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DIY Repair of the Extrude Aluminium, In-Mast Internal Foil on an Amel Super Maramu Sailboat
All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: In-mast furler issues are part of contemporary cruising lifestyle on modern boats. Yes, they can be a pain when they go wrong, but in most cases, problems...
Finishing Casting & Floors / Plank Stock ( TALLY HO EP83)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing Casting & Floors / Plank Stock (EP83) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 83. We have finished casting! In this episode, the final lodging knee is cast by Daniel - his first time pouring the molten bronze, and not without a little bit of f...
Sailing Avocet | Building our BULWARK!
It was a (very) long 5 months but we completed the LAST piece of our external boat refit by building and installing our new bulwark design, inspired by the Lyle Hess Bristol Channel Cutter's. It was a lot of work, but SO worth it! In this video we share how the bulwarks made with Cumaru, fasten...
Pouring Bronze / Fastening Floors – Wooden Boat Rebuild (EP81)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Pouring Bronze / Fastening Floors (EP81) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 81. Having poured all the smaller bronze Floors, we have to build a bigger flask in order to cast the largest ones. Packing these big moulds isn’t without it’s setbacks, and we ...
Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube ( Wooden Boat Rebuild / EP80)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube (EP80) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 80. Cutting the Prop aperture and boring out the hole for the stern-tube are intimidating jobs - you only get one chance to get it right. But it’s easier to tackle th...
Boatbuilding – Lining-out for Planking (EP78)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Lining-out for Planking (EP78) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 78. In this episode we calculate the locations and sizes of all the hull planks, based on the complex shape of the hull. I’ve never done this before, so we get some help from the Lead Sh...
Sailing Avocet | FINALLY Painting Our Sailboat!
In this video you will see the crew of Avocet combat difficult weather issues, deal with delays caused by COVID, and overcome mental challenges presented by the situations at hand. From sanding the hull to FINALLY painting the topsides, we finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Hard work, blo...
BoatBuilding – Finishing the Transom (EP76)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing the Transom / More Floors (EP76) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 76. In this episode I focus on the final install of the transom, using a couple of old tricks to ensure that it stays watertight. The planks get bolted to the sternpost and ev...
BoatBuilding – Casting Bronze Floors (EP75)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Casting Bronze Floors (EP75) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 75. In this extra-length episode, Pete and Clark show the process of making individual patterns for each of the floors, laminating thin strips of ply into the boat and then shaping and scul...
BoatBuilding – Restoring the Transom (EP74)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Restoring the Transom (EP74) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 74. In this episode I work on repairing and reinstalling Tally Ho’s original transom timbers. Being Teak, they have escaped rot, but have a lot of damaged areas and holes that need to be fi...
Sailing Avocet | Boatyard Blues
We have been waiting for our haul out since day one of ownership so when the time came we felt ready. However, we did not plan for a pandemic or poor weather to hit in the middle of our projects, delaying our progress. Spending lockdown in the boatyard definitely set the mood for a dystopian society...
BoatBuilding – Finishing the Deck Structure! (EP73)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing the Deck Structure! (EP73) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 73. This is the day - the big reveal! With the deck structure fastened permanently into the Beam Shelf, we can remove the temporary cross-palls and finally see Tally Ho’s internal s...
BoatBuilding – Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 72. In this episode we face a major dilemma - having found that one of the White Oak logs had porous grain (bad news!) I have to make the painful decision of whether or not to re...
BoatBuilding – Building the Deck Structure! (EP71)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Building the Deck Structure (EP71) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 71. In this episode we finish building the majority of the deck structure! Lots of dovetails are cut, and the deck layout emerges as we add carlins and half beams one by one. We als...
BoatBuilding – Fitting Deck Beams! (Tally Ho EP70)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Fitting Deck Beams! (EP70) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 70. It’s time to start building the Deck Structure! Firstly I take a look at the old Beam Shelves and analyse the 110 year-old joinery of the original boatbuilders. I decide to replicate the...
BoatBuilding – Installing Beamshelves / BIG plans! (EP67)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Installing Beamshelves / BIG plans! (EP67) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 67. In this episode, I finish planing the beamshelves, move them into the boat, and start the process of bending them around the inside of the frames - creating some big load...
East Coast Oak and a Pink Fireman (EP66)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - East Coast Oak and a Pink Fireman (EP66) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 66. Back to work on Tally Ho! After returning to the West Coast, I start by planing and bolting the beam shelf scarps joints. In the process, I buy a vintage pipe threading mach...
The Pilot Cutter PELLEW (EP65)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - The Pilot Cutter PELLEW (EP65) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 65. In this episode, I return to Cornwall to catch up with Luke Powell and his team, who are getting ready to launch the replica Pilot Cutter PELLEW. Luke talks about how this project c...
Boatbuilding – Making Beam Shelves (Tally Ho EP62)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Making Beam Shelves / Sheer Clamps (EP62) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 62. In this episode I start by adjusting the position of some of the frames, and fairing them all on the inside. Then I cut and fit the scarph joins on the big 6-1/2” x 3...
Installing the Fashion Pieces (Rebuilding Tally Ho EP61)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing the Fashion Pieces (EP61) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 61. In this episode we install the Fashion Pieces, which will form the connection between the hull planking and the transom. We have to cut the heels, drill and chisel the no...
BOATBUILDING / Carving Sternpost / Cutting Rabbet (EP60)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping the Stern / Cutting the Rabbet (EP60) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 60. Rowan returns to give me a hand, and we finish shaping the keel with Adze and power-plane. Then we carve some shape into the Stern Assembly, roughing out the Stern-po...
Shaping the Keel / Adze work (EP59)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping the Keel / Adze work (EP59) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 59. In this episode, after roughing-out the starboard side Rabbet into the Stem, I make a jig to transfer the measurements for the shape of the Keel Timber from the lofting floor to...
Ship of Theseus / Project Recap! (EP58)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Ship of Theseus / Project Recap Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 58. In this episode, I ask the question “is Tally Ho still the same boat?” ...I explore the ancient philosophical question of The Ship of Theseus, and how that problem applies to this p...