Another STAPY (Very Cool Wooden Boat Edition)

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:

Leo at the beginning of the Tally Ho project

If any other Alert Readers have a nomination, send it my way.

Here are a couple more pictures:

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