Friday, 11 April 2008
Fancy Shopfitter Works
We will take on just about any CNC work,given we either have your design in a compatable file,or we can take your basics and produce our own files to your approval,much of the Shopfitter work is on MDF (supawood) or Chipboards of various types.Signwork can also be cut into any workable panel,hard and softwoods included.
Foils and Rudder Shaping
Probably not well known is the fact that we have done many Rudders and Foils,either just the CNC shaping of the blanks,which are then supplied as extras with one of our kits,or as fully machined,shaped and glassed and ready for painting by the customer.This service saves a lot of time and maybe soul searching for those who feel they are not quite ready to shape such items.
Pint sized Landrover
This one was very different to our normal kits that float,we were asked to take a set of drawings and convert them to a reduced size Landrover.The drawings were already laid out for home construction and include the electrics to make the car move,its a 12volt battery and a Starter motor,simple stuff.As is the way we looked at the drawings supplied,we used our normal Finger Joints where ever we could,this speeds up the build process and also means you dont have to fiddle with all the wood cleats that are required otherwise?
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Hard or Rigid Top Spray Dodger
Work started some weeks back on a new idea,we have to replace an existing cockpit spray dodger thats made out of canvas,with a stainless steel support frame,to be fair the canvas has done ok but at six years old,its past its best.
The brief to make the hard dodger,was that it must blend in with the boat it will be fastened to,so the windows take their form shape from the existing ones on the boat in question.Making this from scratch and on the boat seemed a long way about doing things,it also seemed like a good way of making it wrong? So we made a full size mock up in the factory,chopped and changed it,then took it to the boat for a quick fit.
Did I say quick? the half hour I expected it to take to scribe the plywoods lower edges to the cabin roof,soon became two and half hours work,the boats owners wife was there,she had her own ideas on what the new dodger was to look like,so we cut and chopped the demo unit some five times, only then were we allowed to take some pictures and I must say the lady was right ( its my wife by the way) We then took the much revised rig back to the workshops and re worked the windows to a new style and size,what we have now looks good and we will soon offer SPRAY DODGER KITS.........sounds easy,well it was the way we did it and I am really pleased we did it the long way.
The roof is pre glued and curved on a special CNC cut jig,we use three layers of 5mm Superform bendable plys,plus epoxy to glue that to bond as one unit,the roof panel sets over a weekend,we then remove it from the jig,take the jig apart and store untill the next order. The part the supports the roof is made from 15mm Ockume Marine Plywoods,the sections are precut to shape,even the window recceses are pre cut,we will offer toughened glass 6mm thick in either clear or a light smoke shade.
With the design now near complete and in the computer,we can resize what we have designed to be larger or smaller,so we can resize to fit most boats,sail or power,prices will come out in a short while.
Roy
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
None boat stuff
From time to time we are asked to re make the wood works to classic and historic cars,as we have the machinery and materials to do this and if time allows,we normally get invloved.This can be a simple as a re spray of the wood trims to Jaguar,Singer Chamois,Sunbeam,Truimph or Mercedes interiors,for this we use special UV stablised twin pack laquers and produce a really high gloss finish.
The most normal works we do, are wood parts to historic cars,MGs,Riley,Sunbeam,etc one such car was a 1934 Riley sports saloon,it was found bricked up in a Cape Town garage,complete but a mess,it needed a new White Ash timber frame work making.We did that part in due time,two months plus I seem to remember,the car then went off to an assembly specialist and is now complete and in Germany.
At this time we have a very original 1928 Sunbeam series 20, 3 ltr in our factory,the last three weeks have seen us making it new marine ply floors,plus a whole host of stablisation of its quite original timbers,we use epoxy to do this,its a clean method and easily soaks into loose joints making them sound once more,the car will soon be off to the motor trimmers for the next stage of its restoration,now into year eight I believe,while it was driven with a bare chassis in 2006,it has not driven on the road with its saloon body in fifty years!
Only yesterday I was contacted re a very sad looking 1911Sunbeam,its a chassis and a set of wheels,we think the engine and gearbox were close by,its been lying in the open this past couple of decades but given its close to 100 years old,maybe this is in order,watch this space for further news on this car.
Note,we now have expert advice that the rusting chassis in the picture may be a later model than the 1911 version,we will know more when we take the road trailer out and bring it back to the factory?
