Our call for more STAPY (Sailish Totally Arbitrary Performance of the Year) awards worked! Alert Reader Jim Stewart submitted the following:
You have to include Leo Goolden with his rebuild of the historic TallyHo in Port Townsend. He must get a million views a month on his YouTube channel and is a huge benefit to the local wooden boat community. -Jim Stewart
I had not heard of Leo Goolden, but a quick look at some of the videos (check out www.youtube.com/@SampsonBoatCo) is eye-opening. Goolden is undertaking a massive project, the restoration of the 120+ year old gaff boatTally Ho. This restoration has been going on for 5 years and Goolden’s YouTube channel has 431K subscribers! A lot of questions come to mind, like what’s Tally Ho‘s backstory? How did Goolden get here? More importantly, where does he get the energy for this project? What will Tally Ho end up doing when she’s beautifully functional again? My guess is the answers are all in the videos, and I suggest readers with an interest go to his YouTube channel. In the meantime, here’s a taste:
If any other Alert Readers have a nomination, send it my way.
Here are a couple more pictures:
Kurt grew up racing and cruising in the Midwest, and has raced Lasers since the late 1970s. Currently he is a broker at Swiftsure Yachts. He has been Assistant Editor at Sailing Magazine and a short stint as Editor of Northwest Yachting. Through Meadow Point Publishing he handles various marketing duties for smaller local companies. He currently is partners on a C&C 36 which he cruises throughout the Northwest. He’s married to the amazing Abby and is father to Ian and Gabe.