Classic Boat — January 2018

Craftsmanship

CLASSIC BOAT JANUARY 2018 83

C/O JOE LOUGHBOROUGH

C/O BARNEY SANDEMAN

Edited by Steffan Meyric Hughes: +44 (0)207 349 3758

Email: [email protected]

Yard News

Since winning our ‘Yachtsman of the Year’ in 2016 for restoring a

Folkboat and sailing it to Antigua, Leo Goolden has taken on the

restoration of the 1910-built and Albert Strange-designed yacht Tally Ho,

winner of the 1927 Fastnet, as previously reported. Having transported

the boat to a site in Sequim, WA, Leo lives on a home-built mezzanine in

the workshop next to the boat. He crews on schooner Adix to keep funds

topped up. Work so far has included uncovering Tally Ho’s huge teak keel

timber, jackhammering the concrete out of the bilge, removing the prop

shaft and also lifting the 15-ton boat up off its lead keel using shop-

bought bottle jacks. He is documenting his work and adventures

meanwhile in a series of highly entertaining films on YouTube, which have

so far received more than 360,000 viewings. We’ve put our favourite on

our website, classicboat.co.uk. Just search ‘Tally Ho’.

SEQUIM, WASHINGTON

Tally Ho work underway

JAN HEIN

RHODE ISLAND, USA

One in, one out, at Loughborough Marine Interests

It’s a case of ‘one in, one out’ for boatbuilder Joe Loughborough,

who seems to benefit from an infinite string of major projects. This

summer saw the end of a 10-year refit on a very special motor

yacht: Carina (ex Old Glory). She’s Joe’s own boat, designed and

built by the American naval architect and shipwright Fred

Lawley in 1918, meaning she is celebrating her first century on

this earth. Fred Lawley, like his father George, was not known for

innovation or speed, but earned a good reputation for graceful,

comfortable, well-built, seaworthy boats. At 58ft 9in (17.9m), Carina

was a real challenge. The double carvel fir planks might have been

okay – but just about everything else needed attention and the

lazarette, floors, frames, stem, 35ft (10.7m) of the wood keel, aft

cabin, saloon, wheelhouse and all systems were rebuilt, revamped

or replaced. The wheelhouse was added at the famous Nevins

shipyard in 1922 – four years after Carina’s launch. Joe has restored

her to this iteration, as it gives great comfort and accommodation

without degrading the boat’s appearance. The deck went on largely

‘as original’, and her current engine, a 140hp D333 Caterpillar diesel

of 1960 vintage, was refurbed and reinstalled. This summer, she did

a timed run at 9.5 knots (above, right). “The level of quality in my

clients’ boats has been reflected in my own project,” reports Joe.

Rhodes-designed sloop

There’s no time to relax, as a client-owned Rhodes sloop has arrived

at the shed (right). Kirawan arrived from California, a 2,500-mile drive

on the back of a lorry – a big adventure for a 53-footer (16.2m) with

12ft 6in (3.8m) of beam. She is now at the assessment stage. “I

don’t think it’s as serious as Dorade or Santana [previous LMI

rebuilds],” says Joe. Kirawan has great pedigree, having won the

Bermuda Race a month after her launch from the Brooklyn, New

York, yard of Jakobson and Peterson in 1936. A previous serious

refit on the east coast started but fizzled out due to lack of funds.