24,04,2008 its confirmed to be a 1922 Sunbeam 14hp chassis and is now cleared from the bush and loaded on a road trailer to Cape Town,a trip of some 2389 kms,
SUNBEAM CAR BODY KITS,
We also have a program to design and build,a Sports Tourer open top Sunbeam body on an existing circa 1928 Sunbeam 20 spare chasis,this will follow the lines of other similar period Sunbeams and Bentley sports,it will be a CNC cut plywood space frame construction,all scaled direct from pictures of original and existing cars,the body frame we produce can be either skinned in light alloy sheet or using our specialist water proof Superform exterior bendable plywoods,once on our computer the body will be available as one of our CNC kits for either proffesional or home assembly.
Watch this space or contact me for progress.
phone 021 5107206
Cape Town
Roy
The most normal works we do, are wood parts to historic cars,MGs,Riley,Sunbeam,etc one such car was a 1934 Riley sports saloon,it was found bricked up in a Cape Town garage,complete but a mess,it needed a new White Ash timber frame work making.We did that part in due time,two months plus I seem to remember,the car then went off to an assembly specialist and is now complete and in Germany.
At this time we have a very original 1928 Sunbeam series 20, 3 ltr in our factory,the last three weeks have seen us making it new marine ply floors,plus a whole host of stablisation of its quite original timbers,we use epoxy to do this,its a clean method and easily soaks into loose joints making them sound once more,the car will soon be off to the motor trimmers for the next stage of its restoration,now into year eight I believe,while it was driven with a bare chassis in 2006,it has not driven on the road with its saloon body in fifty years!
Only yesterday I was contacted re a very sad looking 1911Sunbeam,its a chassis and a set of wheels,we think the engine and gearbox were close by,its been lying in the open this past couple of decades but given its close to 100 years old,maybe this is in order,watch this space for further news on this car.
Note,we now have expert advice that the rusting chassis in the picture may be a later model than the 1911 version,we will know more when we take the road trailer out and bring it back to the factory?
24,04,2008 its confirmed to be a 1922 Sunbeam 14hp chassis and is now cleared from the bush and loaded on a road trailer to Cape Town,a trip of some 2389 kms,
SUNBEAM CAR BODY KITS,
We also have a program to design and build,a Sports Tourer open top Sunbeam body on an existing circa 1928 Sunbeam 20 spare chasis,this will follow the lines of other similar period Sunbeams and Bentley sports,it will be a CNC cut plywood space frame construction,all scaled direct from pictures of original and existing cars,the body frame we produce can be either skinned in light alloy sheet or using our specialist water proof Superform exterior bendable plywoods,once on our computer the body will be available as one of our CNC kits for either proffesional or home assembly.
Watch this space or contact me for progress.
phone 021 5107206
Cape Town
Roy
A busy first quarter
We have seen a busy first three months,always nice to start the year well,so thanks for all of you who have supported us,its a nice thing to see the new customers and the return of previous ones.We even have one customer planing ahead,knowing we will soon see prices rise yet again,he paid for his six sheets of 6mm Deluxe Light Ply up front,as collection right now is not possible,as he is flat on his back after a back opperation! Mike get well soon please,your order is labled and in stock.
Enquiries continue to come in for the services of Digicut CNC services,who are now serving us from their own premises in Noordhoek,the problems of collection and delivery have been sorted out,our suppliers will deliver materials to them and as Digicut now have a long wheel base truck of their own ,most orders can be moved as required,you will be expected to pay a small fee for this of course.
Superform bendable plywoods are still opening new doors,we still find boat builders and shopfitters who have never seen it,yet we have been importing bendable plys for the better part of twenty years and its always a surprise to find those who know nothing about the product,you can find information on the Superform plys on our web site.Retail agencies are available.
Flexible veneers are an other quality product we have handled for many years too,nearly as long as the bending plys,the factory makes to our order,each batch is per customers requirements,flat cut,quarter cut and book matched panels are available,they have eighty wood species on file,they will also do orders as small as five sheets,delivery is by air,sheet sizes are the old 8'x4' (2240mm x 1220mm) the veneer is on a waterproof paper backer,with the veneer face pre sanded,all you do is apply it,either with contact of cold glue,depending on the job at hand? We do carry about ten species in stock at most times.
See you in the next news Blog,
Roy
Enquiries continue to come in for the services of Digicut CNC services,who are now serving us from their own premises in Noordhoek,the problems of collection and delivery have been sorted out,our suppliers will deliver materials to them and as Digicut now have a long wheel base truck of their own ,most orders can be moved as required,you will be expected to pay a small fee for this of course.
