Descendants of John Solomon Taylor, born Islington, London, England 1877; Died 1922, Whanganui, New Zealand (my Wife’s Grandfather) may be interested in a posting recently to the Family Research/Genealogy pages on my Website – Brushes with the Law

Another item of interest is the 1889 Thames Star article “A Thames Divorce Case” Taylor v Taylor concerning the parents of John Solomon Taylor: John Henry Taylor and Lucy nee Clark. This find has identified for the living Taylors a number of previously unknown cousins with surnames Greenwood and Watts.

I acknowledge the assistance of the National Library of New Zealand and its Papers Past collection of digitised historic New Zealand newspapers. These items are extracts from the Wanganui Chronicle and Thames Star.


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Hull being laid down

Hull being laid down - step 1

Hull laid down

Hull laid down

 

Today, 5 May, Zac Haar who assures me he is the boss at Carboglass Mouldings proceeded with the laying down of the hull for the prototype boat.

The next stage is to build the deck and cockpit. For the prototype optional fixing points will be provided for the rigging. This will allow testing to determine the most efficient configuration.

Viv and I today also discussed the important question of transporting the boat. What we have in mind is developing a motor vehicle roof rack with a “slide on” arrangement to assist with lifting on and off. The boat at approximately 6 metres in length lends itself to vehicle roof topping within the limits of the traffic regulations.

I shall be posting a further situation report early next week.


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