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What this video covers

The 50-ft gaff cutter *Tally Ho* transited the English Channel from Lyme Regis to the Solent, navigating the Needles channel during a flooding tide to avoid dangerous overfalls.0:51 The crew bypassed the Southampton Boat Show, instead docking in Warsash to meet a 90-year-old acquaintance whose grandfather skippered the vessel during the 1927 Fastnet Race.3:26 The voyage continued up the Hamble River to the Elephant Boatyard, a facility specializing in wooden boat restoration, and then to the historic shipyard at Buckler’s Hard.11:08 Following a period of maintenance and a public meet-and-greet, the boat completed a 26-hour passage from the Solent back to Falmouth, utilizing a rare weather window of light northerly winds.12:02 The vessel arrived in Falmouth ahead of incoming heavy weather to begin winter maintenance and rig modifications in preparation for the next Fastnet Race.14:21

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