BOATBUILDING / Carving Sternpost / Cutting Rabbet (EP60) 

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Leo, you are not just a boat builder you are an artist. I am a hobbyist woodworker and the way you work the wood is sheer artistry. I love the work you are doing, and I really liked the interlude with your girlfriend.

The craftsmanship and attention to detail put into this ship are inspiring. I didn't understand the complexity and planning needed for a build this size. To get such detailed explanations and videos is fantastic, thank you for taking us along on this amazing build.

This is the best series I’ve seen on RU-vid in a long time. I really think this could be made into a Netflix short film or series. Especially once it’s out sailing around, just an incredible story.

Been watching since the beginning and the true lines of this boat are starting to show through. What a beautiful craft. I can see why she needs saving.

See, wooden boat building is easy. Just start with a pile of wood, and cut away everything that isn't a beautiful boat.

This is definitely no country for old men; I would never be able to screw up the courage to take a chainsaw to all that purple-heart after spending how many months sourcing, shaping, gluing, fitting it just so. That takes the confidence of youth! Or maybe not . . . After 65 years I have a hard won appreciation for my capacity for finding ways Ito screw that up.

That wood got really crazy colour when open to air...also amazing how much of material end up taken of, but boat lines look very sleek now. Thanks for the video, superb as always!

What beautiful lines Tally Ho has.

To think that Cecca was once camera shy and now giving us invaluable information about the progress of the build. Oh, and you other guys were doing quite well too.

Sunday morning in New Zealand and I'm heading down to the marina to do some work on my sailboat. Not before catching up on Leo's project. It's time now to set up a payment to Patreon. This mission needs more money.

I can’t wait until you’re done. I was a welder and a fabricator and I could see it all along. All I can say is that it’s a work of art that keeps getting better and better !!

Leo’s artistic creativity is a wonder to behold. Your colleagues you have learnt the art of boatbuilding from must be really proud of the young man you’ve become. Your commitment shines through even with these helpers you have to want to keep coming back for more hard work 😓 must be inspired by your kindness and being a fantastic teacher also friend. Nice job from Cecca lovely to see you doing a bit of camera 📷 work. Great work Leo! Tally ho is a beautifully shaped boat as 1245 clearly shows. Thank you for sharing your experience with us all.

when I was a jackeroo in far western Queensland in the mid 1970's we had a machine similar to the one that you are using for sharpening the adj and Francesca is using to sharpen the knives. We used it for sharpening axes, chisels, hand shears etc. Except it was ancient contraption with a much larger stone wheel that we turned manually with a foot pedal, and we had a tin can with a hole in the bottom above it that dripped water onto the stone wheel while you sharpened the edge. I loved it. The way it was explained to me by my boss was that using a normal work bench grinder heated up the metal too much, but this machine sharpened the tools without changing the nature of the metal

Well done Leo. Your adze technique is looking better and better.

I am amazed; Every time I get to see a video of the Tally Ho project. Thank you Leo!

Glad to see I’m not the only one who uses a full face respirator for general dusty tasks. I use it with the pink dust cartridges for general sanding just because it keeps everything out of my eyes. I think they’re essential for scraping bottom paint, as well, which is what I bought it for when I was 16.

looking good ....cant wait to see this "2 years" from now in the water

That’s not a boat ...it’s a work of art that will float ..quality craftsmanship ...

That wood is beautiful, and the work is like crafting a fine jewelry cabinet for Amazons. Big, but very detailed. Holding that much precision over so many feet is really skillful.

I am still very much , watching ALL of your videos.

I love these chicken farmer videos. If you look closely in the background you can see the farmers doing all sorts of cool things. Apparently this one is building a ship with a chainsaw and hatchet. Joking aside, @ 12:50 what a gorgeous shot of the progress. You can almost see her cutting through the waves.

It's amazing how much this trimming and shaping work has made the boat look so much more elegant all of a sudden. We can start to see the shape and style that must have been in Leo's head all this time.

Love when you use salsa sounds it lets me imagine TALLY HO sailing by my native PUERTO RICO⛵🎶🎵🌄🌴 THANK YOU

Last video the interior shot showing the interior with all the ribs made Tally Ho look like something more than a hopeless derelict. Well the stern shot at 13+ minutes transformed the whole boat for me to elegent. Cheers from Michigan.

Your attention to detail is phenomenal! Many thanks for taking the time to put these videos together.

Am I the only one that gets the screaming heebiejeebies every time he takes that bloody great chainsaw to the keel timbers?

Thanks for posting and sharing your build. Glad Rowan was able to return to assist with this step. Thanks to Ceecaa for her announcement re IG & Facebook.

Awesome upload! She is really coming together now; so nice to see the sweep of the hull from the stern.

It's beautiful to see that hull take shape! Fine work Lady & Gents! Cheers 🍺🙂

A superbly filmed & edited video, which completely delivers the experience this viewer wished to see. Thank you

One hundred years from now, Leo's spirit / legacy will live on with whoever inherits this piece of art, as in "hi! I'm Igor. I'm a sailor and a boat builder. I'm working on restoring this old yacht."

