niches he's unintentionally stumbled in to. Hard work+timing=success and worldwide recognition.
I retire in two months at the age of 68yrs. My Wife and I have travelled through Northern Europe for many years, firstly on an 1100cc Motorbike, learning to travel light, starting off with all the wrong gear, learning as we went. No help from anyone, just us and the road. We did that for 17 years then as the bones got stiffer we transferred to a two seat roadster and followed the same learning process but with a few more creature comforts. Last year while loading up the car again one morning of our tour of the NC500 in the Scottish Highlands, I thought, 'I've done this for so long now it is getting too samey' I need another challenge. So we are selling everything and buying a boat. I sailed as a kid, served two years aboard a merchant ship in my teens and raced power boats as a 30 something married man.
I cant afford a Gin Palace (and would not want one) but as a former construction company owner I can do stuff, so we are setting off on a new adventure. Watching you rebuild Tally Ho is inspirational, I cannot hope to do the quality of workmanship you and your team do but Im looking forward to giving it a bloody good go. Thanks for inspiring so many.
Thank you for sharing everything you have put into the restoration of Tally Ho and her history. You're doing what thousands of us watching would love to do.
The world would be much better off with more of your sort, Leo! You are genuinely inspiring!
Well said. Very true.
I remember seeing Leo looking at Tally Ho when it was in the boat yard with the plastic cover. My thought was wow that's going to need a heap of work! After watching his videos I realized I under estimated the amount of work! Hat's off Leo!
Clearly, you were not the only one!
Ya I remember the first time I had to hear your dumbass opinion.
I totally relate your story of building a new boat versus getting caught up on a boats maintenance. It is heartwarming and a beautiful thing to watch your project over this lengthy time. You are a very passionate craftsman - which is rare. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Leo, at 26:00 you explain about how a well-maintained wooden boat will over time lose all of its original wood, yet still be the same boat. I agree with my whole heart. You are speaking to the Royal Ocean Racing Club, founded in 1925. You state that this is the SAME club that was founded to run the initial You and everyone in that room seems to think this is true, BUT not one person who founded that club is still alive, so this is NOT the SAME Royal Ocean Racing Club, which is a ridiculous statement, because it IS the same. So why it is different for a wooden boat? The Exact Same Continuity is there in a wooden boat, and in a club: parts get old and die, and are replaced by new parts, and the same boat or club continues.
You are building the boat to its original plans, it IS the same boat! Amazing Work!
At the very least a sister ship! That repair work he corrected back to original had changed the boat's characteristics more than he will...
Your doing a great job and the quality of your build/rebuild reflects that. This will lead to bigger and better projects for you. Good luck and fine sailing ahead.
Leo, once you were underway with the great build I could see that I had missed your abilities when I thought the project would overwhelm you eventually. Having seen this presentation I now realize you are a very special person born with some type of artistic sailing and shipwright genius genes that I will never forget once the project reaches its final conclusion.
Yup
Because of internet, micro funding, and you, Leo. This boats story will live in forever, and the story of TH now belong to all people who follow and help you. It is such an inspiration... Thank you...
Your story is the classic Joseph Campbell example of the "hero". I believe Part of the reason so many people are fascinated is because we all want to be, know, learn from that hero. You went into the dark and found something in yourself, you went to do it again and brought us into the fold. Thank you
Brilliant. At present, 42 thumbs down, I can only assume those mouth breathers are in between medication.
What a fantastic project this is. So inspiring !
Leo, brilliant. Love the work and thoroughly informative videos. How you found the energy after working on Tally Ho, to produce them is totally appreciated. Thank you.
I'm here right after watching you launch Tally Ho at Port Townsend! What a journey - so far!
Leo.... Yes, I do believe that the rebuild of Tally Ho does not make much sense. But, I'm so grateful for you doing it the way you are, because I get to come along with you while you are doing it. Wooden boats and sailing are something that would not have been a part of my life had it not been for you. I am so much enjoying following along with you as you undertake this great adventure. It is the kind of thing I would not even imagined in my own life, but to see you and all those you are encountering along the way is broadening my horizons tremendously. Of course, I'm doing it in the comfort of my nice warm and cozy little home while you are braving the hardships of all the hard work you are doing, but I'm having a great time watching. I'm so impressed, thank you for making you adventure available to those of us who are only able to experience it vicariously.
