Want some inspiration mixed with humor from a charismatic young guy who knows how to get things done?
Try watching Leo Goolden as he brings back the 47’ teak-planked TALLY HO to the glorious gaff cutter she was when launched over a hundred years ago in England. This vessel, designed by Albert Strange, lies under a shed in Sequim, WA, that Leo built next to the shop/apartment he rejuvenated—helped out occasionally by Poncho the parrot and Brian the dog.
The backstories, and there are many, can be found on Leo’s website, his Facebook postings, and on the Albert Strange Association’s TALLY HO pages.
In addition, Leo wrote a piece on TALLY HO for SOUNDINGS Magazine – “Tally Ho, Adventure! The Quest to Put a 1927 Fastnet Winner Back on the High Seas”.
October 28, 2017 – Episode 9: A Stiff Breeze to Bermuda
I’m on a crazy mission to restore a historic classic sailing yacht called Tally Ho. To help fund the project, in this video I go to work delivering a Three-masted Gaff Schooner from Rhode Island down to Bermuda. We leave Newport into the tail of a storm and have a fast and exciting sail South.
John McCarthy says:
Leo is an extraordinary young man living an extraordinary life. I am building my first boat … a 12ft plywood, lugsail sloop, … and find it challenging enough. But watching the nonchalant way Leo tackles any problem is very inspirational.
Lorentz Ottzen says:
Mr. Goolden is certainly a very enterprising young man. The way he has tackled the Tally Ho project is remarkable. I have enjoyed it very much so far. It has inspired me to finish my own little project.
Lorentz