Tally Ho (yacht)

Tally Ho is a gaff-rigged cutter yacht designed by the artist and yacht designer Albert Strange.[1][2] The 48-foot (15 m) yacht was built in Sussex, England and has previously carried the names Betty, Alciope, and Escape. In 2017, the Albert Strange Association, then owners of the boat, sold it to an English boatbuilder to be completely refit.

This article is about the 1910 British yacht. For the World War II-era British submarine, see HMS Tally-Ho. For other uses, see Tally Ho (disambiguation).

Tally Ho
Development
DesignerAlbert Strange
Year1910
No. built1
Builder(s)Stow & Son
RoleRecreational cruising
Hull
Hull weight30 long tons (30,000 kg)
LOA48 ft (14.6 m)
LWL44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Beam12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Hull draft7 ft 6 in (2.3 m)
Rig
Rig typeGaff
Sails
SailplanCutter

History

Albert Strange is best known for the canoe yawl with a double-ended or canoe-stern hull and the two masts of the yawl rig. However, Strange designed Tally Ho with a transom stern and a cutter rig, which was an unusual design for him.[1] Originally named Betty, the boat was built in 1910 in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, by Stow & Son.[3] The boat was built for Charles Hellyer of Brixham, Devon, England, for relaxed cruising and deep-sea fishing. In 1913, Hellyer commissioned the larger Betty II and sold Betty. After two other owners and a name change to Alciope,[3] ownership of the boat passed in 1927 to the then Lord Stalbridge, who renamed her Tally Ho.[2][4]

Tally Ho was one of only two yachts from the fifteen starters to complete the 1927 Fastnet Race.[3][5][6] The yacht crossed the finish under heavy conditions, 52 minutes after the John G. Alden–designed 30-ton schooner La Goleta, but won the race on corrected time.[3]

While still based in Southampton until the 1960s, Tally Ho made multiple transatlantic crossings. In 1967, Jim Louden of New Zealand embarked on Tally Ho, heading home via the Panama Canal. After briefly chartering in the Caribbean, he made his way to Rarotonga by July 1968, where he chartered to transport 20 tons of copra from Manuae 120 miles (190 km) away. While heaving to at Manuae waiting for daylight, the boat drifted onto the coral reef near the island, stoving in the port side, grounding her on the reef. While being floated with empty oil drums, Tally Ho rolled over, and in the process lost her mast, bowsprit, and rudder. Still, the boat was able to stay afloat long enough to be towed back to Rarotonga to be rebuilt.[4]

After some years, she worked as a fishing boat out of the Port of Brookings Harbor, Oregon, until 1987, under the name Escape.[4] From 2010 until 2017 the yacht was kept on stands in a boatyard in Brookings-Harbor by the Albert Strange Society.[7]

2017 restoration

Until 2017, the Albert Strange Association owned the boat and had planned to restore and refit it. The hope was to eventually facilitate its return to the United Kingdom.[8] Facing difficulties in their refit plans, in June 2017, the Association sold Tally Ho to English boatbuilder and sailor Leo Sampson Goolden for $1. He moved the boat to Sequim, Washington for restoration.[9] Goolden has gained media attention for his videos of the restoration, which he publishes on Youtube.[10][11]

Specifications
  • Length overall (LOA): 48 feet (14.6 m)
  • Length at waterline (LWL): 44 feet 6 inches (13.6 m)
  • Beam: 12 feet 10 inches (3.9 m)
  • Draft: 7 feet 6 inches (2.3 m)[1]
  • Hull weight: 30 long tons (67,000 lb; 30,000 kg) TM[3]

References
  1. Leather, John (2015) [First published 1990]. Albert Strange: Yacht Designer and Artist. Lodestar Books. pp. 45, 94, 209, 212, 214. ISBN 9781907206320. OCLC 898156025.
  2. Clay, Jamie; Miller, Mark (1999). Albert Strange on Yacht Design, Construction and Cruising. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Albert Strange Association. pp. 134–140. ISBN 0-9526160-0-9.
  3. Danielsen, Thad (September 2017). "Tally Ho Gets a Lifeline". Classic Sailor. No. 17. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  4. Clay, Jamie (November 24, 2013). "Albert Strange with Stow & Son: Tally Ho". Sandeman Yacht Company. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  5. Loomis, Alfred E. (November 1927). "article by Loomis". The Sportsman.
  6. Lord Stalbridge (October 1927). "article by Stalbridge". Yachting Monthly.
  7. "Tally Ho". Albert Strange Association. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  8. "Yacht Tally Ho". Albert Strange Association. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  9. Urry, Amelia (October 14, 2019). "One man's mission to save a historic ship built a digital community". Communities. High Country News. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  10. Erickson, Anne (August 2, 2019). "Saving a historic sailing yacht on the Olympic Peninsula". KING 5 Television. KING 5 Media Group. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  11. Lasse, Johannsen (April 2, 2018). ""Tally Ho": auf den Spuren ihrer Geschichte" ["Tally Ho": on the Trail of its History]. Yacht Classic (in German). No. 2. p. 108. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
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