john_morris_uk
Well-known member
She appears to be floating to her lines.
Hopefully a real morale boost for Leo.
Hopefully a real morale boost for Leo.
No spoiler - he told us it would be floating in the last video..Talk about spoilers!
I seem to remember him talking in the past about some kind of trust/charity based program - giving youngsters opportunity to sail etc.I have wondered for some time how Tally Ho is going to be supported / managed once she is sailing... some form of trustee structure or is Leo planning to keep it 'private' and raise the upkeep monies as required? maybe he has covered it and I have missed it..
I too have followed the series from the beginning and contributed in a small way. I loved Leo's craftmanship, and when the paid employees slowly took over I enjoyed their craftsmanship too. I think that Leo is a remarkable young man, who took on a huge project with trepidation, but had the skill and commitment to see it through, with - a lot of help from friends - as he himself says.I for one have enjoyed following Tally Ho from the beginning. I would guess that as the project got more popular, the possibilities for improving the rebuild/new build (don't think it matters in this case) became obvious. Good for Leo using the benefits of YouTube/Patreon to finance the work.
...........
I apologise for the upcoming pornography.As to the new/restoration/rebuild debate, some important parts of the original were used. Yes, not a lot, but I am mindful of the thoughts that Joshua Slocum had regarding 'where the old Spray disappeared, and the New Spray took over'?
I think an interesting question to ask Leo would be did he envisage the yacht ending up as it isDoes it really matter whether it’s a restoration or new boat? Is it not only a romanticism that this bit of timber was sailing in 1930 or some other such thought? Adopting modern technology in a sympathetic manner seems the only logical thing to do surely? Why would anyone put inferior old tec products in a new/rebuild? If Nelson had had the choice of HMS Victory or HMS QEII when approaching the combined enemy fleet in 1805 I imagine he’d have gone with HMS QEII. (Yes that’s a silly analogy, apologies, but it makes the point).