Superform bendable plywoods are still opening new doors,we still find boat builders and shopfitters who have never seen it,yet we have been importing bendable plys for the better part of twenty years and its always a surprise to find those who know nothing about the product,you can find information on the Superform plys on our web site.Retail agencies are available.
Flexible veneers are an other quality product we have handled for many years too,nearly as long as the bending plys,the factory makes to our order,each batch is per customers requirements,flat cut,quarter cut and book matched panels are available,they have eighty wood species on file,they will also do orders as small as five sheets,delivery is by air,sheet sizes are the old 8'x4' (2240mm x 1220mm) the veneer is on a waterproof paper backer,with the veneer face pre sanded,all you do is apply it,either with contact of cold glue,depending on the job at hand? We do carry about ten species in stock at most times.
See you in the next news Blog,
Roy
Sunday, 16 December 2007
Price Increase
Hello,
As mentioned before, most prices based on internationally purchased materials,have now increased,we have moved this to a rise on our price list of just 7.5% for now,as the factories annual rent went up 10% as it does each year and fuel many times more than that in our country over the past year,I am not sure how long we can keep to such a low increase? With this being a global force,I doubt we will see others not having to do the same.
Top selling brands,our 'Superform' bendable ply,continues to impress the local market with its flexability and quality,it is a fully CE branded panel,this is not marked on the actual ply panel but is marked on the packing crate,which is quite an acceptable practice,ensure that you can find the genuine (it's waterproof) 'Superform' panel in your area by making contact,we can then tell you where to find our distributor in your area,some areas are vacant,any established board sales companies, that feel they can market our panels,please contact me on 021 510-7206 or kits@comlumber.com .
Chinese marine plys to the BS1088 standard have continued to impress both myself and customers alike,they carry a stamp but no certificate but are made to the same standard as our french plys,both are in Ockume veneers and use the same glue line,please ask for any specific information on either ply panels,both are readily available.
Epoxies? a subject that continues to open debate,why are our epoxies so low priced is one question? the easy reply to which is we buy in bulk and decant to smaller pack sizes ourselves,we also recycle plastic milk bottles as suitable containers and find this goes down very well with customers.Each container is first cleaned and then sterilized, then dried properly before refilling with epoxy or cure agents,at least this way we get to use that throw away plastic container at least twice! we also offer no fancy (costly) pump pots,we ask you use a set of scales,normally to be found in any home,or purchased at a low price from most discount stores.
Other reasons,well we use what we sell and have done so for a very long time,this is on our own boats not just a customers,from an Optimist kit to a www.dixdesign.com Dix 43,that particular boat is now some ten years old,its been in the water some eight years come next month and prooves the system works.You can spend more on other systems but why? we also find each year that we are asked to explain the end use of other system epoxies to those who have bought elsewhere,normally as the shop selling it has no hands on use in what they sell.To our customers, advise goes from preperation of the plywood/timbers ,then right through to the application of the twin pack top coat paints too,we supply those too!
Roy
As mentioned before, most prices based on internationally purchased materials,have now increased,we have moved this to a rise on our price list of just 7.5% for now,as the factories annual rent went up 10% as it does each year and fuel many times more than that in our country over the past year,I am not sure how long we can keep to such a low increase? With this being a global force,I doubt we will see others not having to do the same.
Top selling brands,our 'Superform' bendable ply,continues to impress the local market with its flexability and quality,it is a fully CE branded panel,this is not marked on the actual ply panel but is marked on the packing crate,which is quite an acceptable practice,ensure that you can find the genuine (it's waterproof) 'Superform' panel in your area by making contact,we can then tell you where to find our distributor in your area,some areas are vacant,any established board sales companies, that feel they can market our panels,please contact me on 021 510-7206 or kits@comlumber.com .
Chinese marine plys to the BS1088 standard have continued to impress both myself and customers alike,they carry a stamp but no certificate but are made to the same standard as our french plys,both are in Ockume veneers and use the same glue line,please ask for any specific information on either ply panels,both are readily available.
Epoxies? a subject that continues to open debate,why are our epoxies so low priced is one question? the easy reply to which is we buy in bulk and decant to smaller pack sizes ourselves,we also recycle plastic milk bottles as suitable containers and find this goes down very well with customers.Each container is first cleaned and then sterilized, then dried properly before refilling with epoxy or cure agents,at least this way we get to use that throw away plastic container at least twice! we also offer no fancy (costly) pump pots,we ask you use a set of scales,normally to be found in any home,or purchased at a low price from most discount stores.
