Tally Ho aground, Cook Islands, 1968 (Patreon)

I've only just discovered this amazing photo of Tally Ho hard aground in the Cook islands in September '68. She was swept by local currents onto the reef as the crew slept, waiting for dawn. She would probably have been lost if it wasn't for the kindness of a passing New Zealander in a fishing trawler, who helped fill Tally Ho with empty barrels and then towed her off the reef. She lost her interior, her mast and rudder, and had to have part of her port side rebuilt, but she lived to tell the tale!

I only have this photo because the grandson of the Kiwi Rescuer saw my videos and got in touch with me. Amazing!