Brer Terrapin and trade wind sailing back from Rio de Janerio

Its taken me some 35 years to get this bit of information!

News just in from one of the guys in this picture,was it in 1976? Peter Hosford was one of these guys,the boats new owner was Dennis O Brien and he took the picture but who was the third crew member?

 He says, by the way, that the other guy on board Brer Terrapin was Dmitri, a guy he met on the beach in Brazil and who went over as crew. Great fellow he says. Peter will contact you soon because he'd like to catch up when they are there.

Cheers for now,

Ian Allen
Yacht Tip Toe
Picton
New Zealand

This was one of those rare fine weather days on the trip back from Rio and heading for Cape Town,the year was 1976,the yacht was Brer Terrapin,an Ingrid 38 designed by Atkin and built in South Africa to a very high standard by Pip Smith.

KD 860 by Bernd Kohler

Yes,we are still doing the boat kits and this really smart 3D picture was supplied by Andrea who is building a KD860 with materials we supplied.

Left click for a larger image.

We do the CNC cut work on the bulkheads you can see the outlines of,plus supply the materials as specified by KD who did the design.

Andreas KD860 in real life,he has chosen to build the boat upside down,there are benifits doing it this way but building it the right way up saves the task of turning the hull later and you can walk inside your boat from quite an early stage.

Note,this KD860 has been stretched to 32 feet,thats around 10.6 meters,find out more @ http://www.industrialdesignandmarine.com/wboats.php

Hillman Imp competition or fast road cylinder head

This 108 series sport head and R20 camshaft is ready to fit to its new 998cc short engine but first we need the other small parts arrive from one of our UK suppliers. Then we can finish fitting the cars under body and turn the Imp shell 180 degrees to start on that side of the project.

Left click the picture for more detail.

The R20 competition camshaft,camshaft carrier and tappet followers are all brand new and an import to this project,the steel inlet and exhaust manifold is made here in South Africa,we export those when we can get them,there is normally a waiting list!

Attention was made to hand fit the new inlet/exhaust gasket.

With all new parts,including bronze guides and BMW oil seals,the setting up of the head still took some five hours to get right.

We can supply gas flowed Mk1 and Mk2 cylinder heads to order,also small or large bore fabricated exhaust manifolds.

Roy

1968 Morris Mini 1000

Hiding in a garage is another engine,this one is not diesel but petrol driven and it has a Morris Mini car with it.

This barn find is a 1968 Morris Mini 1000,it has none standard wind up windows and vent lights,not normal on a car of that year I seem to think.More pictures will be posted when they are available,so keep checking this page.Thought not to be a South African assembled car,they had wind up windows in Australia before the UK,was it made down there?

The car really was taken apart,the entire undertray looks to have been repainted,the sub frames removed and the same with those,so I think we have an early rust free early Morris Mini 1000 here.

Front sub frame and steering rack,none disc brakes on this model.

A nice clean engine bay,I will find out what the state of the engine is?

With such a strip down and a full respray,this car should find a genuine collector who can also drive his or her car daily.

The car was restored about 15 years back,then parked and has been little unused since,I may find a buyer,who knows? I can bring the car back up to a high standard given the suitable buyer with the suitable funds.Remember this is the genuine thing,its not been chopped or made into some dream mini by a previous owner,we just need to change its none standard dash board and go back to the original type.

Shipping world wide,with a special low price to the UK when our competition Hillman Imp is sent there,as they will fit in the same container.
Regards

Roy

Cape Town

021 790-3859 phone and fax lines.

Ian Allens visit

Ian is a local,well sort of,we are both ex Royal Cape Yacht Club members and go back a long way,we supplied to Ian the last Cape Cutter 19 kit we were allowed to sell,he built it down where he now lives in Picton,New Zealands South Island.

Ian with the competition Hillman Imp we are putting together.

Ian was here on a visit to see his mother,he and his son Scott fly out to go back home today.Ian was telling me of a visit to his building project of the Cape Cutter 19 kit by the well known yacht designer Chuck Paine,he designed such boats as the Apogee 50. Ian owns and runs a B&B in Picton,so if your looking for a decent place to stay,contact Ian.