Other reasons,well we use what we sell and have done so for a very long time,this is on our own boats not just a customers,from an Optimist kit to a www.dixdesign.com Dix 43,that particular boat is now some ten years old,its been in the water some eight years come next month and prooves the system works.You can spend more on other systems but why? we also find each year that we are asked to explain the end use of other system epoxies to those who have bought elsewhere,normally as the shop selling it has no hands on use in what they sell.To our customers, advise goes from preperation of the plywood/timbers ,then right through to the application of the twin pack top coat paints too,we supply those too!
Roy
Monday, 3 December 2007
Ever lasting?
If we get one single question from our prospective boat kit buyers and builders,it normally starts as a question such as : "So how long will one of your Wood/Epoxy kits last?" the standard reply to which always starts as "well at least one hundred years but a thousand may be possible?" This normally brings on a sense of serene calm in the customer,as he or she can imagine sailing away forever into the distance on the boat they built themself. Maybe not but I normally then show them a picture of a warship called 'HMS Victory',ok its in a permanent dry dock in the Portsmouth Naval Dockyards, England but it is 220 years old or so and lets face it they had no epoxies back when Admiral Horatio Nelson was out fighting on the high seas.I wonder if we can do a kit for a boat like that,any takers?
The discusion may then drift off to talk about masts,wooden ones,this bit gets easy,you know the wood masts are made from things called trees I say,have you seen them? they can be found all over the place growing to very great hights and with no bits of stainless wire holding them up either! One such discussion saw my looking find out how large and old some of the worlds largest trees are,thats the Californian Redwoods,known to size up to over 300 feet or so and grow to and age of over 2500 years and more,no bits of stainless wire holding them up either.So how long will a Wood/Epoxy boat last,the truth is if we build one any near as good as its possible,we may never live long enough to find out,family airloom any one?
Roy
The discusion may then drift off to talk about masts,wooden ones,this bit gets easy,you know the wood masts are made from things called trees I say,have you seen them? they can be found all over the place growing to very great hights and with no bits of stainless wire holding them up either! One such discussion saw my looking find out how large and old some of the worlds largest trees are,thats the Californian Redwoods,known to size up to over 300 feet or so and grow to and age of over 2500 years and more,no bits of stainless wire holding them up either.So how long will a Wood/Epoxy boat last,the truth is if we build one any near as good as its possible,we may never live long enough to find out,family airloom any one?
Roy
Friday, 30 November 2007
Two Weeks and Counting
Yes Folks,thats all the time we have untill we close our factory doors for the year of 2007,so if your thinking of that job over the December holidays and need materials or boat plans,you need to get your order list in soon as we will close for one month,Friday 14th December,then officialy re open,Monday 7th January 2008.
Roy
Roy
Monday, 26 November 2007
Wooden Mast Kit saves the day
We sell a lot more than just our CNC cut boat kits,from a roll of packing tape to a box of screws to just information,thats free of course.Now and again we find that our kits,plus the rest of the chosen boats parts,start to look a little too high for the customers final budget? once this was taken to the extremes,when the customer,who was about to place his order,finally cancled,saying he never realized he would then need to join a yacht club and rent a marina! he should have taken one of our trailer sailers instead.
A new customer recently costed his proposed new 38ft boat build,the budget was good if not a little tight,between us we ran the numbers,we came closer to an order,then a week or so and silence,not that this is unual but you do start to wonder if the order will happen?
The following emails from the customer, had mentions of a large portion of the available budget being taken up by items such at the Sails and Mast,for which we had supplied quotes from well known suppliers.From my side I could feel the order was slipping away............then I did two things,re priced the kit in our new chinese made marine plys,instead of the normal french made plys,then suggested a wood mast is made instead of alloy?
To the customers credit,he listened to my proposition,he could have just walked away but when I further re-worked the numbers,I found that the chinese plys saved around R15,000 (about U$2200) and that a mast kit in clear Oregon Pine,machined to a 'birdsmouth construction' method cost about the same? this in effect gave the client a mast for free! its not quite that simple of course but we will now save a huge portion of the budget,which in turn allows spending on other parts of the order,which I am pleased to say has been placed and we will cut the boats plys next week.I must also add that in this case the designer of the boat in question Dudley Dix had already included the wood mast sections and related parts in his original design fee,they are really well done,carbon fibre spreaders,all metal detail parts in stainless too.
