Tally Ho (yacht)

Tally Ho[1][2] is a 48 ft/14.6m (LOA) by 44ft6/13.5 (LWL) by 12ft10/4m (beam) by 7ft6/2.3m (draft) [1][3] gaff cutter yacht designed by the renowned artist and yacht designer Albert Strange. She was also later named Escape, but is now again known as Tally Ho.

Tally Ho, originally named Betty, was built in Shoreham-by-Sea (Sussex, England) by Stow and Son for Charles Hellyer of Brixham (Devon, England) for relaxed cruising and some deep sea fishing. In 1913, Charles Hellyer commissioned the larger Betty II and sold Betty, ownership of which passed in 1927 to the then Lord Stalbridge, who renamed her Tally Ho.[4]

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. Unusually for him, Tally Ho was designed with a transom stern and a cutter rig.

Tally Ho was one of only two yachts from the fifteen starters[3] to complete the 1927 Fastnet Race,[5][6] under heavy conditions finishing second, 52 minutes after the John G. Alden designed 30 ton schooner La Goleta, but winning on corrected time.

This ship is the subject of a rescue mission, that is, a plan to move, repair, restore, reposition, and refit her. The effort is claimed to be urgent, as the ship has to be moved from its present shipyard, which is going to become part of an expanded sewage treatment facility. The hope is to eventually facility her return to the British Isles.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Leather, John. Albert Strange - Yacht Designer and Artist. Lodestar Books. pp. 45,94,209,212,214. ISBN 9781907206320.
  2. ↑ Clay & Miller, Jamie & Mark (1999). Albert Strange on Yacht Design, Construction and Cruising. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Albert Strange Association. pp. 134–140. ISBN 0 9526160 0 9.
  3. 1 2 ASA. "Albert Strange Association". Albert Strange Association.
  4. ↑ Clay, Jamie; Miller, Mark (1999). Albert Strange on Yacht Design and Construction (First ed.). Ipswich, UK: Albert Strange Association. pp. 135–140. ISBN 0 9526160 0 9.
  5. ↑ Loomis, Alfred E. (November 1927). "article by Loomis". The Sportsman.
  6. ↑ Lord Stalbridge (October 1927). "article by Stalbridge". Yachting Monthly.
  7. ↑ yacht Tally Ho website
  8. ↑ The Mission to Rescue Tally Ho

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