Build and launching of Outcast.

These pictures were taken from the Power and Sailing RB web site,they have made the Proteus 106 one foot longer and rebranded it as an RB36.the boat was hull number one,it was lofted by hand and is not from one of our kits,we are told our kit will save even a pro builder some 400 working hours,thats 50 days at 8hrs a day!

Sailing catamaran RB 36'
Plywood - epoxy construction.
Angelo Lavranos, naval architect designer.
Heavy duty, living aboard vessel.
This boat is ready to sail around the world at an unbelievable price, ready to sail away, included the rig and an outboard motor fit inboard.
Custom made interior, plenty of space and storage.

Our 36 is a nice Angelo Lavranos design,
Excellent cruiser and potentially a good racer. Nice living aboard for a couple and good machine for long cruises and passage making.

RB 36 Base (Plywood / outboard).
RB 36 Luxury (Honey comb construction, luxury interior, 2 x 14 hp sail drive motors).

January 2010 special offer

Left click the picture to view full size.

For the month of January 2010 we are including shipping in our kit price offer,this is on larger boat kits,not dinghies,unless a dinghy is included in the main boat kit order,includes shipping port to port.This means you can now have a Proteus 106 catamaran kit to your main sea port for just R169,000 or U$28,837 only,plans are not included,terms and conditions apply.

Optimist kit set ply panel packing picture

Our orders are well crated and packed,when the crates lid is fastened down,the crate with then be steel banded as well.

Argie 15 kits set panels

This is Mike displaying five of the six panels required for the the Argie 15 dinghy marine ply panels,we use a high quality 6mm thick five ply Ockume veneer marine ply stamped to BS1088 marine grade,you can see the amount of work our kit sets save you.Our kits contain all parts required to the designers materials list,including epoxies,copper wire and glass tapes.

New mast rigging cable made by Colligo Marine in the USA

An emergency stay kit.

Jack Molan -San Carlos, Sonora - Mexico,Jack replaced all of his standing rigging on his 34 foot trimaran,this is Jack holding up his new rigging with just one hand!
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/09/howto/ropes/index.htm read this for Jacks story in Duckworths Magazine.


Inovation in a box,every cruising boat should carry one of these emergency standing rigging kits.

Actually its not a cable,its rope but very special rope made from synthetics,its twice the strength of the stainless wire it replaces but weighs only one sixth,so in the case of a yacht around 37ft,you can pick the entire standing rigging up with one hand! it costs about the same as 316 stainless,so the change to a better line and the massive saving in weight will cost you no more,so your boats extra performance and load carrying will cost you nothing extra,we will now offer this option to all our pre built and mast kit customers.

A word about Quality at Colligo Marine

Our Goal at Colligo Marine is to bring to market the highest quality product.

We strongly believe that "Quality Sells Itself" and that is our Mantra.

About our Safe Working Load (SWL)

We pull test a statistical sample of all of our products, manufactured or purchased components. The SWL is determined by us by the mechanical pull testing that we have completed by an independent lab.

Colligo Synthetic Systems

All of our Colligo Synthetic Systems hardware has a 2/1 design factor of safety (SWL is ½ of actual breaking strength). Finite element analysis is completed on our critical hardware along with pull testing to determine the actual breaking strength. All of the hardware in our Colligo Synthetic Systems line is Made in the USA.

Whies patent white fuel system Hebburn on Tyne

Taken from the Hebburn.org webb site.
Aquitania (from the Big River)
Posted by kevin blair on 27/12/2009, 6:49 pm
Message modified by board administrator 27/12/2009, 7:01 pm

This is a photo from the The Big River, Port of Tyne/Gazette publication, showing the Aquitania arriving on the Tyne in the early 1920's to be converted from coal to oil burning. The link to Hebburn is that she was being fitted with The White's of Hebburn Patent Oil Burning System. I wonder what yard it was carried out at. There seems to be quite a crowd watching the arrival. The tug at the bow is the Hendon.

Ian Cape Cutter 19 progress

Ian in Picton,South Island has reached the stage when the deck is epoxy sealed prior to painting,he has his Sampson Post fitted and even fitted the 316 stainless fittings we supplied with his kit,I think Ian will be sailing soon.

Canvas Spray Dodger for sale

with the addition of the new hard dodger,the used canvas and 316 stainless steel one is for sale,cheap at R3000,with its now faded canvas,it needs a little service work but as made by North Sails it has a well made history.


What is supplied,as in the picture:

Width of main hoop at base 2250mm,this can go in or out a little but basically suits a boat around 43 feet long.

One main hoop,one secondary hoop,which is hinged to the main hoop.
Base plates for attatching the main hoop to the coach roof top.
One pair of special long rigging screws to addjust hoop tension,base plates to attatch to the coachroof.
All stainless steel is in 316 marine grade
One fabricated curved plywwod base,in two pieces but will reasemble easy enough.
One alloy Bolt Rope Track to attatch the front end of the canopy to the curved base.
One North Sails canvas canopy cover with a front zipper vent panel for air flow when required.

Yacht hard dodger fitted

Transformation complete,our old canvas spray dodger and 316 stainless steel frame work is now for sale! One great feature with the new hard dodger is I can easily walk on the roof top and get at the mainsail,which was impossible before. Our complete kit includes clear 6mm toughned glass,not plastic sheeting such as perspex or lexan, which will always fade and scratch with time,we can offer glass with a light tint in pale blue or brown to suit your requirements.

Fitted,it transforms the boat and adds huge space and comfort to the cockpit. We can ship world wide as a flat pack,one kit is already in New Zealand,we require your boats cabin width and depth of space available,we can also pre make for customers who can collect,or crate and ship world wide to your order.

A vent light is very important,we supply this pre cut in the standard kit,the hand made teak trim is optional,we can make these to your custom sizes, for windows and hatches in other wood species such as mahogany,beech or oak to suit other applications,they will post world wide easy enough.We also stock Thaiteak ventlight rings and grabrails,from one loop to seven loop sizes.

Fitting took a few hours only.

Hout Bay Harbour,early morning loading from our truck to the boat (its not at all heavy)the hard dodger meets its boat at last,even now its looking good but still needs scribing to the cabin top and fastening down,it will go about 40mm lower when fastened.