Roy
A new customer recently costed his proposed new 38ft boat build,the budget was good if not a little tight,between us we ran the numbers,we came closer to an order,then a week or so and silence,not that this is unual but you do start to wonder if the order will happen?
The following emails from the customer, had mentions of a large portion of the available budget being taken up by items such at the Sails and Mast,for which we had supplied quotes from well known suppliers.From my side I could feel the order was slipping away............then I did two things,re priced the kit in our new chinese made marine plys,instead of the normal french made plys,then suggested a wood mast is made instead of alloy?
To the customers credit,he listened to my proposition,he could have just walked away but when I further re-worked the numbers,I found that the chinese plys saved around R15,000 (about U$2200) and that a mast kit in clear Oregon Pine,machined to a 'birdsmouth construction' method cost about the same? this in effect gave the client a mast for free! its not quite that simple of course but we will now save a huge portion of the budget,which in turn allows spending on other parts of the order,which I am pleased to say has been placed and we will cut the boats plys next week.I must also add that in this case the designer of the boat in question Dudley Dix had already included the wood mast sections and related parts in his original design fee,they are really well done,carbon fibre spreaders,all metal detail parts in stainless too.
Roy
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Proteus 106 Designer arrives!
One of our well known yacht designers ,Angelo Lavranos,arrived in Cape Town this past weekend,he has been based in Auckland,New Zealand for some years but his background is very much a Cape Town story.Angelo has many boats on the build here in South Africa still and he makes sure he maintains regular contact with the various boat yards building his designs.
In this case he will also be meeting up with Rob, our boat kit customer,who has just taken delivery of his 'Proteus 106' catermaran boat kit,thats 35ft long to those who do not work with metric! Angelo and Rob will be meeting at our factory later this week,to discuss the design and its building,this has not started yet in its designated build factory but Rob has taken delivery of the CNC parts and has already begun to glue sections together,ready to deliver to his factory and start the build proper.
We are lucky to have this build here in Cape Town,the last kit went to Caracas,Venezuela,so not so easy to follow the builders program,here we can be at the boat yard in a half hour or so,you can expect regular updates and pictures on our web site when the build gets underway.
Roy
In this case he will also be meeting up with Rob, our boat kit customer,who has just taken delivery of his 'Proteus 106' catermaran boat kit,thats 35ft long to those who do not work with metric! Angelo and Rob will be meeting at our factory later this week,to discuss the design and its building,this has not started yet in its designated build factory but Rob has taken delivery of the CNC parts and has already begun to glue sections together,ready to deliver to his factory and start the build proper.
We are lucky to have this build here in Cape Town,the last kit went to Caracas,Venezuela,so not so easy to follow the builders program,here we can be at the boat yard in a half hour or so,you can expect regular updates and pictures on our web site when the build gets underway.
Roy
Monday, 19 November 2007
Digicut CNC service
Times running out to get all the news out before close of play,work is play?
Those of you who have kept tabs with us and our progress this past year will have noticed a new name crop up on our web pages 'DIGICUT' this came out of a joint venture between Janet Mc Bride and Nigel Ormond,they both took a rather large leap,bought their own CNC machine and started business themselves,this is no small venture or indeed machine,the table bed of which is a full sized 4mtrs x 2.1mtrs,so just about any sheet material will fit the bed.
CNC? what do those letters mean,we see them writen and used all the time,try
'Computerized Numerical Control ',what it in turn means is, that once your design is down and on file,it can be retrieved at any future time and simply recut,or changed to suit what ever design progress may have been made since conception, if no changes are made,then each new unit cut will always be the exact copy of what came before. For this reason any boat that came from the same CNC shop files,will always be the same as the others,this in itself makes for a very inexpensive way of creating a 'One Design Class' boat and without the need for pages of measurement rules either!
The new company is fully writen up and a stand alone team,the members moved their machine from the CKD Boats cc work shops some months back and can now be found at the following address and contact numbers:
Unit 20a, Heron Park,Kommetiie,Cape Town. phone and fax number +27 21 7855892 or on the Cell number 082 554448
Contact them direct for all none boat design work,such as shop and office works,all other can come direct to +27 21 510 7206 and http://www.ckdboats.com/ as normal.