Ian & Paula Allen ian.allen@xtra.co.nz

The Gables info@thegables.co.nz
Web Site www.thegables.co.nz
Tel / Fax 64 3 5736772

Picton town,South Island,New Zealand

Hi Roy,


Big day for me on Tuesday the 9th of November, I launched Tiptoe after three years of building and three days before turning 60. The last few days were something of a mad flurry to complete rigging jobs. She came off her trailer eagerly, floated beautifully on her marks, and received champagne and blessings like the little lady she is. The first thing I did was to leap aboard and test the swinging keel down then up and had a little whoop when that all went smoothly. I started the outboard and motored out and then set genoa and main in a perfect breeze and had the unparalleled delight of that first sail - nothing to beat it - and I was thrilled at the way this gorgeous wee boat performed in a 12 knot breeze.

A picture of the complete family,wife,dog and boat,who could ask for more!

The only problem I had was that I had not realised that two screw holes from fixing floor bearers to the keel casing had in fact penetrated the casing and had not (foolishly on the part of the builder!!) been properly filled, resulting in a constant trickle of water into the bilge. So, any guys building out there should be warned, take care to see that all holes are properly filled before the big day!

Anyhow, the occasion was a thrill and Tiptoe came back onto her trailer a treat and I have now sorted the little bits and pieces needed to go sailing my new boat again sometime soon.

Cheers,

Ian

Perkins 4108 diesel engine service kit

Found on offer from a specialist,I can see that a used Perkins 4108 engine can be rebuilt quite cheaply.

This rather complete engine rebuild kit will cost your just a few hundred pounds,all I need now is a spare Perkins 4108 engine so I can rebuild it! So what have you got hiding in your garage?

Roy

021 790-3859 phone and fax line.

The Road in Ausi and what they say about Vespermarines Watchmate AIS

AIS WatchMate 850 - Display with built in AIS Transponder
Availability: In stock ( New Zealand)
$1,099.00 USD

Contact CKD Boats cc to make your purchase.

From: Shirley Bowen [mailto:tafbow1@yahoo.com]


Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:13 AM

To: Roy McBride

Subject: The ROAD calling 22nd June 11



Hi to you both,



Hot off the press, we (one hour ago) dropped anchor in Fannie Bay Darwin, in what I fervently hope and trust will be our last anchorage in Australia. But more of that in my next news letter.



Shirley has asked me to tell you that now that the Church has sanctioned same sex (I refuse to use the "gay" word) marraiges, she is eagerly awaiting a simular dispensation for mixed marraiges between humans and machines, as she has fallen in love with the Vesper Marine AIS.

During our trip north, especially in the restricted waterways of the barrier Reef, it proved to be a godsend.

Well that's about that for now, having sailed for 10 days straight, and last night with no sleep, it is obviously time for a few beers.
Love to you both, will write in more detail soon.
Taffy, Shirley. and of course Rubbish

June 21st 2011,Winter Solstice in the Cape

For us Winter Solstice was yesterday.

We needed a new 5mtr long top zip fitting on a boats main sail cover,Anna supplied the zip and sewed in new side panels some months back but when to fit it was the issue,its always (it seems) blowing down here.

I checked yesterdays weather report,seemed to be a perfect day and so it was,no wind to speak of,the main

needed to go up and down a number of times,checking reef lines and lazy lack lengths etc,we even had time to have a cuppa at lunch time with Athol of the yacht Perrazim.The main stayed up all the time,not a great day for sailing but really good for what was to be done.

Note the clouds in the sky,for sure a sign of a change in the weather to follow,it was just blue skies early on,left click the picture for a better view.

Henry gets a head again

This time its the head of our good friend and fellow HBYC member Justin Phillips,ex Commodore and committee member.

Justin called on us to check on the competion Hillman Imp/Singer Chamois Sport build and the fitting of a front disc brake kit set.

Henry gets a head again,this time its Justins!

Roy