The Argie 15 kit, now with imported French marine plywood

The French marine plywood made by Joubert  is very good, it is also more expensive than some other makes?

We have just received an Argie 15 boat kit from our CNC shop.

Nice lable to keep for the proof that the boat was made using the French made okoume marine plywood?

This Argie 15 kit has the optional side seats, so an eight sheet of plywood kit.

We also supply some of the consumable such as epoxy, glass tapes and filler powders as well

Roy

British Seagull fuel tank restoration

This shining tank was bent and battered, the top filler had been crudely cut off with a disc grinder.

Click on the images to enlarge them.

A new solid brass filler next was specially turned out on a lathe, then an specialist metal worker removed both ends.

When the ends were off the tank was straightened, then the ends were re attached.

Four days work, that is just the tank!

Easy, no but just look at the result.

A special British Seagull transfer will be fitted to it next.

This is the condition that this engine was in when it arrived from Pretoria, South Africa.

This picture shows the same engine and some months later, stripped and restored and ready to be sent back to its owner in Pretoria.

Roy

Basils Argie 15 gets a power upgrade

Hi Roy

Now Argie 15 equipped with electric engine and swimming ladder.

To protect the hull, I added 1,5 mm inox profiles to the runners.

Have a good day,

Basil

Didi Mini Transat by Dix Design

One day Dudley Dix called me and asked would I be able to CNC a set of his Didi Mini Transat design bulkheads?

My reply was positive and we took it from there.

Royal Cape Yacht Club, that is Cape Towns Table Mountain in the background.

The bulkheads were followed later by the hull and deck skins, by then I was building two of these boats to orders from customers.

Check the finish, this is a 6mm thick hull skin only but as we used the best quality 6mm okoume marine plywood available, it was a five ply, the surface is stable and takes paints well.

Contact me for details on this and other Dix Design boats.

Roy

Dix 43 in radius chine okoume marine plywood/epoxy

This yacht was built here in Cape Town, South Africa and by one person.

The hull build time was just six weeks, some help was given by others to set the 18mm thick bulkheads up.

The RCYC slip in Table Bay Harbour

Total time to do the hull and decks was around fourteen months, then the fitting out took place.

This is not one of our CNC boat kits but it does give you an idea what mainly one person can create given the time and effort.

The same yacht and on the HBYC marina in Hout Bay, South Africa.

The yacht at the V&A Waterfront in the Cape Town Harbour.

Back in Hout Bay.

The yacht has since been sold.

Roy

One of our Optimist kits has been built in Zurich.

Contact me for the builders contact information.

Roy

Hi Roy

Thank you for the optimist kit you sent me.

I have just finished the Alinghi "cult" Optimist. The boat is now for sale.

Please find attached some pictures.

Have a good day?

Regards

Basil

B and G Network cockpit instruments for sale

Sold as a complete pack and with the specially made mounting case, or as a single unit.

Click on each image to enlarge it.

As transducers are not connected a zero reading will be seen.

The lights can be turned off if required.

Two speed transducers are available, one also has a water temperature sender in it.

The 'No Data ' read out is due to there not being a GPS receiver connected.

Contact me for pricing.

Postage world wide.

Roy

Tan dacron head sails for sale

I have two, new and never used, one has not even been removed from its sail bag.

The picture is not of one of those on offer but shows the tan colour of the sails when in the sunlight.

They are suitable for a yacht around 45 to 50 feet long.

Contact me for dimensions and pricing.

Roy

Now posted on Gumtree.

There are two tan dacron sails, never used, one has never even been taken out of its carry bag.

one is a number one yankee and sized Luff x 15mtr Leech x 9.50 mtr, Foot x 8.40 mtrs

Cost R12,000.

The other is smaller and also a yankee cut.

Sized Luff 12 mtrs , Leech 7.6 mtrs, Foot 6.71 mtrs

Cost R9000.

Wilhelms Argie 15 build

We love to get mails from our kit builders, progress reports and pictures too.

Hi Roy, 

We just love our Argie. Thank you for the advice over the years!

 Chris Wilhelm

As well as the CNC plywood kit we also supplied the Ronstan deck gear and North Sails.

This posting marks over one and a half million views on the www.ckdboats.com site!

Roy

Tent Camping in England, circa 1957

The date will be thereabouts, we were one of the new emerging families who started to camp under canvas back then.

Click on the image to enlarge it.

If you look closer you will see the reflected image of my father in the mirror hanging inside the tent!

That Ford was not our car, we had the use of my grandfathers 1954 Morris Oxford back then.

Was this camp site at Theobalds Park outside London?

This was right on the side of a cliff and near Talland Bay,Cornwall, England.

http://www.talland.org/

Pictures are by Robert Henry McBride.

Roy

A comment from Ken, an ex  CCY member in the UK..

that is another great image, you can just imagine sitting in the shade reading a book with a “nice” cup of tea! Ken

Austin A40 Somerset original parts manual

We have a decent copy and for sale.

From Wikipedia

The Austin A40 Somerset is an automobile which was produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1952 until 1954. The Somerset replaced the Austin A40 Devon and, as a body-on-frame car, it was comparable in size to its predecessor. It shared a number of components with the Devon which included a similar 1.2 litre straight-4 pushrod engine. The Somerset's engine was updated to produce 42 hp (31 kW),^[5] compared to the Devon's 40 hp (30 kW), giving the car a top speed of 70 mph (110 km/h).

The pages are in fine condition, just the cover page is marked but readable.

This is a genuine collectors item now.

Parts for a rebuild?

At fifty five years old this book is in remarkable condition.

Its all there, you just need the car to restore.

These cars were built by Austin in the UK, also exported as CKD parts to Japan and Australia, there licenced builders assembled them under the Austin name.

Please note, we have no parts available for this car,

Roy

B and G Auto Pilot and Network controls and repeaters

Many in stock and part of my own source of spares as collected over the time I owned my own yacht.

Please contact me for details and prices etc. shipping World wide is fine.

These are in the special housing I made and never used.

The compass has a loose side pin and needs fixing.

Now on Gumtree so there is lots of interest.

ACP1 pilot, there is an ACP2 circuit board also.

The Hornet 4 and Hecta depth are the Rolls Royce of such systems.

Two Network pilot controls.

Other repeaters are also in stock.

The original Network pilot with a booster circuit box and control.

ACP1, still one of the best pilots made.

Contact me for info.

Please note I do not have spare MHU ( mast head units) they can be bought from the agents.
All of the systems shown can be serviced when required by the B&G service agents.

Roy