So interesting to hear all the back story, on how you got involved in sailing - Thanks for a really interesting video...
The most important thing I take away from your project is the commitment, dedication and sheer tenacity of a man who shows what one can do with a great brain and the guts to use it. A success story if ever I heard one. You will go far Leo. Good luck.
"Not a job, A chance to work for nothing"....Brilliant.
Hounslow Parks paid in knowledge 😀
Hounslow Parks paid in knowledge 😀
At least he gets it.
In the old days that was the only way you would start in any "art"
@@xedasxedas still is.
I have now learned that keeping 20 board feet of an old transom and replacing the rest of the boat, qualifies as "restoring" a vessel, not building "new". Reminds me of the old car story of removing radiator cap, replace everything under it. It IS an amazing project and great fun to watch along.. Learning a lot with every video.... Sorry I am not able to financially contribute, but I do join with many others in the same situation in sending our best wishes and highest hopes.
You have been a busy fella !
You are such an "open minded sympathic guy" you got my respect!!!
My respect for this man just grows.
This is a great story. A trilogy of sorts. Your life, Tally Ho’s life and the build. It’s like reading a good book. I look forward to every video. Thanx
Bonjour Leo,
"Chapeau bas" ! You are a great guy, I envy your strength of character, your maturity and your vision. I am not jaleous, I never felt this need at your level, this is why I am happy with my passion for small steam model boats. Go on sharing with us, you are right, you are followed all over the world.
Amicalement, Raphaël
I've been following through a few years now, and turned my brother and my father and a bunch of other folks on your wonderful channel. I am a general contractor now but earlier in my life I was a shipwright, boatswain on tall ships, have owned wooden boats, (though now fiberglass boat, an Island Trader 36)) for many years. Your genuine, self effacing, yet continuously adorable matter of telling the story is beautiful and is only surpassed by your care and craftsmanship. I just watched the launching and your first motoring around Port Townsend bay and want you to know that you deserve every tiny bit of joy that I see in your eyes
While saving a bit of history, you are rediscovering Albert Strange’s work and sharing it with the world. It should be said you are saving Tally HO and the memory of her father. Thank you.
I agree rebuilding the master's plan. To she her on the water in full sail again is a legacy to show the world, the past wasn't all that primitive really. This is where in that dingy gritty past that God breathed life into the old world ways showing others, that there is more to come
I've followed your videos but not right from the start and this is the first time I've seen your presentation with a little of your own background and I'm truly amazed. The boat building videos I've watched with awe and admiration seemed to have been made by someone whose knowledge defied their young years, I assumed you'd had something of a boating background your whole life especially being a Bristol boy. It seems not, so to listen to you speak with such authority and in-depth knowledge about boats, boat building and sailing is incredible. You have my utmost admiration and respect Leo, you are a natural boatman and long may it continue.
Thanks a lot, Leo, you are a great guy, a great sailor. I don't know if it was Leo and Tally Ho 's meeting or Tally Ho meeting Leo, but sometimes, very lucky and nice days. Great respect for your courage, honesty and humility. We all therefore understand today (March 2024) the result of this rebirth and you fully deserve it.
Most of us walk through life with the occasional sprint. Leo LEAPS through life!
Well done
An adventure that will make history, at least in your own mind and that's all that really matters and it's not the end. Beautiful presentation Leo, I really enjoyed these 2 History Classes..Thanks for showing your past in such a wonderful light and the future is yet shown but will be as heartfelt as the past..Tally-Ho will Go on for another 100 years !!
Hi Bart.
With the proper care she would not be undergoing the rebuilding now. If Leo or someone like him owns T Ho, she could last several hundred years.
Subscribed :) I am doing a Complete restore on a 1973 Ford Ranchero that I bought back in 1973, complete engine overhaul, trans, rear end, front suspension, body work and paint and I thought that was going to be a lot of work :) by Comparison its hardly nothing :) Keep up the Very Nice Work, Take care, Chellie
I keep waiting for each new video. Wonderful mix of technical construction insights, the power of self reliance and an inspirational reminder that the world still has lots of kind & helpful people.
Lorema was a gorgeous boat! Wow!
I may have missed it, but what happened to Lorema when Leo went onto Adix?
@@marshallmurrell4583 I remember him mentioning the sale, but don't know the timeline. He may have had her in storage for a while then sold her to fund Tally Ho.
