In this episode we pick up where we left off a few weeks ago as we arrive in the archipelago of Haida Gwaii.
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Music;
Brokeback - Wayward Jane
Jazz Apricot - Joey Pecoraro
2024-09-21 17:51:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Remembering some of the amazing wildlife that we saw in Haida Gwaii, both large and small... these photos are from a narrow passage named Ḵ'iid Xyangs Ḵ'iidaay, within the Gwaii Haanas Haida Heritige Site. At low tide you can see that the enti...
2024-09-17 21:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, we're back in Port Townsend - and what an amazing trip we've had this summer!
Over 1500 Nautical Miles of incredible scenery, sailing, and wildlife. Challenges of many kinds. Wonderful friends made, and many lessons learned.
And...
2024-09-14 20:54:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival was a lot of fun! It was really great to meet so many people on the dock, and apologies to anyone missed us.
Now we are lying low and recovering for a little while - all these festivals are exhausting!
2024-09-12 22:13:50 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we take a break from our big shakedown cruise for a special full-boat tour around Tally Ho, at sea!
What is it like to live on the boat?
Which parts work, which parts don’t work?
Where do we all sleep?
Wh...
2024-09-07 18:01:46 +0000 UTC View Post
We had a really fun time a Victoria Classic Boat Festival, and it was so great to meet lots of people on the dock!
Now we're looking forward to Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, which is next weekend, Sept 6 - 8 ...and we hope to see you i...
2024-09-03 19:44:40 +0000 UTC View Post
An incredible sail in the Strait of Juan de Fuca yesterday - our first sight of the USA for a couple of months, and the first fime flying the jackyard tops'l in open waters.
Victoria Classic Boat Festival, here we come!
In this video we continue to sail North, doing some metalworking repairs and modifications on the way (after we luckily come across a metal-lathe!)
We visit the huge abandoned cannery at Namu, and discover layers of history under the detritu...
2024-08-24 16:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As with any shakedown cruise, there are lots of bits and pieces that we are fixing and improving as we go. For instance, our anchor chain was not fitting into our chain roller properly, which was causing friction and wear. In a real stroke of luck...
2024-08-20 18:50:29 +0000 UTC View Post
We still can't get over the landscape of the West Coast of Haida Gwaii, or the deserted and uncharted anchorages that we are so lucky to experience. No boats or people for miles and miles and miles.
These magical places nourish something de...
2024-08-19 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
For a long time I wasn’t sure we’d be able to make it back from our summer cruise in time, but I’m now pretty confident that we will bring TALLY HO to both;
Victoria Wooden Boat Festival (30 Aug - 1 Sept)
Port Townsend Wooden Bo...
2024-08-17 22:57:36 +0000 UTC View Post
This was our magical, deserted anchorage last night - you can see Tally Ho near the bottom of the frame.
We are now on the West Coast of Moresby Island, having transited the notoriously narrow / shallow "Skidegate Channel" that separates th...
2024-08-14 19:22:49 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we sail TALLY HO North, all the way up the inside coast of Vancouver Island, BC. We hoist our Jackyard Topsail for the first time (with a small snag!), we test our Autopilot / Self-steering gear, and we transit some crazy rapids. We ...
2024-08-10 18:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Having lost our internet connectivity in the Hecate strait, we spent an amazing 2 weeks in the beautiful Gwaii Haanas Haida heritige site, remote and completely disconnected. I'm very excited to share more about that journey, in due time. For now,...
2024-08-09 16:53:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm writing this from a beautiful remote homestead near the Southern tip of Haida Gwaii, where we've been welcomed graciously and I've been able to use WiFi.
Yesterday, we crossed the Hecate Strait and entered the magical waters of Haida Gwa...
2024-07-30 00:41:25 +0000 UTC View Post
....and preparing to hoist the jib!
We were lucky to get some good wind in the San Juan islands, despite the reputation that the area has in the summer months.
2024-07-27 20:21:36 +0000 UTC View Post
There's something so special about getting underway early in the morning, and then watching the sun rise.
I love to think about how many sunrises have been witnessed from Tally Ho over the decades, in so many different parts of the world - ...
2024-07-26 22:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Erika bossing the mains'l flake in the San Juans. One of our current projects is to set up LazyJacks to make it a bit easier to drop and stow this huge sail !
2024-07-24 18:39:24 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we finally get to enjoy sailing Tally Ho after 7 years of work! We meet the whole crew - familiar faces, and a few new ones. We travel with a historic 1922 motor-yacht, we crash our drone in the woods, we make fresh pasta, and some o...
2024-07-20 18:50:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Studying charts and deciding on our next move... part of our evening ritual, best performed with an oil lamp and a glass of scotch.
I know it can be hard to visualise exactly where Tally Ho is, and where we are going. Would there be much in...
2024-07-17 21:35:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Sailing Tally Ho through this very narrow channel was a real thrill - I was a little bit concerned the we might hit the rock-face with the end of our boom at one point! Locals may recognise this as Spencer Spit, in the San Juan Islands. We've bee...
2024-07-16 22:26:57 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we finish the work on the capstan, provision the boat for a big trip, and depart Port Townsend heading North to the San Juan Islands - the first stop on our big summer trip.
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Music;
Bitters at the Saloon - Bird C...
2024-07-13 15:58:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It feels so good to be with a group of people who are all so happy to pitch in - every day, amazing food appears as if by magic, and then dishes get cleaned and cocktails are made. In the morning the decks are scrubbed, chores are done, and we're ...
2024-07-12 20:15:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The first week of our voyage was a "crew trip", with everyone from the build-crew who could make it. After years of working together, it was so amazing to spend a week sailing, swimming, and eating together - in perfect weather.
If you look...
2024-07-11 22:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post
For this first part of our cruise we are really lucky to be travelling with Argonaut II, a beautiful 73' wooden motor cruiser with a really interesting history. She was built in 1922 as a corporate yacht for the Powell River Company before she wa...
2024-07-10 16:34:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we finish installing Tally Ho’s original capstan, which was on the boat when it first launched in 1910.
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Music;
Cross the Road - Silent Partner
Hip Bone - Quincas Moreira
Reuben’s Tr...
2024-07-06 18:24:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting ready for our trip meant emptying Tally Ho of tools and cleaning the space down below really well. Here's a view of the chart table and galley area before it all got loaded up again with cruising supplies and provisions!
There are a...
2024-07-04 21:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm so grateful and happy to be underway on Tally Ho, with the best crew I could ask for, in an incredibly beautiful part of the world, with a summer of adventure ahead.
I'm also so grateful for all the kind words after the last video. I kn...
2024-07-02 21:26:12 +0000 UTC View Post
A short, bonus episode!
This video is a bit different from normal, but I’m excited to give a very quick real-time update to explain what is happening right now, and to talk about what’s going to be next for Tally Ho.
2024-06-30 17:48:37 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we start installing the Capstan, after sending it off to be coating with zinc and painted. We also take Tally Ho our for another sail, and this time hoist all of our light-weather sails - the topsails!
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2024-06-22 17:02:09 +0000 UTC View Post