Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Surface Planing Jig / Framing Tools. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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EPISODE 30.
This episode we develop some jigs and tables that will h...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing Frames / Calculating Bevels. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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EPISODE 29.
This episode I install the first pair of Frames into T...
We're getting the backbone assembly up... but there is so much to do before we can actually put it all together.
We go through all of that in this video, along with a quick run through of the backbone actually going up! We'll go over everything in deta...
It's taken two years of prep before getting to the point of being able to start bolting things together but we are finally there! The stern assembly is up and the bow will be up by next week.
In celebration of this moment, we are doing a limited run of c...
Ever wondered who we really are? Well here we go! (at least a little bit of an insight...)
Doug from SV Seeker has been kind enough to have interviewed us for his new video series, The Mind of a Boat Builder and has passed on the video for us to share he...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Assembling Frames with Treenails. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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This episode, I work with some volunteers to cut out more futtoc...
Yes, we are starting to finally put her together. It's been a long time coming and we have many pieces ready, but we are steps away from bolting things together.
That means, we need to drill holes and make sure the bow assembly fits perfectly together. S...
We love going to the wooden boat show at Mystic Seaport and wanted to share some of that with you all but it didn't really fit well in one of our longer videos so we thought we'd share that with you along with a code to save at Jamestown Distributors.
They...
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My longest video yet. So to those who complained about episode 33 being too short...careful what you wish for ;)
I'm really happy with this video. It was trick...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – From Lofting to Re-Framing / Removing Planks. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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This episode, I get some more help to remove a lot of Tally H...
After seeing the fore deadwood and the milling in detail, we thought it would be interesting to see another side of these two processes. In this video we show how, where and why we stacked all the lumber from milling. We also get into making the Aft dead...
In the last episode we shaped the wormshoe to fit into the keel timber. We had many requests for an explanation on how we found those lines to cut to. This video is simply that explanation. Skip this video if you aren't interested in that.
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Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – The Kindness of Strangers. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
This episode, I have a number of interesting volunteers and visitors, who help...
The deadwood shaped in the last episode is capped with a wormshoe. The wormshoe is a protective sacrificial piece that can be replaced if it is ever damaged from running aground or any similar mishap.
We have help from Michael, who drove all the way from...
We did it! Just about 2 months and the cabin redo is complete. I'm also pretty proud I got Part 3 to you in 2 weeks!!!! Working full time on the boat and getting into a rhythm with the videos. We're picking up pace too! We're hoping to see that water befor...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Lofting the Lines; Part 2. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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This episode, I continue lofting the lines of the 1910 Gaff Cutter, Tal...
With the ballast keel poured, faired and painted, it is now time to start building out fore and aft of it. Due to the naturally dense aspect of the ballast keel requiring such a condensed shape, deadwood pieces are necessary to fair it out into the wood k...
It's a long one so grab something cold and wet to sip on!
Thanks for watching (and waiting)
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This episode, I take some more measurements of Tally Ho’s current sha...
Sometimes, you just have to flip things on their heads to work on them. As we finished fairing our the ballast keel, we flipped it and the wood keel in order to be able to work on the underside. With everything upside down, we will then be able to work o...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – The Wreck and the Rescue. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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This episode, I investigate the part of Tally Ho’s history where she was ...
This is one expensive piece of lumber! We wanted to make sure that we accurately cut the keel timber to shape so our initial cut was only getting us close to the final shape, so that we could see whether it warped/checked/shrank etc. afterwards. Now that...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Restoring the Ship Saw. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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This episode, I take some measurements and consider the hogging of the hul...
Ryan bought a plane ticket, rented a car, and took a one week visit to come from Colorado to Massachusetts to help us on our project... for free! Thank you Ryan.
We were curious as to what he thought of his week here and everything we accomplished.
Also!...
Meet Maya, Aladino, and Magic Carpet. We all ended up together because of 1) a tragic accident, 2) an amazing miracle, and 3) an inspirational mentor. Here's how it all began.
Aladino and I met in summer 2017. He was sailing his boat in the Mediterranean...
Despite the arrival of Spring, weather just doesn't seem to want to let up. We've been struggling with the weather so as to start painting the keel timber and the ballast keel. With temps too cold to work on that, we switch gears and start working on the...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping and Fitting the Keel Timber. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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This episode, I work on turning an enormous lump of Purplehea...
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Having sharp tools is important. As temps are warming up and we are getting back into the thick of boatbuilding work, we felt this would be an appropriate video.
Well kept tools lead to fun, productive and safe work. There is nothing worse than trying to...
We are clawing our way out of winter! Work is getting back on track and what better way to start finalizing our keel timber. We spent the first tentatively "warm" days finishing getting the keel timber to its final thickness along with a couple of outing...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Removing the Keel Timber / Bolting the Scarph. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
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This episode, I drive the 3000 miles back to Tally H...
What a winter!.... We felt that this would be a good time to put out our dissimilar metals experiment back to back and then hit it hard next week with a full length video.
When mixing metals in a build, there are a lot of things to consider. Not only do t...
Over the winter we decided to try out a little experiment we would share with everyone. While doing our research we heard a lot about the effects of different metals on one another. The nobility of a metal will determine how it reacts to others with diff...
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Milling Live Oak timbers on Cross Sawmill’s massive homemade bandsaw, in the Deep South. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco
THIS episode, ...
We're still waiting on the weather to start warming up but we can still get ourselves as ready as possible for when it does. We start to work with the lumber that will become our deadwood and we shoot a propane tank to help us melt lead into the major div...
After the video of our lead keel pour came out, we received a lot of comments regarding the safety of the pour and about concerns or contamination to the surrounding area. We did our best to get information regarding such issues and went as far as calling...
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