Doing this sort of presentation can only help the project. Now you've done it once with all the slides in the right order you can do it again when you get the opportunity. You can feel the admiration your hard work gets and deserves.
Leo, you are a treat, thanks for your work and enjoyable uploads - good luck in the future.
Hats off to you Leo there are some talented people out there and you are up there with the best, attention to detail is beautiful to watch.
Letty has just been relaunched after a full rebuild from the Cornish boat yards.
You are quite unique for a young man of these times, and the most wonderful part is that you dont know it! It is just what you do!
Well, that answered that question. I was wondering how you managed to not only have mad woodworking skills, but also the best taste in background music ever. That you are a musician makes it all clear. Thanks for being entertaining on so many levels!
a busker and a sailor, thumbs up. and great taste in music.
But it doesn't answer why he is also a very good film maker.
I have been watching your videos and have enjoyed every one of them. Thank you for having me in the building group. Well that is how I feel about the whole process. It is with this video that I understan who you really are. My respect to you has placed you among the great sailors of the world. I appreciate the effort you exert in order to share your experiences with us. Having gone through similar experince in a much smaller scale, your life and the tasks you have undertaken needs to be apprecited at the highest level. Thank you Leo.
I always wondered what your thoughts were if was a rebuild vs a new build. Obviously there will be very little wood reused but 100% of the hardware will be used in the restoration. Even still people will complain about splitting hairs. To me the spirit of Tally Ho is still intact and there is no other boat like her.
Excellent comment, cajun021.
Leo, thank you for sharing your life. Admiral life goals, and so humble.
“Admiral” - I see what you did there 👍😎
The beginning. The life, story, video, book, screenplay and movie. Way to go Leo!
Go, Leo! We admire for authenticity and determination.
I’ve been restoring a old sunken sailboat because of your project
Omg! Its contagious!...hope my empty pockets keep me safe!
Charlie Cain what?😂
@@lanestewart291 lane if your restoration isnt driving you into bankruptcy...you aint doing it right!
Charlie Cain it’s not that big
As quite a fiddly woodworker over the last 40-ish years I’ve become committed to approaching every job with only the tech and tools that existed at the time the original was built. I mix my own natural pigments, distillery my grain alcohol for blending stains and lacquers and have researched over 60 finish recipes and pigments from research of ancient books or scrolls. I am fascinated by your project and have wished I could help the work from the beginning. It’s very nice to see you honoring the original design and construction intended.
Great presentation, Leo. You're a natural speaker as well as being a boatbuilder and sailor. Well done.
Indeed -- and I for one think that having him speak to real people in a real room is far more effective (on this YT format) than speaking "to camera". But the classy splicing in of high quality graphics, including animations of sailing routes, means that we have the ability to pore over the fantastic images in our own time, which helps compensate for missing out on the undoubted benefits of seeing a person tell their story in the flesh ... so to speak.
some how a documentary needs to be done about your life and this project. This needs a bigger audience of people who have no idea of what you sir are doing to make this a better world. Every kid in school should be exposed to what amazing people can accomplish.
Yeah Folkboat! Great boat for beginners and just about anyone wanting to sail on the sea. Makes my Swedish heart beat an extra beat. Love the music in Leo’s approach to life. Great way to go about things and so elegantly communicating every step and move along the way. Really appreciate his generosity and care. Thanks for the learning and inspiration. Got right in to the restoration of the Western Flyer and reconnected to John Steinbeck and his adventure in the Sea of Cortez. I’ll stick around for a while! Thanks
Those folkboats are really beautiful.
Nice work sir now back to the colonies and get cracking on that boat ,I'm sure I'm not the only one looking forward to see you back at it as they say ,so hop on one of those big shiny metal things that hurtle dangerously fast and ridiculously high in the sky ,and continue with your project that has me walking aimlessly around the workshop daydreaming about a scruffy haired man with big ears and a parrot named Pancho ,a very dangerous combination. Safe travels mate,cheers from down under.
The last two videos of your life's sailing and boat building endeavours so far are amazing, total respect for what you have achieved at such a young age. It's really is impressive to see what you have accomplished, your mum and dad must be extremely proud. There is something romantic about sailing boats (wooden built ones at that), and I probably wouldn't be here in this world if there wasn't. Good luck with Tally Ho and the next chapter of your life.
