Guyana, Devils island group, St Joseph Island

This picture has been taken from high up on the island of Royal and what was once called French Guyana.

The anchorage is where my family and our Endurance 37 cutter spent some two weeks enjoying the islands.

Check that approaching rain squall , we had exactly the same the day we arrived and the islands just vanished from our sight.

I have a chartlet if anyone needs one?

Roy

The USA Wooden boat show

Dudley Dix showed three of his designs this year and two won awards, one was in first place and the other in second place.

From left, Hunter Gall's DS15, Kevin Agee's Argie 15 and my Paper Jet.

This 26th edition of the Wooden Boat Show proved to be an exceptional one for us. The weather was good and the show was well attended, with a tremendous amount of interest in the two brand new boats. The high quality builds were rewarded with first place for Hunter and runner-up for Kevin in the "Owner-Built Sail" division of the competition. I extend my congratulations to both of them, their hard work and attention to detail really paid off.

http://dudleydix.blogspot.co.za/2017/07/argie-15-ds15-at-wooden-boat-show.html

Congratulations to the builders and the designer!

Roy

Ferodo VG95 competition brake linings

Simply the best and as made in Great Britain  by Ferodo.

Priced at Pounds 44.00 per set of four linings, they are very affordable, the postage price with tracking is available on request.

Two packs of four shoes have been sold to a race Imper in Germany, so just three sets left!

This image shows that the linings shape to fit the Imps eight inch brake drums made by Girling.
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These are now a rare item and cannot be repeated?

I have some five sets of four that could be for sale.

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Tim Millinton the well known Hillman Imp tuning expert rated them very highly.

Contact me for pricing etc.

Roy

Jaap's Argie 15 kit is collected

We use a well known national courier for country wide deliveries, this Argie 15 kit will travel over night and probably reach its destination within a three day period.

The main pack is the plywood and is steel band strapped between two sheets of 9mm thick OSB board (oriented strand board) Jaap has been advised to have a pair of suitable side cutters ready for when the kit arrives.

We used imported French made marine plywood produced by Joubert.

The Argie 15 kit is off to  a town on the East coast of South Africa, we can of course ship Worldwide.

Roy

The Argie 15 kit, now with imported French marine plywood

The French marine plywood made by Joubert  is very good, it is also more expensive than some other makes?

We have just received an Argie 15 boat kit from our CNC shop.

Nice lable to keep for the proof that the boat was made using the French made okoume marine plywood?

This Argie 15 kit has the optional side seats, so an eight sheet of plywood kit.

We also supply some of the consumable such as epoxy, glass tapes and filler powders as well

Roy

British Seagull fuel tank restoration

This shining tank was bent and battered, the top filler had been crudely cut off with a disc grinder.

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A new solid brass filler next was specially turned out on a lathe, then an specialist metal worker removed both ends.

When the ends were off the tank was straightened, then the ends were re attached.

Four days work, that is just the tank!

Easy, no but just look at the result.

A special British Seagull transfer will be fitted to it next.

This is the condition that this engine was in when it arrived from Pretoria, South Africa.

This picture shows the same engine and some months later, stripped and restored and ready to be sent back to its owner in Pretoria.

Roy

Basils Argie 15 gets a power upgrade

Hi Roy

Now Argie 15 equipped with electric engine and swimming ladder.

To protect the hull, I added 1,5 mm inox profiles to the runners.

Have a good day,

Basil

KD 860 plans and materials supply.

One KD 860 we did supply materials to is the one in the picture.

With permission from the designer, we can also supply the plans and the building instructions, we then pay the designer his plans fee.

This KD 860 was made longer so would really be named a KD 100.

The boat was built here in South Africa.

Roy

The KD 860 design as a kit set

We are about to do a KD 860 bulkhead set and export it to the customer.

The design fee and plans can be purchased onl line from the Bernd Kholer K Designs web site.

Please note, the pictures are from the K Design web pages and are representative only.

Contact me for details on shipping a flat pack of pre cut bulkheads to you.

Roy

The Toy sized Toylander kit

Sized to fit in a large padded envelope and posted to you world wide.

A licence fee to Real Life Toys is payable and will be included with the bill of sale.

The first Toylander kit we cut was full sized !

Roy

Superform Bending plywood, do you know about it?

Gavin came in his closed van to collect a few sheets of our Superform bending plywood.

Gavin was a past customer and knew that this was possible.

The sheets are 8mm thick and sized 1220mm wide and 2440mm long.

Superform bending plywood is imported into South Africa by CKD Boats c c

Its also waterproof to a certain extent.

Contact me for pack lot prices.

Roy

Didi Mini Transat by Dix Design

One day Dudley Dix called me and asked would I be able to CNC a set of his Didi Mini Transat design bulkheads?

My reply was positive and we took it from there.

Royal Cape Yacht Club, that is Cape Towns Table Mountain in the background.

The bulkheads were followed later by the hull and deck skins, by then I was building two of these boats to orders from customers.

Check the finish, this is a 6mm thick hull skin only but as we used the best quality 6mm okoume marine plywood available, it was a five ply, the surface is stable and takes paints well.

Contact me for details on this and other Dix Design boats.

Roy

Boat building materials

This Dix 43 aft cockpit pilot saloon yacht was built by Andre, he sourced quite a lot of the interior materials such as bending plywoods and exotic veneers from CKD Boats cc.

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We send congratulations to Andre and on a job that looks really top class.

The boat is now on its first voyage, this one will be by road transport.

All the best Andre and have a good trip.

Roy

Dix 43 in radius chine okoume marine plywood/epoxy

This yacht was built here in Cape Town, South Africa and by one person.

The hull build time was just six weeks, some help was given by others to set the 18mm thick bulkheads up.

The RCYC slip in Table Bay Harbour

Total time to do the hull and decks was around fourteen months, then the fitting out took place.

This is not one of our CNC boat kits but it does give you an idea what mainly one person can create given the time and effort.

The same yacht and on the HBYC marina in Hout Bay, South Africa.

The yacht at the V&A Waterfront in the Cape Town Harbour.

Back in Hout Bay.

The yacht has since been sold.

Roy

One of our Optimist kits has been built in Zurich.

Contact me for the builders contact information.

Roy

Hi Roy

Thank you for the optimist kit you sent me.

I have just finished the Alinghi "cult" Optimist. The boat is now for sale.

Please find attached some pictures.

Have a good day?

Regards

Basil