Last December I decided that my next boat project would be a model because I am running out of room for boats on trailers, I’ve built six and still have five of them. Links to blogs describing these boats are listed below on the right.

For some time I have been interested in the long deep keel sailing boats epitomised by the Pilot Cutters from the southwest of England. While browsing these boats I came across the first of Leo Goolden's Tally Ho videos and have been watching them since with ever increasing interest.

My interest in Tally Ho led me to choose her for the model. This will be a working radio controlled model, not a display model.

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Wednesday 7 August 2019

Tally Ho Sails.

Finally I reached a point where I couldn't wait any longer so I loaded Tally Ho into my 4x4 and took her to a local reservoir. Here she is rigged up but still on the trolley. The deck is temporary; thin ply held in place with gaffer tape and tupperware hatches. Not very elegant but enough to keep the water out while I am still testing the radio control servos, etc.


Between the last post and today I tidied up the (temporary) rigging using the blocks. Here are a couple of photos showing a bit of detail.







The model weighs about 30kg and the trolley adds another 5kg so the whole package is more than I can lift for transporation. I had to build a ramp.


Tally Ho was loaded up and taken to the water. This short video shows what happened - I was by myself and working the camera and RC transmitter was difficult hence the limited video. Thanks to my friend Paul for editing the sky and beach out of the raw video.


I was pleased with this first outing despite the very light wind (almost none). Several things need tweaking:
Ballast needs adjusting, she is sailing down at the bow.
Not much rudder control at low speed under sail made changing tack difficult. Maybe make rudder a bit bigger?
Foresail sheets need to work better. The number 2 is often on the wrong side of the forestay. More wind would fix that.
She wants to round up into the wind. Could this be a result of being down at the bow?



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