(Duracell, I’m looking at you)

Though Tally Ho has nearly 10x the number of subscribers and is a bit more clued up donation wise it would seem. Plus many of the helpers are in the boat industry so they’ll have friends and contacts that help/kit can be sourced from.

The big point though is Duracell has a cat and Tally Ho only had the loan of a mangy parrot.

No, Tally Ho had access to dogs early on, hence 10x the number of subscribers 😁

I don’t think the Duracell couple are as natural in front of the camera has Leo and his crew have become, plus…how much fibreglass grinding do you need to see?!

How very dare you call Poncho mangy, utterly offended.

How very dare you call Poncho mangy, utterly offended.

TBF, Leo has looked quite mangy at times. 😉

I’m still really enjoying this build. It just feels like they are maintaining energy and we move ever closer to a wet bottom….

we move ever closer to a wet bottom….

Curiously aroused!

is a bit more clued up donation wise it would seem

Someone’s paying for the mast work (if it comes off) that surprised me.

we move ever closer to a wet bottom….

Curiously aroused!

Ooer, missus! Of course what you do in the privacy of your own home, etc, etc… 🤓

Fair play to him for not revealing the company who messed him about on those fuel tanks, although perhaps there will be a leak of that kind too.

Pretty shocking how badly made they were to leak like that.

Those ally tanks are a thing of beauty 😍
Be quite interesting to see how they make those giant alloo-minum catamarans too.

I was gutted to not be able to make the open-house thing at the wooden boat festival the other month. Maybe next year she will be in the water!

I’ve really enjoyed the series – now we just need to get some more Project Binky content.

Oh that was a lovely episode, he looked so happy.  The plastic tanks were so shonky that when you eventually see the aluminium tanks it’s a real wow moment.  They look incredible and are clearly in another league.  Getting them for the price of the materials alone is a real bargain as it took proper skills and tools to make them.  That was a real joy to watch

And the line “My name is Lauren, I’m a boatbuilder but not a sailor” was just brilliant

I loved all of it, but was most taken by Lauren’s T shirt.

Really good of him to offer to make the tanks – and a fine job he seems to have made of it, too – and well done to his employer for supporting it. It’s all too easy for companies to say no to this sort of thing.

Kudos to Leo for staying classy regarding the company that stiffed him on the plastic tanks.

an evening with leo

Now that’s really looking fine!

Please can I also bet: a wet bottom by June?

Good episode. I hope they’re leaving the bulwarks varnished and not painted, I like the contrasts and it matches the transom.

I started watching the Duracell project after a mention up above: Anyone else following? And more importantly – anyone else wondering about the amount of ‘structural’ things being removed?

Latest chop job:

You should maybe start a separate thread.

Though I’d like to thank you as your post has put me in mind of maybe breaking my cycle of depression and I’m thinking I should pop down to the large boat yard on the Clyde and maybe look to see if anyone is needing any help renovating their wooden boat. I’ve woodworking tools and machinery so would likely be an asset to someone.

And more importantly – anyone else wondering about the amount of ‘structural’ things being removed?

Yep…this has puzzled me too. And weight added/removed…tho apparently he is weighing everything and has a naval architect advising him. I have visions of it being launched and sitting there with the bow underwater. Also I can’t see how they’re going to end up with a nice smooth finish inside with fibreglass?

It doesn’t need a separate thread as there’s not enough to talk about and admire….i watch it more with a grim fascination.

I’m missing Pete 😐

I’m interested to see how the removable cockpit is sealed

early today, with some very strange in vid ad 🤔

Whoop, front door time 😉

Woo-hoo!

Glad to see he’s keeping the tradition alive.

😜

Very excellent.  Beautiful work

“how do you feel about making the front door?”

“Well, honestly, when you asked me, I thought you were joking…it’s the thing that makes you want to be a boat builder… I’m stoked”

Loved that line. Also noticed the practise caulking was done on the mock up they chainsawed the opening in to 🙂

Makes you wonder how much you can make from 450k subscribers, some advert revenue and a few patreons.

I keep wondering what he will do whens he finishes? Looked like a lot of staff which means it will get finished sooner.

I hope he sails it round the world and doesn’t just buy another rotten boat and cash in.

How shit is that

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-65543274?fbclid=IwAR3VMaBevQUtB5Y5VhD4c5Of1hh0KTuAd6P4PWNZ-ikazXf2xgktgxFbVPY

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsJpSuehQoF/

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