Classic Boat Festival
Masts and pennants
On a fine summer morning Gráinne went on an expedition to the Victoria Harbour…
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Varnished Mahogany
…to the Classic Boat Festival – Click Here for a link to the Maritime Museum Classic Boat Festival Website.
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Knot
We saw motor, human, and wind powered vessels of all sizes!
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Forest of Masts
We were really excited to be here…
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Famous Boat
…we especially wanted to see a particular boat…
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Tally Ho!
…the 1910 Gaff Cutter Tally Ho! Re-built and painstakingly documented over several years, we’ve been watching the process on You Tube videos for almost five years, all through covid and after. What a treat to see the boat in reality!
Click here to see videos, up to 198 of them at time of writing…we recommend going back and starting at the very beginning!
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sheets
Gráinne sat on the top rail, but didn’t venture any further on board as there was no-one about to ask…
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Isobel K
Not too far from the Tally Ho we spotted a pretty boat called the Isobel K…
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Hitty Chair
…and the kind woman invited Gráinne inside to rest her pegs for a moment on the Hitty Chair.
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Reflection
Boat-y people are such nice, and interesting people!
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Quimper Hittys 
It’s great that you got to go to this festival, especially with Gráinne alongside. It’s fabulous that “Tally Ho” was restored and that you’d been watching it’s progress for all those five years. I too treasure watching the restoration of things that need a nudge, care and skill to get rejuvenated.
It was glorious fun to see all the boats gleaming and polished and beautiful! Gráinne was in her element!
More wonderful photos, your dolls have the best adventures!
I have a doll in my pocket most of the time! They do like to travel around the house, the garden the city, the world! I like to see the world through their eyes, the big issues seem smaller and the small ones bigger!
I hope the dolls so not get envious when someone gets to go on an adventure 🙂
oh my goodness , what an amazing sight. So perfect for your little Pirate. Thanks for the link to learn more. Beautiful boats!!
Gráinne was extremely happy to see all the boats, and especially the Tally Ho, whose restoration we have been following for ages!
That looks a fabulous adventure. I love old boats.
The old boats were a sight to behold! We really enjoyed beholding them!!!
What a wonderful sight! Gráinne is perfectly nautical in that outfit – in fact, gold earrings and a tricorne and she could be a Pirate Queen 😊.
Gráinne certainly thinks of herself as a Pirate Queen. She does actually have a tricorne, and would LOVE gold earrings, but I didn’t carve her with ears unfortunately!