What an amazing story Leo. Great to hear how you got to where you are now and some of the advetures you had along the way. It would be great to meet you one day.
I'm trying to resist the temptation to seeing where you are on the project, but addicted to watching the project. You and all the people who have helped along with all the people who have supported the project are doing such an amazing job restoring a piece of history and a beatiful ship. Wished I could have been part of that.
Keep up the amazing work.
A great example for young people to follow their dreams!.... Bravo!!
After seeing your path to starting Tally, I now understand how you had the watermelon-sized balls to take her on. A mixture of drive towards a goal, enthusiasm, willingness to learn, and most importantly; utter blind faith and dumb luck. Mate, I salute you, seriously. I am so looking forward to your autobiography =;-))
Not a job if paid nothing, but learning a trade, apprenticing, through practical experience.
You had the desire to learn, work well, and it went noticed.
I've done the same to prove myself more than once and was never turned down.
Your life seems built on a pattern few could emulate. I also think it matters little how much of the tangible bits of Tally Ho remain, it's her spirit that will carry her forward.
I/ll bet you didn’t think that just pursuing your own personal dream, would become so much more for so many people. Your dream has become so much of a beacon from beyond the mere consumer lifestyle that it forms the living metaphor of a forgotten variant for the nature of human possibilities. Tally Ho has become, and is still becoming a renewed model for how human nature can work without the cynicism, nihilism and narcissism of modern life. Thanks for such a gift.
We can order most, or all the new replacement parts for a completely wrecked 57 Chevy and put them together. What have we done, built a replica, or restored a 57 Chevy? We restored the car. As long as we have a few important, identifiable bits the car lives on. This is what Leo is doing, restoring the Tally Ho. Sail on young man!
Humans and other animals are also examples of this. As in the case of the _(don't mention the ship of Theseus!)_ famous axe of Captain Cook ("two new heads and five new handles") all of our component cells die many times over, if we live to adulthood. Even old scars eventually consist entirely of new cells (unfortunately, mostly they are replaced "like with like"!). So it's not old cells which make us old eventually, it's broken-down repair mechanisms which direct how to replace those cells, and degraded "builder's drawings", which get read wrongly as time goes on ... My poor layman's analogy, for which no-one else is to blame.
At 17 I was a student onboard a tall ship training schooner. I wanted to travel the world (eventually I did, but not through sailing), and I am so enjoying your videos on the resurrection and reconstruction of Tally Ho.
Well done, and thank you very much!
Hah, just going back through these videos and ive just bought a Manta 19 as my first boat for £750!
I'm so glad you included these two episodes. As a boy I dreamt of doing what you are doing and the background story was as interesting if not more interesting to me than Tally Ho's. When I was a young boy I once tried to volunteer aboard a tall ship that visited Melbourne. I got turned away and I gave up. The difference between you and I is that when I was dreaming, you were doing. What a great story. So humble but justifiably proud of yourself. Well done Leo.
Is it the same boat? Am I the same person I was two years ago? Eating and drinking and breathing and cellular turnover have changed a huge proportion of my atoms, but my DNA sequence and my outward appearance are the same (mostly😊). The importance is the continuity. And you taking the old pieces out by hand, and putting in the new pieces by hand maintain that continuity. It keeps the intangible, the idea of the boat intact. In our current throw away culture, that is rare and worth celebrating. Keep up the good and inspiring work!
you are sounding philosophical, like the ship of theseus
You are an incredible inspiration to me but, I think much more importantly, to a new way of engaging the boating zeitgeist. People like yourself have made a difficult and challenging subset of the sailing community... you put it best, Romantic! I feel that much of the collective focus of sailing as a beautiful and in my opinion zen-like undertaking has been Shanghai'ed into faster, sleeker, money no object and therefore hugely exclusive pageant. Men and women like yourself are breathing new life into a nearly lost mindset. The words thank you do not approach the gratitude that I feel but more importantly to a new crew who, with the inestimable community of the internet have done the entire world a service that probably isn't even understood at this point. In one or three hundred years when this craft and the vessels are still a part of society, people like you Leo will not even be around to thank. So thanks mate! Tally Ho.