Very skilled workmanship. Looking great.

Tally Ho has stopped looking like a boat in need of repair and now looks like art again. Congratulations Leo!

Absolutely beautiful. It is an amazing journey you’ve shared with us. It is so much fun to watch master craftsmen work because they work with passion.

Yes! Just turned on the computer...cheers...rr Normandy, France

I wish you all the best guys and you guys are very fortunate and lucky to be near sea, ocean or lake. I've never seen one in my life as I resides on a mountainous region, yeah I know only one thing that's rafting on a clear cold fast flowing river.

Thanks for bringing us along for this project. :)

The music is well matched with the inspiring skilled work done with such pride.

It is mesmerizing to see how the keel timber changes colour after a while. I will almost buy a block of it and shave a bit off everyday!

It must be very gratifying to begin to see the beautiful lines beginning to emerge. Love the channel.

Really starting to see the beautiful curves emerging from the structure now. Like a giant piece of fine furniture! Well done. Mark Presling, Queensland Australia

This is really satisfying to watch. The craftsmanship and ingenuity are first rate. I was surprised a while back to see him purchasing live oak in Georgia. I am not far from that area. We have five 60 foot live oak trees we are looking to have removed because they are too close to the house. I would have gladly donated them to this project if the timing had worked out. I guess he would have had to wait for them to cure for a long time anyway. Thanks for the well done series. Content like this has fully converted me to the 21st century way of watching TV! Tally Ho!

I've seen dozens of wooden boats (and fiberglass ones) out of the water and done a few prop installs... The prop shaft is almost never dead center on any wooden boat. It is more common to see them center on factory fiberglass hulls because they were made in a mold, but I suppose that makes it even more odd when you see that they are not center. Seeing that prop shaft pilot hole dead center on Leo's Stern Timber just goes to show what kind of real expertise it takes to get those details right. The rule isn't "measure Twice, cut once", it reads more like "Measure THRICE at every stage of building a multi-part Jig, then measure Thrice again..."

An excellent cameo from the English Rose. A joy.

That center line is so sexy. Wow! That really brings it to the next level. Well done and looking forward to the next chapter in this epic renovation!

I totally love the view from the stern showing the lovely lines of the frames

such beautiful wood, soon to be covered with more beautiful wood. she's coming along nicely. good to see your friend back.

You should consider selling parts of the lofting floor once you're completely done with it Leo, I'm sure there are tons of people willing to pay good money for a physical memento of this project and it could be a big boost to your funding

Hope Makita is supporting him. Talk about product placement! Big fan and draw'r of inspiration from him.

Rowan is the cutest

I love how the purple heart is tan/brown when fresh cut and then oxidizes to purple!

Looks fantastic inboard Leo

Love that Purple Heart! Such lovely wood. I was getting the feeling that Tally Ho was now starting down the home stretch. Plank and caulk and she can float! Well, not really but you know what I mean. Thanks Leo.

This shaving away to precisely land on the measurements reminds me of sculpture. Love all of these details and finding the glory in being exact! LOL

Now I see why people love this yacht. The shaping is making it a timber work of art. And for those who gets their rocks off giving it a thumbs down - don't watch it unless your life is one of negativity.

Congratulations for the great work.

Beautiful Craftsmanship 👍

It's interesting to see how both Leo and the Acorn to Arabella projects are relatively close in regards to the steps that they're both at, and to see how they either use similar techniques, or very different ones. It's almost like taking Comparative Boatbuilding 101.

Wow ,most beautiful work u all.true perfection here .such encouraging work to everyone watching.looking forward to seeing this boat in the water one day

So cool to see the lines now, it's going to be a beautiful boat.

Glad to see so many good looking chicks around you.

Well wow Leo she is really showing off her fair lines. I can't wait to see the planking on her. She has lines that denote beauty and her strength in keel and frame are self evident at this stage. Good on you all but especially you for taking on this exceptional challenge. I hope you have a friend shooting her on her maiden under full sail. That's a long way off I realize but this point was a long way off when you decided to purchase her. Tally Ho Leo Tally Ho.

Your girlfriend seems like a keeper. Y’all look good together I hope you both many years of happiness together. I love seeing young people happy you just don’t see a lot of that today. I believe in hard work makes for a happy life . You sure exemplify that , my dad was a boat builder but of the steel kind and his layout ability was in demand I wanted to build a wooden boat with him but it just didn’t happen. Can’t wait to see it through to the end . I wished my son and I could spend a week with y’all helping when you get to the inside finishing that’s my specialty he is an artist and likes woodwork too. But my health is bad I just think it would make of some good memories together.

All that Purple Heart looks amazing,seems like it's fairly cooperative to work with👍🙂

Thank you!

