Meeting a Master Boatbuilder / 1905 Pilot Cutter - Rebuilding Tally Ho EP33

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EPISODE 33.

This episode I visit Chris Rees, a very experienced boatbuilder who was behind various impressive projects including the enormous 3-masted lugger Greyhound and the replica fishing lugger Spirit of Mystery (which was sailed from the UK to Australia by Pete Goss as a tribute to the fishermen who undertook the same trip in the 1850s). He shows me around the boat that he is currently working on – a 1905 Pilot Cutter named Letty – and also tells me a little about how he became a boatbuilder. Finally we look at another boat that Chris is hoping to bring back to life – a historic local ferry, which up until recently was apparently the longest continuously running ferry in the country. Originally a Steam powered vessel, it was later modified with a diesel engine, but Chris is hoping to equip it with an Electric motor for the next period of service.

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33. Meeting a Master Boatbuilder / 1905 Pilot Cutter