Imp rear window panel from CKD Boats cc

This is one we have had under wraps for some while,with the original steel framed opening windows being both heavy and mostly rusty,we looked to install a fixed glass panel,here it is.

With the special rubber seal fitted around the Imps rear window from,the 5mm tempered glass panel is ready to fit.

The first two 5mm glass panels have now been sold,lead time for more looks like three weeks,we can ship to most places with the correct rubber seal.

Note how clean the back of this Imp looks when the stainless window suround and push button opening lock is removed.

Fitting with a 4mm draw cord requires two people.

Jean and myself fitted this glass and rubber,first time too!

How easy can this be.

Fitting the rubber,in this case the front wind screen,the picture is taken from the Rootes Hillman Imp workshop manual,paoge 5 of section 0.

The draw string method on the cars front screen is also used on the rear and side windows

R McB

Sunbeam Sport Exhaust Manifold for sale

Now sold,we will use the original Sunbeam Sport exhaust manifold to copy to make more to special order.

This is here in Cape Town,South Africa right now,it is not a copy or a repro,its the genuine artical and is for sale at the great price of R1800,plus postage if you can not collect.

Rootes Sunbeam Sport exhaust manifold,new and never fitted.

This is now a rare item as new,it will fit all Imps and even the standard Solex carburetors,normally it will use the twin Strombergs and alloy inlet manifolds.

Brought in as a special import and never used.

Jaguars in the rain.

Seen here in Hout Bay,what a fine line up of classic jaguars.

Picture by R McBride using a Canon G11 camera on an auto setting.

Speak up for your self,how hard can that be.

My Goodman Mezzo 2 speakers have been working really well,then a while back I noticed a slight side noise on one speaker.I tried new 1.5mm multistrand wires,cut to the exact length of  5mtrs so as to balance the pair,the ends were also hot soldered as well. I also tried changing the feed wires over on the Sony amplifier,the noise just changed speakers,so one was faulty,can you blow one of these superb Goodman speakers in normal domestic use,I doubt that?

To inspect start with the rear cover,you need to remove the back covers external screws,there are 12 number 6 six sized  x 1 1/4" long posi drive headed ones on these speakers,make sure they are a tight fit when you re fit them,a match stick often sorts out a loose one.

While the sound output was probably better with the new wires,the noise was still there,it was sort of a scratching sound.

Was a wire inside between the two internal speakers loose? the only way to find out was to have a look.

I normally keep this set to its mid way point,whats on the otherside,lets have a look.

Wow! thats a lot of gizmos,I must check Google to find out what they all do?

Large Woofer and Tweater speakers.

This is Little and Large,the larger speaker has some impressive magnets on the back of it.

Checking the fixing nuts on both speakers,I found they were all loose to some degree.The smaller ones are 1/4"and the larger ones 7/16",so you need an imperial set of spanners. Note there was a thick pad of 3" foam over the speakers,do not forget to put that back!

I ended up checking both speakers out,I think the service worked and I can hear clearly now,so folks do not be scared to try things for yourself,how hard can it be?

R McB

Bokke & Blomme has a good reception

The first trading day went well,peices of all shapes and sizes sold,some items ran out too.
they can remake a standard design to suit your specific needs,plus produce as advertising give aways for your company with a trade or personal logo on them.

Speak to Janet or Nigel for your specific needs.

The Didi Mini Transat deck pack kits

We have produced these from the first boat we built to the Dudley Dix Mini Transat design.Most ship to buyers of our CNC cut boat packs but not all,Kyrill is a customer who built his boat from plans but bought our deck pack later on.

Kyrills Didi Mini Transat is rather dwarfed by a large power boat,the place is the island of Mallorca in Spain but the order from Kyrill was placed when he and his boat was in Switzerland.

The stantions are special to CKD Boats cc,we designed them in house under discussion with the first boat customer and have done them this way ever since,we can powder coat the alloy silver or black,colours may be an option too?

The engineering kit includes the stantions,push and pulpits,316 stainless chain plates and tiller assembly.We can also offer the alloy keel foil and 300 kgs of hot pour lead ballast.Rudders and foils are also available,either as finished to an epoxy primer,or as CNC shaped blanks.

This boat is the Mk1 version,the same engineering pack will also fit the Mk2 and also the Mk3 versions.The Harken deck package has been supplied by us on a number of occasions also.

Introducing Bokke and Blomme

Janet was given a 36 hour lead time to set up a new retail stall at Hout Bays new Market,it will open as a stall to the public at 4pm but the trade and press will be there from 2pm.After friday the normal times for saturday and sunday will apply,friday evenings promise to be fun,they close a 9pm.

Now open and selling!

The new stall went in today,bit of a rush but now trading on day one.

 Spot lights will be added later today.

Janet has a wide and rather interesting range of items,most she designs but is quite open to others who have the idea but not the skills to make them.

CNC shaped and either hand or spray gun finished,some paints are textured too.

The range changes all the time,whats on display today may have to be remade for you.

Picture and mirror frames are possible,just supply your artwork or mirror.

Corporate signs and the alphabet letters are a good line,any script seems possible too.

The company banner,looks like a lot of options to me.

The opening hours are 4pm on a friday,10am on saturday and sunday,closing will be 9pm on friday with 5pm on a saturday and sunday.Entry is free,so is the parking,they have many security guards on duty,you may want to give them a tip on your way out.

On the beach in Hout Bay Harbour

This was once a really great spot to careen your yacht,there was an opening under the north wall and sand used to wash in and out off the beach proper,now its closed the sand is less and the fishing boats tend to take the space we could use between tides.

As seen looking from the pier in front of the HBYC club house,looking left.

Is it not great when sea birds stop in mid flight so we can catch them on a photograph!

click on any picture to view in a larger size.

R McB

The Water Level

This is not about how to level water,it does that on its own anyway,rather about how to transfer a specific point from one place to the other.A simple length of 6mm clear hose bought for under R30 from our local Mica store simplifies my job of transfering an important datum line.

In this case its construction but it may just as well be the waterline on your boat,do you want to add a boot top line,is the waterline out of level right now,or are you building a new boat and need to level your bulkheads up? Marking the waterline on both sides of the bulkheads will save you a lot of time later on when fitting out.

6mm clear tube,filled with clean water and with two stopper plugs in each end to keep the water in place when its not being used.

Note,remove the stoppers when in use.

To start find a handy spot on the wall,transfer the datum mark to there,then from that point transfer back to what ever your trying to level,the reason we do this is as once the mark is transfered,we always know where we started,do not use a tree,they have a habit of growing!

How hard can this be.

R Mc B

A comment,please contact me if your interested in this device.

Hi Roy - just saw your blog on the water tube. Which reminded me of an "invention" I tried to patent about 15 years ago. Essentially it is a refinement of the water tube leveller, but has a wide reservoir on one end so that the water levels do not rise and fall on either side, allowing actual height datums to be read. See attached PDF.

I was amazed to see an article in SA sailing a few months ago by Aussie Bray detailing the exact same thing -said he couldn't remember where he read it - I meant to write to him and ask him but never got around to it.

But its genuinely quite a useful contraption!

The Proteus 106 sailing catamaran

This just has to be one of the best boat packages on offer,the size and space you get in the boat is amazing,the performance is what would be expected from such a well known designer as Angelo Lavranos.

This is Rick on boat number one,that was built from  plans in Thailand before we were licenced to produce the kits.