THIS episode, I meet the Grandson of Mark Spinks, who Skippered Tally Ho in 1927 when she famously won the Fastnet Race, and continued to run the boat while she was under the ownership of Lord Stalbridge. We take a look at the rest of Tally Ho’s history, and then I travel to Bristol to meet John R-B, who builds replica Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters in the Underfall Yard, and who first took me on as an apprentice when I first started doing wooden boat work. He tells us a little about the history of Pilot Cutters, and talks about why yacht designers return again and again to their classic lines. Finally, I travel back to the US and take a long road-trip from Boston down to south Georgia, to visit Cross Sawmill, where a huge amount of Southern Live Oak (Quercus Virginiana) is being milled for me, to be used as framing stock on Tally Ho back in Washington State.

It's a bit of a long shot, but does anybody live/have a friend near IRON CITY, GEORGIA...? Looking for a place to sleep for a few nights - from tonight/tomorrow :)

THIS episode, I visit local boatbuilder Luke Powell and his team, who are building an enormous Pilot Cutter called Pellew, which is a copy of the Vincent, originally built in 1852. Then I head back to Butler & Co’s yard in Penpol, and explain how I fit a shutter plank into the hull of the new traditionally built Ferry that is being constructed there.

This episode, I do some work on an old yacht in the Butler & Co shed; BANDOR, a 1938 Dallimore designed sloop. The Epoxy lamination goes well, despite the cold. The new Ferry build progresses, and I visit some friends who are rebuilding an old fishing boat to start a business with. We also meet a likely candidate for the youngest boatbuilder in Cornwall! Blue River Table

Been visiting some amazing projects here in Cornwall.. This is the bow of Pellew, the massive new Pilot Cutter being built by Luke Powell and team. https://www.facebook.com/FalmouthPilotCutterPellew/

In this episode, I travel to the UK to visit my family and do some work for a friend in his Boatyard, to save some funds to go towards Tally Ho. In Cornwall, I cut Floor Timbers out of English Oak, to put into a new-build foot-passenger Ferry. The really interesting thing about this Ferry is that it is a real working boat - it is designed to load passengers by driving right up onto the beach (where there is a waiting tractor with some kind of gangplank). The ferry company tried using Steel and Fibreglass boats, but neither material lasted nearly as well as their older wooden boats - the steel boats would lose their paint and rust, and the Fibreglass boats just fell apart. So, when they needed replacements, they decided to go back to traditional wooden boats. Apparently the last boat that Butler & Co built for them is the fastest and most fuel-efficient boat in their fleet.

THIS episode, I cut and fit the big hook-scarph in the Purpleheart for Tally Ho’s Keel timber. It’s a very dense hard wood, so it takes me some time, and lots of tool sharpening, to get the faces nice and clear, fitting well. Moving these timbers around is a real challenge because of their weight (the larger one is about 1.5 tons), but is possible with lots of levers, jacks and rollers, and is just the kind of work I enjoy.

A little preview of PART 1 of the next episode of "Rebuilding Tally Ho", in which I finally make a decision about my Keel Timber, and go and get the biggest pieces of Purpleheart I have ever seen! ...see the full video at https://youtu.be/uqXvWIEFzHk, and let me know what you think. Cheers!

A little preview of the next episode of "Rebuilding Tally Ho", see the full video here https://youtu.be/XVxrC0_6FSQ ....and help me make the difficult decision about my keel timber!

New Year - New Timber...! Fair winds for 2018 from TALLY HO.

EP 12 of Rebuilding Tally Ho. Watch the full video - https://www.youtube.com/sampsonboatco. I get attacked by a rogue falling deck beam, remove knees and chainplates, and find a wasps nest. I also visit some boatbuilders and a bronze foundry in Port Townsend, and finally launch my Pateron site. To become a Patron; https://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco To donate; http://sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho/ My Amazon Wishlist; http://a.co/1YdyXCu To see more sneaky pictures of progress on Tally Ho between videos, follow my instagram;�https://www.instagram.com/sampsonboatco/ Thanks for watching!

If you somehow haven't already heard, there is a vote in the USA on Thursday which could severely damage how the internet works, removing the rules that stop big providers from abusing their power, and letting them decide what information we get to see. If this happens it may only be a mater of time before the same happens all around the world. For a more in depth explanation, see https://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-what-you-need-know-now What you can do; Wherever you live in the world, file your name and support of Net Neutrality with the FCC, as soon as possible. The vote is on Thursday! This will take an easy 2 minutes thanks to John Oliver: 1. Go to gofccyourself.com (the shortcut John Oliver made to the hard-to-find FCC comment page) 2. Next to the 17-108 link (Restoring Internet Freedom), click on "express" 3. Be sure to hit "ENTER" after you put in your name & info so it registers. 4. In the comment section write, "I strongly support net neutrality backed by Title 2 oversight of ISPs." 5. Click to submit, done. - Make sure you hit submit at the end!