Her lines (12:59) are so beautiful, the shape she has become...❤️❤️❤️

Mildly terrifying to watch, hacking at the keel timber like that. Except you know exactly what you're doing! I've been continuously struck through this whole build just how hard this all would've been in the 1800s without power tools, and modern metallurgy in the tools and blades.

Just stopped in to see how your progress on theTally Ho is doing. She will be such a fine ship when she is completed. The Tally Ho will be splendid, I'm am sure on top the water with her sails unfurled and full of wind. I hope that it is you, that is her Captain. Not somebody or company looking out over bow, that didn't sweat, didn't hit their thumb with a mallet or had gone to bed with aching muscles. This for sure is a great undertaking. Just by the numbers of views and subscribers lets you know how special this is, It required something that a lot us wish we could done, We don't have the time, or it too late for us or the many like me wouldn't even know where to start, heck? We didn't even have the dream... But to see you and your other craftsmen your building your Tally Ho right in front of us. I come from the T.V. Generation and when anyone in a movie or a TV show shouted "Tally Ho !!! " It always meant forward we go ,there is no stopping. I guess when the Tally Ho is almost completed or near competition, you'll have a lot on your mind. Maybe this question is too early to ask. Will you: Do the "smart thing" and Sale the Tally Ho to some rich dude or Corporation.And the Sampson Boat Company can start building it's next boat, possibly in half the time because you learned so much from the Tally Ho and have all your contacts now and you know whats involved and you can finally... put some roots down and you will say "Good Bye Tally Ho" and maybe if you have the chance to see her again from the waters edge. You'll admire her with pride knowing you built her. She a fine ship.... OR WILL YOU, pick up your land anchors, Hoist your sails( sorry about the pirate expressions) and SAIL this Bitch around the world with your carpenter crew?????????????

Watching here from Philippines. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 I'm in halfway of watching all of your videos and when this uploaded 16 hours ago. I absolutely jump in here. 😁😁😁

Wow Leo, been a while since then to now… flashback 🎉 and now the rudder is ready to be hung!!

such beautiful colors and designs in the wood .. great job guys !!

She's got beautiful lines. Cheers

"Get your own damn tea!"...yeahh exactly.... volunteers ehh.

Nice work as always. Don't mean to belittle what you have done but can you imagine how much more work that would have been before them sweet power planers and saws. Incredible.

luar biasa proyek kapal pesiar ini, kompak tukangnya dan kreatif. salam anak nelayan

Leo she is looking really good quite a work of art ! And that is due to all your hard work lofting and geting her just right. Almost a shame to put the planks on ... almost.

I've being following this project from the very beginning and loved it. Since he started taking a chain saw to the keel, the stern post and all incredibly expensive 126 foot 12x16 red wood, I feel like I'm watching a suspension film. I'm no boat builder, but it looks like he might as well purchase several 6x8 redwood timber instead, and patch them up. I got no more nails left on my fingers!

AMAZING !!! You have made so much progress......keep it up and you are going to be in the water by 2021. Keep up the great work.

I have a confession to make. I have enjoyed watching Leo's videos tremendously and have been more than happy to support his project. But for the longest time it seemed to me that he was renovating the carcass of a beached whale. That is, until today. About half-way through the video, it suddenly struck me that he was actually working on a stunningly beautiful boat. What it was I still don't know, but while I was watching him shape the keel timber and sternpost she suddenly took shape in my mind. Maybe I finally could catch a glimpse of what Leo has been seeing all along.

Really liking the shape! And really looks like a boat now!

Thank you for the show.

this is so head to head with acorn to arabella .... .i love you guys buiding boats the real way !

We enjoy your videos Leo sir. You are going to have a SUPER LOOKING Tally-HO Boat.CHEERS to All.

Purple Heart is such a beautiful timber 😍

Bloody hell. It's a boat!! ... beautifil.

Wonderfull work!!!.... bravo

That Purple Heart sawdust is very pretty! I’d buy a jar of it with a classic picture of Tally-Ho on it to help support the project!

I liked the look of that cheeky little pixie the first time I saw her months ago, now that I've heard her speak, I like her even more.

2 views and 28 likes already. That's the spirit viewers 👍👍

You will be in the water in no time,you all rock

Leo, great progress on the boat, nice lines, a fair turn at the bow. But none of that is a wonderful as the smile of Cecca. I think she needs to do more camera voice overs and Cecca makes even the forklift look good with a cup-a-tea. Captain Jack Sparrow, you have one heck of a First Mate. But beware of the woman that can put a razor edge on a chiefs knife.

Her lines are starting to come together. She’s really looking beautiful I can definitely see when she hits the water she will be grand Indeed.

Just love the purple heart wood. I have some for an acoustic guitar that I will be building soon.

Great job ..... very clever man ....

Shaping up nicely ❤️✅

That is one big job Leo, I tip my hat to your work. Hope you have a planking party coming soon.

She’s going to be beautiful. You are obviously very good at what you do.

Thank you. I hope no chickens were harmed in the filming of this vlog. Tally Ho

Nice to see the use of a line laser, surprised it wasn't used much earlier.