Congratulations on being able to capture the interest of You Tube viewers. I have always been too boring to be interesting and have anyone give me money and assistance. I hope you will finish your project before I drop dead.
apparently there are about 113 people trolling the internet disliking people’s hard work.. Not sure why? If you doing like the video... just don’t watch it.. or maybe send Leo a private massage and give some constructive advice...
Leo, you’ve done a fantastic job of recording and editing these videos.. takes a lot of hard work, time and dedication.. Keep it up! Cheers!
And in Part2 the story just gets betterer.
What a decision to rebuild TALLY HO.The good ghost of her will be allways thankful.Good man👍
Excellent Leo. May be you did talk about it off camera, but I see something in Tally Ho restoration that is beyond the happiness that you probably feel restoring her, it is the transmission of your knowledge and that you meet people helping you restoring her which is probably even more greatfull. A big fan of you and your work. Stephane
I saw the unspeakable boat's name, but will say nothing. I really enjoyed seeing your journey, Leo, what fun you have had!
Truth you are inspiring us all ,I wonder in ten years what you will be doing especially if you are married with children ,However Leo i will still be watching you,yet another great video Thanks.PD
Tally Ho is amazing, your story is amazing and you are amazing!
Thanks for the upload Leo! Keep up your insane work! We are frothing for more :)
Just watched this episode and I wanted to give a thumbs up - I couldn't because I had already, when it first dropped. Thanks Leo.
A project of this nature is one of historical significance.
Not just of the nauticality.
Learning from history needs touchpoints such as this.
So many learnings are in the lines of Tally-Ho.
We need these touchpoints in so many other disciplines.
Great explanation of why not a new boat.. Tally Ho just has a few years of deferred maintenance to catch up with.
Leo, I think you are totally bonkers !!!! In the true British sense of the word... well done, love the videos and good luck.
I will probably never sail a boat. The research you have done into the history of Tally Ho and attention to detail is so interesting. As someone that is unqualified to comment on boats, ships or sailing in general it's the same boat if the only thing that survives the restoration is the name. Tally Ho the Next Generation!!
What an incredible life story have so far, I'm certain T.H is to be the start of many more adventures and experiences. You are also an accomplished public speaker. Well done, keep at it.
You are a very powerful and motivating individual!
Certainly a top notch example for any youth seeking meaning in life!
Hope your project continues and that we see you sailing this amazing boat!
I am retired...but if you weren't so far away I would certainly go and give you a hand!
Cheers & Godspeed
Well done Leo, 👍
Learned a lot by watching your awesome reconstruction with respect to the older sailing vessels.
Some of these techniques hark back to the early boatbuilders, very impressive handiwork indeed.
What a great analogy........people might be thinking messing around with boats is insane (which it is), but how many of us own houses that we are still trying to fix up 20 years after we bought them. Keep going Leo!!
Love watching your story. Rebuilding a wooden boat is a lot like eating an elephant, one bite at a time!!
Your sense of humor really shows in these videos! Its great!
one word.....FASCINATING.
i've watched part 1 three times and i suspect i'll at least match that with part 2....and i haven't sailed one nautical meter in my life and i suspect at my age i never will.
but a really, really great channel so a heartfelt THANKYOU for that.
Leo:I watch your presentation. I believe you are preserving the soul of the
boat and it will live on. Keep up your enthusiasm and good luck
Superb Leo. An enjoyable vid. I’m going to break my own rule and try to help you out a bit. (Again!’) ha ha! Thank you, I hope I can make it to your launch. We will get there. Thank you.
Thanks man!
You are a bad ass... thank you so much for sharing your life with us.
I had a feeling of being very small at sea, never more the a hundred or so miles off the east coast of the US, but far enough to be out of sight of land. Calm moon lit nights were my favorite times...when not working my ass off hauling cod. 😁
Thanks a million for this look into your life. 👍
Such an inspiring young lad.
I laughed, I cried and am still amazed at this project and how gracefully you handle everything. You made the right choice. Great video. Thanks for your efforts.
Great job Leo! I love watching you bring Tally Ho back to life.
Great job providing the provenance behind Tally Ho and your history, don't sell yourself short, that joke wasn't hacky at all. I LOL'd.
Wonderful video of your background and the process you have gone through to get here at the Tally-Ho restoration. You've had an amazing adventure thus far and I hope it continues for many years to come while sailing Tally-Ho when she is ready. Take care and safe travels.