Watch Leo Goolden as he sails the 47’ teak-planked TALLY HO after restoring her to the glorious gaff cutter she was when launched over a hundred years ago in England. This vessel, designed by Albert Strange, was rebuilt in a shed in Boat Haven in Port Townsend, WA and is now out sailing.
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”.
September 20, 2025 – TALLY HO – Episode 228: Sailing into San Francisco City to Fix TALLY HO’s Damaged Mast
In this video, Leo and his crew sail into San Francisco Bay, under the Golden Gate Bridge, and are hosted at the amazing Spaulding Marine Center. They use Spaulding’s machine-shop for some metalwork – to prepare brass strips which they then install on the mast to help prevent chafe.
dennis gross says:
Are all the tape during the reconstruction of the boat available?