Australian Amateur Boat Builder — January 2018

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Spinnaker Pole Fittings Jeffery’s No. 2

Highfield Levers Black Glue

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The last of the yawls disappeared from around Killough about
25 years ago, and their floating heritage could have been lost
forever without the skilful intervention of Harry Henvey and
Harry Magee.

Now, Jim Taylor has pitched in with his own dedication to
the Killough yawl builders and fishermen by constructing his
own replica of the Marian in a shed in his adopted town of
Stansbury on the
eastern shore of
Yorke Peninsula in
South Australia.
While there will be
shakedown cruises
in the waters off
Stansbury, the South
Australian edition of
the Marian will be
officially christened
in time for Yorke
Peninsula’s Saltwater
Classic in April, a
biennial event for
enthusiasts of wooden
and classic boats from
around Australia.
“I have built her for
my grandchildren as
a labour of love that
preserves our family
links with Killough, my
original home village,”
Jim explained.

“She is true to the design of the Killough yawls with her
sweeping bow and slender beam, and I made her in the same
manner as the boat that I helped my old friend Harry Henvey to
build when I was there last year.

“My Marian is constructed of European larch and jarrah and
instead of being a traditional double ender I have made a
square stern to mount an outboard motor. But she will be fitted
with a lugsail and it will blossom over the boat whenever the
weather is kind.

“Sadly, I was travelling around Australia when Harry died and
I did not know of his passing until after his funeral in Killough,
which was attended by around 300 mourners.

“Harry lived his whole life under the beam of St John’s Point
lighthouse. He was a humble, but highly skilled man with
calloused hands from working with wood to make real boats
the way they have been constructed for centuries.

“While the Marian made in Stansbury is my tribute to Harry, to
my forebears and to the village of Killough, my grandchildren
will be able to use her to experience the way their ancestors
went to sea. She is a safe boat, and a good boat that will stand
the test of time.”

So, Jim Taylor’s labour of love truly gives strength to the
famous old words: Though the seas divide us, hands across
the sea.