The Loggerheads Inn, North Wales

Another picture of a Welsh public house was taken in 1961 and by my dad Robert Henry McBride.

Our Morris Oxford is loaded with camping gear, the registration was OKC 475, with a 1400cc side valve engine, it was not the most powerful of cars for camping.

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Loggerheads
We Three Loggerheads
Loggerheads Loggerheads shown within Denbighshire
Population	(2001)
Principal area	Denbighshire
Ceremonial county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Vale of Clwyd
Welsh Assembly	Vale of Clwyd
List of places UK Wales Denbighshire

Coordinates: 53°09′16″N 3°12′51″W / 53.15433°N 3.21423°W / 53.15433; -3.21423
Loggerheads is a village in Denbighshire, Wales on the River Alyn, a tributary of the River Dee.
It has a country park which follows the course of the River Alyn through karstic limestone countryside including the sites of old lead mines and mills. there is a working flour mill on site.
A leat or leete, built around 1824 follows the side of the valley nearby and was used to carry water to the lead mines of Mold Mines, on land owned by the Grosvenor family. It is now the popular Leete Walk. The name Loggerheads may come from the dispute over estate boundaries between the lordships of Mold and Llanferres. The final boundary is marked by Carreg Carn March Arthur which is said to bear the imprint of Arthur's horse's hoof after it jumped from the nearby mountain, Moel Famau. The local pub has a sign showing two men grimacing at each other with the words We Three Loggerheads,^[1] taken from a painting by Richard Wilson. The third loggerhead was the viewer.

Fifty years on and the place is little changed.

Roy

The White Horse Inn, Cilcain, Wales

As a family we went camping to Wales many times per year.

Click on the images to enlarge them.

What is special about the picture below?

Well my dad took it and in 1963, I think it was a winter ramble we were on, not camping as there is very little flora growing at that time.

Fifty two years later and the White Horse Inn is much the same as it was back in 1963.

My dad Robert Henry McBride, (r.i.p) took the picture, at the time he was the photographer for The Liverpool College of Building.

I later became a student at the same college.

The reason we were in Cilcain, was that as a family we were members of the Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland and members of the Liverpool and North West Wales section.

Camping in Wales for us was a very regular event, I may be able to find record of who's farm field we used?

http://cilcaintoday.delfryndesign.co.uk/page27.html

News just in says that very little can be seen to change but that the old sign has been removed to allow for a table and seating.

Roy

Volvo MD21 Hurth gearbox identity?

Can anyone tell me anything about this Hurth marine gear box?

There is no makers plate on it but it has the word 'Hurth' cast into its end plate.

It is sitting on the bell housing for a Perkins 4108 marine diesel.

It was removed from a Volvo MD21 marine diesel engine, it has no raw water cooling and has a forward gear reduction of just over 2:1.

I would like to know what model it is and if there is a workshop manual available?

What oil does it use, I think it had engine oil in it?

Roy

Cruising Sails for sale

New and unused, each sail has been taken out of their new sail bags just the once.

Suitable for a larger sized vessel and intended to fit an Endurance 48 designed by Peter Ibold.

Made by  Ellens & Hudson in tan Dacron.

Both sails have bronze piston hanks, I can arrange to have a Bolt Rope fitted if you want to use the sails on a furler with bolt rope groove in a foil?

Sizes;

Number one Yankee, 75%,   Luff 15.00 mtrs Leech 9.50 mtrs  Foot 8.40 mtrs weight of cloth is said to be 325 grams. Area is 36.28 M2 or 390 sq feet.

Price R9000.00  or about U$ 670 at the expected exchange rate.

Drifter, 150%,  Luff 16.00 mtrs Leech 15.10mtrs Foot 10.60 mtrs , weight of cloth is said to be 250 grams.
Area 77.40 M2 or 833.10 sq feet.

Dimensions are ex the Peter Ibold Endurance 48 sail plan.

Price R12,000 or about U$888.00 at the expected exchange rate.

All prices are sold in Rands and the exchange rate fluctuation is to the buyers account.

Shipping world wide at the cost to us can be arranged.

