Didi Mini Transat ply panels

They can now be supplied with a jig saw joint.

The images shown were for a Didi Mini Transat mK3  kit we shipped to Dubai.

Check the finger joints at the end of the panel, this makes joining the panels up very fast and super accurtate.

This is the backbone and stem plys, made in 12mm thick okoume marine plywood.

Didi Mini Transat kit to Canada ?

We are often asked to ship to places a very long way from Cape Town, South Africa where we work from.

This was two similar kits that we exported to California, USA.

One such place we priced today is close to the port of Vancouver, British Columbia.

That will cost around R11,000 plus the packing crate at R2000, so in all R13,000. At the R.O.E to day its about U$975.00 which seems a good price to me?

Plus we insure the kit also for that price.

Plans and the kit are extra, please contact me for a guide price, either the Mk2 or the Mk3 version.

The Interior is a possible extra on the Mk2 Didi Mini Transat.

British Seagull 40 plus in for service

It will be more than a service, as once started the restoration tends to start!

This one has many of its original parts, even the petrol tank is mainly undamaged and thats a first.

We have bead blasted the parts clean, the tank, gear box and four bladed propellor will next be repainted.

The gear box was stripped and the drive shaft and housing was cleaned, for a change this one had some oil in it but also chunks of salt that had formed into hard stones.

Dated back to April 1975 we have asked the UK parts supplier we use to send the required parts.

We will convert the jet in the carburetor to one the allows a 25:1 oil to petrol mix, given that the original mix was 10:1 that is a big step towards cleaner emissions.

The owner is based in England, his yacht is a classic ocean racer, so the older British Seagull outboard will look just the part on the yachts tender.

Mirror dinghy sail boat kits ?

We regret that these are no longer available, excepting as new orders and without the normal wood parts, we will cut the Mirror plywood parts in orders of five boats only now.

The picture of our machine shop shows the required timber being prepared, we have when possible used lightweight Obeche wood to save on the boats hull displacement.

This picture shows a number of the Obeche wood packs together.

Each kit includes the CNC shaped Ockome marine plywood panels.



Shipping world wide is normally possible, prices on request.

Roy

The Cape Charles 32

We are now able to CNC a Cape Charles 32 yacht for you.

 The offer can either be the boats backbone and bulkheads with the transom, or the complete yacht
with hull skins included.

This yacht promises to be large inside and fast on the water.

We can also supply the plans as well as the kit, shipping world wide is not a problem, in fact shipping is what we have done for a very long while now.

Prices on request.

Guyana, Devils island group, St Joseph Island

This picture has been taken from high up on the island of Royal and what was once called French Guyana.

The anchorage is where my family and our Endurance 37 cutter spent some two weeks enjoying the islands.

Check that approaching rain squall , we had exactly the same the day we arrived and the islands just vanished from our sight.

I have a chartlet if anyone needs one?

Roy

Ferodo VG95 competition brake linings

Simply the best and as made in Great Britain  by Ferodo.

Priced at Pounds 44.00 per set of four linings, they are very affordable, the postage price with tracking is available on request.

Two packs of four shoes have been sold to a race Imper in Germany, so just three sets left!

This image shows that the linings shape to fit the Imps eight inch brake drums made by Girling.
Click on the image to enlarge it.

These are now a rare item and cannot be repeated?

I have some five sets of four that could be for sale.

Click on any image to enlarge it.

Tim Millinton the well known Hillman Imp tuning expert rated them very highly.

Contact me for pricing etc.

Roy

Jaap's Argie 15 kit is collected

We use a well known national courier for country wide deliveries, this Argie 15 kit will travel over night and probably reach its destination within a three day period.

The main pack is the plywood and is steel band strapped between two sheets of 9mm thick OSB board (oriented strand board) Jaap has been advised to have a pair of suitable side cutters ready for when the kit arrives.

We used imported French made marine plywood produced by Joubert.

The Argie 15 kit is off to  a town on the East coast of South Africa, we can of course ship Worldwide.

Roy

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