Great care is taken with any order we pack, done to a shipping requirement standard we are sure the order will arrive in the same condition as packed.
plastic sheeting went over the parts we
see, then soft packings and cardboard to
hold the parts in place, when the plywood
lid was screwed into place, 16mm steel
band strapping secured the crate as well.
We offer the freight and shipping cost at the net cost to ourselves, packing we charge for materials and labour,
Two Optimist kits will be packed for shipping by sea next week.
The test pack layout shows me how high the final packing crate is to be?
We make the crate strongly and with a good quality 12mm thick WBP plywood, which can be reused in the clients workshops at a later date.
We have been making and shipping the well known Optimist dinghy design and as a plywood CNC kit set for nearly two decades.
We can also supply Optiparts such a mast and boom, floats, mast lock etc etc
Shipping World wide is often done, this twin pack of meranti wood will be shipped to Switzerland soon.
This is a double Harken deck gear set, both to be shipped out with the two Optimist kits we are working on now.
Each order can be designed to your requirements.
The Dixi dinghy is our smallest kit, when the parts are cut from the 2500 x 1220mm xx 6mm okoume plywood it easily fits in a mid sized car.
We have a very nice North Sail, used ( I was told ) in International Racing, was it Barcelona?
This sail has been used very lightly and shows no marks or related damage.
We can ship a kit and this sail to most places ?
This North Sail has since been sold and with another two Optimist Dinghy to a builder we have supplied before in Zurich, Switzerland.
We started making the Optimist as a plywood kit quite a while back, since when they have sold to places like New York, San Francisco, Zurich and a good few other destinations.
We have sent a number of them to the same builder in Zurich, more may be on the way soon, this is one of that builders work and from one of our plywood kits.
With each kit we supply is a detailed builders guide, a building jig to our own design, options can be Optiparts, Harken deck gear, North Sail, etc etc.
Floats can either red or grey, supplied by Optiparts. We can also supply the Optiparts masts sets and related parts.
At this time we use imported French made marine plywood , its light weight and stronger than some other makes?
We started production of our Optimist wood epoxy dinghy kits back in 2004, so next year will be the second decade of production for us.
Please contact me for pricing and delivery.
We are shipping a Proteus 106 kit set to a professional boat builder in Italy, he will do the assembly for his client who resides in Germany.
A Paper Jet 14 dinghy was built from a CKD Boats kit set, its build was a feature over three issues of Sailing magazine.
Dudley is offering plans to his Explorer 18 day boat now.
We can offer in both Okoume marine and Far East hardwood plywood.
The marine ply option uses 14 sheets of 9mm and 1 sheet of 4mm okoume plywood, total price is U$2073 or Rands 39,385 ex Cape Town, shipping is possible and at our cost.
Plans are U$300.00 which is Rands 6000 at todays R.O.E
With the South African to U$ dollar rate being weak on the SA side a new price and using all imported plywood's, shows that even with the extras plys for the Mini Keels that are now supplied over the standard kit, there has been very little change in the total pricing.
As a part of the manufacture of parts suitable for the Aries Wind Vane self steering gear I am now producing the plywood Air Vanes in imported marine plywood.
The ply is special in that it is a five veneer ply and stronger than the original three ply build.
Now being CNC cut and shaped to a pattern taken from one that Nick Franklin of Aries in Cowes I.O.W supplied me with.
In stock now, as are the Vesconite Hi Lube bushes.
They can now be supplied as a made to order kit using special Vesconite Hi Lube material, the Vesconite will far outlast any other product on the market?
Please contact me on pricing, I can ship Worldwide using Fedex.
I have been producing a range of new parts for the Hillman Imp for some years now.
Please supply your email address if you would like a copy of the last PDF that I produced on parts available.
There are also recycled original parts such as this transaxle clutch fork, a later version.
Delivery by Fedex is working well as they are very quick to deliver and cost effective too.
An indication is from last week, an Imp saloon rear side window glazing rubber, Cape Town, South Africa to Budapest, Hungary in just five days!
For many years I have been servicing Aries Vane Gears.
This one has been serviced and has new Vesconite Hi Lube bearings fitted, Vesconite is ultra had wearing and not likely to wear out.
The owner of this one wishes to sell it, please contact me for the contact details or pricing on a Vesconiite bearing kit.
The St Ayles Skiff we cut and supplied to the Hout Bay Yacht Club is in regular use, a second craft is now being considered?
There are around 8000 of the mark three Aries Vane Gears out there, they share the same gear sets as the later lift up Aries too.
There is a shortage and need to find a supplier who can make the gears to an Imperial ( inches) size?
I now have samples made and if there is enough interest in them I can consider making sets in either bronze or stainless steel, they could also be fabricated in sections in alloy?