Roy

The Proteus 106 sailing catamaran

This is very good package, we pre cut most of the 120 sheets of imported okoume marine plywoods, plus the 10 sheets of pine exterior ply that are used as temporary spacers.

Plans are direct from the office of Angelo Lavranos in New Zealand, Angelo has a very detailed study package and at no charge, please contact me for details.

We can ship these kits country or world wide.

Roy

The Hout Bay Yacht Club marina approach

With the annual yacht cruising season fast approaching South Africa, it will be a good idea to post how to enter the Hout Bay Harbour and the HBYC marina.

Looking towards Chapmans Peak from the main quay of the inner harbour of Hout Bay.

The marina is laid out in a letter H , this gives a boat the chance to face the main wind we get which is from the South East and from the Chapmans Peak side of the bay.

http://hbycclub.blogspot.co.za/2009/10/approach-and-radio.html

The club is a short walk from the marina and along the quay side that the fishing boats use.

The office is run by Anne and Alan, who is both the club manager and also the marina manager.

Main office phone number 021 790-3110  Anne

Marina phone number 021 790-7095         Alan

These phones are both in the same office.

Alan Batley has a cel number also 082-337-2208

Picture by R McBride using a Canon G1X digital camera set to auto.

The marina and looking South West, the mountain to the left is Chapmans Peak, to the right is The Sentinal.

My thanks for fellow HBYC member and past commodore, Justin for setting up the clubs blog pages and for the availablity of the picture and diagrams.

Roy

Fred's Cape Henry 21 progress

Fred is from Seattle, we sent him a Cape Henry 21 kit a while back.

When he can he sends some progress pictures.

We also supplied Fred with the steel drop keel and a 316 grade stainless steel deck fittings package.

With the favourable exchange rate for those buying from South Africa, our prices are the best they have ever been.

Roy

Fitting a keel to a wood/epoxy Dix 43

These things take time, so its best to start the program early and work on the keel shoe long before its required, that is what I did anyway.

I was fortunate that a very talented guy named Eroll was sharing the premises I was in, Eroll was the master steelworker, he set things up, then his son Jeremy did the main part of the welding under Erolls supervison.

Jeremy is on the left, he was assisted by Mike and Alfred.

Click on the pictures to enlarge them.

The keel shoe on its own weighed one ton, I then had to add five tons of lead to bring it up tothe required weight, as I said,starting early gave me time, it was two years in the end.

The keel bolts  number fouteen (14) then there are four (4) diesel fuel access pipes as well, totals eighteen (18) holes in the boat which have to match the keel exactly.

The day of the lift Ian was there to give me a hand.

The moment of truth, yes they all fit in their related holes!

My mother Doreen, she is now some ninety years old, it was my late father Robert Henry,  who took all the pictures.

Out of sight but always there was John Holmes, who helped with the line handling and took charge when the propping  of the boat was required.

The next day Ian and myself poured epoxy into the keel bolt stud holes to make sure they would never leak, then with the cap plates and nuts tightend up the boat was left overnight for the epoxy to set.

We launched the boat the next day, that's John standing on the aft deck!

Note, this keel has never leaked a single drop of water.

The boat is now for sale, contact me for detailed Word document and inventory.

Roy

Today is Heritage Day in South Africa

So we have a day off and lots of sunshine, its said to be a National Braai day, that is a barbacue to some.

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Sailing around Hout Bay is a real pleasure when we have nice weather.

Looking back at Hout Bay and from Chapmans Bay.

Druma our dog was a fine sailor also.

This is the very nice view from the deck of the Hout Bay Yacht Club, Castle Beers are being discounted while the RWC is on!

Roy.

Thin plywood, a three ply just 1.8mm thick

We can make this (so can you) if we use our special flexible veneer sheets, which are just 0.006 mm thick ,then cut panels to 60 cm square we can press a nice 60 cm x  60 cm three ply up.

All veneer species are special imports.

Note, due to the different stock veneer thicknesses from species to species, the finished panel may be between 1.8mm to 2.5mm.

The finished panel is reasonably flexible and is also moisture resistant.

The materials are all imported, this includes the special glue, which is applied with a foam roller.

