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What this video covers

Leo Goolden shapes the cutwater and stem of the 109-year-old yacht Tally Ho, using an Arbortech turbo plane wheel on a Makita grinder to remove bulk material before refining the lines with a power plane and chisel.8:47 He adjusts the stem’s profile to match historical photographs for greater authenticity.4:23 To inform his choice of timber for deck beams, Goolden inspects the 160-ft schooner Zodiac in Bellingham, observing that the vessel’s green Oregon oak beams exhibit significant checking and joinery movement, though these remain purely aesthetic issues.7:51 He subsequently roughs out the rabbit on the Tally Ho stem, leaving a quarter-inch margin for final fairing with battens.10:14 Finally, Goolden constructs a custom single-axis steel cart to transport long planks and timber stock delivered by Eden Saw, successfully moving the new materials into his workshop with the help of local volunteers.19:20

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