Tally Ho by AntonyUK

[AntonyUK]

The boat Tally Ho.

 

I got interested in this cutter from a YouTube series by Leo.

https://www.youtube.com/@SampsonBoatCo/videos

Followed the build all the way through. Leo is a Boat builder and sailor. (His words)

 

Started on this boat in August 2024 by ordering a set of plans from the Albert Strange Trust https://albertstrange.org/

 

I decided that the model should be :-  1000mm at the waterline and 1173 from Stem to Sternpost and a 287 Beam.

I used Fusion360 (Home hobby version) to bring the 2D plans into 3D which took me till December.

My son purchased a Laser cutter for me as a Christmas present. 22 watts and a cutting bed area of 410X400.

Then it took me 2 months to learn how to use it and to set it up in my shed with a Ventilation extraction system.

The software I used was Shaper Origin Addon in Fusion. to export the .svg file to Inkscape. And then into LaserGRBL for the cutting interface to the Laser cutter.

 

The Stem Sternpost Deadwoods are 16.6 timber. They were marked by laser engraving a line onto the timbers and band sawing the parts out. They were finished to size using a Proxton mini mill to square and split the laser line.

The Bow and stern sections were assembled and checked and glued.

 

The Keel was made up by using a bread and butter construction method. The layers were cut on the laser using 4.2mm pine from my local DIY store. I had 4 dowel pin holes along the length of the keel to ensure the straight and true alignment.

Dry assembled and checked for length shape and alignment. All good so on with the gluing.

The frames were laser cut using 6mm laser ply. This was my first real cutting with the laser.

 

The Bow Stern and keel were glued and pined together. Wow this is going to be a BIG model.

 

I also designed a Jig to build the boat on fusion to help with the alignment.

 

Building this boat inverted as it best for me. The keel and Stem and Stern post were added to the Jig then the frames were placed in place on the jig. Everything looked spot on so i glued them together.

Small bits if off cuts were added between the frames to maintain the correct frame spacing.

 

Now we are up to date with the build as it is now.

Next week.

Going to fill between the frames with 40mm insulation foam boards. This will provide me with something to fare the frames and to lay fibreglass onto.

Not done any fibre glassing before so ANY advice would be helpful.

Regards AntonyUK.

[dvm27]

Love Leo's build and yours as well. I'll bet if you e-mailed Leo he would send you a piece of timber you could incorporate into the hull. I have corresponded with him in the past and he is indeed as nice as he seems

[Keith Black]

 No Pancho? 

Edited Saturday at 09:15 PM by Keith Black

[Jim Lad]

A very nice subject to model. She looks a good sturdy boat!

 

John

[jerome]

An excellent choice for a scratch build.

Tally Ho is a beautiful sailboat.

 

[AntonyUK]

Good evening. 

Greg. Im'e sure he would if he was still in his workshop. I liked the choice of timbers he selected for the rebuild.

Keith.  Pancho has been a part of Tally Ho from the beginning. along with the hens and the dog.  Always nice to see.

Jim, Jerome. I like the lines of the boat and its a easy to model as the drawing have all the information needed.

Just sourcing the Polyisocyanurate boards. local supplier calls it Celotex. Must be this type of foam so it can be laminated with any resin without dissolving.

Then on with the fill between the frames.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Keith Black]

 The Tally Ho journey has been an important part of my life from the first episode. I've followed a couple of MSW Tally Ho builds that have come to naught. I hope you're more successful, Anthony.  

[AntonyUK]

Hi Keith. yes I have seen them. poor health ETC. Shame as I liked the Little pancho and the Forklift.

I have never Not finished a model As yet... but Age and health .. Who can tell.

 

Regards AntonyUK.