15/10/2026
This is a bit of a departure from usual posts, but this does have a design and build element of interest.
βTally Hoβ is an old Gaff Rigged timber yacht built in 1910. It was the winner of the famous Fastnet Race in 1927.
Tally Ho had a very eventful life, having different owners cruising in the Atlantic and Pacific and becoming a work boat for a time in the Pacific.
She became semi abandoned and was purchased by the Albert Strange Foundation who were determined to find an owner who would take Tally Ho and restore her. Some time around 2017, Leo Sampson Goolden, who was a boat builder reputedly offered $1 for the boat on the understanding that he would fully restore her.
She was located on the US coast and Leo set out to fully restore the boat, which he did over a period of approximately 6 years. He financed the work by creating a hugely popular YouTube channel.
Her first big trip was to sail from the US to Baltimore, symbolically rounding the fastnet on the way. Local boats and onlookers gave Tally Ho a big welcome to Baltimore!
See links to the YouTube video on her arrival in Baltimore in early August and another video giving a timelapse of her construction.
https://youtu.be/Fmbs73PoxNM?si=_ke-bmh1knTbMJ2p
https://youtu.be/dLjNRI2KtbY?si=CXkPFOek_rkErg_C
- Peter.