The work require  hand cutting of  the veneer sheets to size, then the application of the glue on  all four contacting faces.

The special jig then needs clear plastic sheeting applied to ensure the ply faces do not bond to the jig.

Then the veneers need loading to the jig and the pressure is applied, this is all done by hand as small orders do not support expensive machines.

You can of course press the board yourself but do you want to?

We use a moisture proof  PVA glue imported from Germany.

MONDAY, 1 MARCH 2010

Thin Plywood in Cape Town,a new product from CKD Boats cc

This thin ply sheet above is in African Mahogany, we also have white and pink beech, white maple, cherry,teak ,we can post anywhere pending the size of your order.

Now ex stock and a three ply in American Cherry, grade A pre sanded faces with no slicer marks!

This product should be perfect for model makers.

Roy

Didi 38 kit to Johnston Atoll

This came about some years back and before the US Army closed down the base and returned the atoll back to nature.

Click on the image to enlarge it.

The idea was to supply just the boat hull and deck kit with the related wood and epoxy, in the end we sent the customer the entire boats worth of gear.

The reason we shipped the mast, sails, engine, stainless steel, winches, deck and plumber fittings out as well as our standard Didi 38 kit was simple.

As the island had to be supplied via Honalulu, buying from Cape Town was cost effective as it cut out the US based supppliers, Prices and our Rand exchange rate were better back then (they still are) so in the end we even supplied the boats electronics package as well.

Before the boat was finished, the island was closed down, our customer then shipped the hull he had already built back to the Seattle, USA are and was having it finished there on the mainland.

http://sayachts.blogspot.co.za/2011/01/didi-34.html

Check the link for more on this design concept and read Justin Phillps detailed review in his SA Yacht Blog.

http://dixdesign.com/34didi.htm

Roy

The wood and epoxy boat building story

Well, not really a story but in this case I have just fitted the shower tray to the aft cabin of a Dix 43 launched in 2000.

Click on the images to enlarge them.

What you cannot see is the new water collection tray under the plantation teak grate, check back on this blog to see the pictures of the tray.


http://www.whalepumps.com/marine/product.aspx?Category_ID=10021&Product_ID=10037&FriendlyID=Gulper-220

A really nice pump has been installed, it sure moves the water out fast.

This wood/epoxy built Dix 43 is now fifteen years old.

It is for sale, please contact me for the Word document and information on the boat.

Roy

The Bombaloza skiff in the water

Based on three sheets of lightweight okoume marine plywood, this skiff is easy to lift and handle.

Click on the images to enlarge them.

Plans also exist for a two seater with a four seat design being worked on right now.

The alloy hardware can be sourced from an outside supplier.

Why not build yourself a rowing skiff, there are many places that you can use them and to move one its as easy as a car top roof rack.

My thanks to David, the designer for supplying the pictures.

Roy

Mariquita news

What can I say, some pictures of the five times Lipton Cup winner came in from Vienna today.

Stunning comes to mind?

Roy

A canal, river or inshore waters, long range power cruising boat kit

This was done purely as a concept design and a few years back, the idea is still there it just needs someone who wants such a boat to allow the design to be completed?

Two possible layouts are shown, the final layout would be to the owners requirements.

I would expect  this design to be in a plywood/epoxy build with a GRP sheathing over it to add strength for contact with lock gates and walls?

Click on the images to view in a larger size.

The designer to this stage comments below.

I had anticipated about 40 Hp - 50 Hp for this design.
 Consumption around 2 l/h, at cruising speed of say 5-6 kts, would
give a daily range of 120 nm, using 48 l fuel (approx). If you carried 480
l, that would give you 10 days cruising, with a theoretical max range of
1200 nm in flat waters. Call it 1000 nm.

This design was intended as a versatile passagemaker - for med type
conditions, rather than canals. It would be ok on European rivers and
waterways, and the Med sea for example. Subject to beam restrictions, not
sure about the UK.

My thanks to JP for supplying the concept drawings which are copyright to himself.
Note, they must not be used for contruction in any form.

The final design and building details will be drawn up by a well known boat designer.

Comments invited!

Roy