A GODLY BUILD
When he was 10, Phillip Heaney experienced a significant lifestyle change. His family sold their home to live aboard the beautiful 40-foot timber ketch Trade Winds in Sydney Harbour’s Rushcutters Bay. The yacht was a one-off design with Jarrah below the waterline and Oregon topsides. It had been built in 1950 — the same year Phil was born, so their lives had concurrently begun.
“Phil and Margaret have seen 6540 nautical miles pass along the keel of Athena, while the dependable Yanmar diesel has recorded 1046 hours”
The family worked on the ketch and did a bit of coastal cruising. Phil subsequently did a boatbuilding apprenticeship and went on to a very successful career in the marine industry. aboard which he and his wife Margaret enjoyed trips to Queensland and Tasmania as well as extended cruising around the South Pacific.