Roy
Saturday, 17 November 2007
Price Increases are due?
Time to add to the Blog,stuff is changing week by week,not month by month anymore,the big news is we will close for 2007 on Friday 14th December next,so any orders you may have on your mind had best be placed soon.
Prices,we have seen quite large materials price increases in the past six months,some are fuel realated and we have not seen the end of this yet,SA Ports put up their handling fees by 8% a few months back,add that to shipping fuel surcharges and you can imagine the knock ons.Its very much the same with inbound deliveries by road,fuel prices have risen eight times this year,with a large one to follow just in time for the Christmas holidays,so rates per Kg have gone from around R2.65 and will soon head for R4.00 per kg.
Log/veneer prices are rising also,plus our suppliers often buy in Euros but pay in U$,with the demise of the U$ currency,our imports will also cost more,add to that the normal year on year rent increases and you should have no bother understanding why our prices will be higher next year,in fact our next shipment of Superform bendable plys,arriving soon,will cost more from this month anyway.
To offset a lot of the increases in costs we have now moved all our CNC boat kits to Chinese Ockume plys,its a quality replacement and saves a stack of money but for those who want a Lloyds certificated ply,we can still supply from our french plywood source , you will see a large increase in price to cover Lloyds BS 1088 certification though.
Countries we have sold to.
We added another one this month,with a confirmed order to a Didi 38 boat kit,so I think we have fourteen countries as customers now,this new order is much the same as the one sent to Johnston Athol,close to Honnolulu,Pacific Ocean,the client can buy zilch boat parts where he is (they dont even have a marina!) so we will ship the entire boat out to him as a container load,thats the boat kit,sails,mast,engine,deck gear,interior fittings,everything right down to hose clamps, screws and paints.We have agencies for most marine equipment suppliers,we split our trade discount,or agree on a fixed mark up on cost,so the buyer/customer buys at less than he normally would anyway,he/she also recieves our in depth knowledge on what ever is purchased.
All for now!
Roy
Prices,we have seen quite large materials price increases in the past six months,some are fuel realated and we have not seen the end of this yet,SA Ports put up their handling fees by 8% a few months back,add that to shipping fuel surcharges and you can imagine the knock ons.Its very much the same with inbound deliveries by road,fuel prices have risen eight times this year,with a large one to follow just in time for the Christmas holidays,so rates per Kg have gone from around R2.65 and will soon head for R4.00 per kg.
Log/veneer prices are rising also,plus our suppliers often buy in Euros but pay in U$,with the demise of the U$ currency,our imports will also cost more,add to that the normal year on year rent increases and you should have no bother understanding why our prices will be higher next year,in fact our next shipment of Superform bendable plys,arriving soon,will cost more from this month anyway.
To offset a lot of the increases in costs we have now moved all our CNC boat kits to Chinese Ockume plys,its a quality replacement and saves a stack of money but for those who want a Lloyds certificated ply,we can still supply from our french plywood source , you will see a large increase in price to cover Lloyds BS 1088 certification though.
Countries we have sold to.
We added another one this month,with a confirmed order to a Didi 38 boat kit,so I think we have fourteen countries as customers now,this new order is much the same as the one sent to Johnston Athol,close to Honnolulu,Pacific Ocean,the client can buy zilch boat parts where he is (they dont even have a marina!) so we will ship the entire boat out to him as a container load,thats the boat kit,sails,mast,engine,deck gear,interior fittings,everything right down to hose clamps, screws and paints.We have agencies for most marine equipment suppliers,we split our trade discount,or agree on a fixed mark up on cost,so the buyer/customer buys at less than he normally would anyway,he/she also recieves our in depth knowledge on what ever is purchased.
All for now!
Roy
Saturday, 10 November 2007
CKD Kit- Nick Fairly's DD34 Launched in October 07
Nick Fairly launched his DD34 today(11-10-07) in Hout Bay and what a perfect day too.
He took two years to build his boat which is one of our kits, the finish inside and out is A1, very few pro shops would do better, if as good.
The boat's name, Nandi, means "nice" in English. Which seems to be well suited!
Nick takes part in the local club races so watch out for this "nice" boat come sailing by.... because he sure won't be behind you for long! We are expecting to see some rather Glum faces as this boat is sure to be one of the fastest!
Splish Splash CONGRATULATIONS!!!
He took two years to build his boat which is one of our kits, the finish inside and out is A1, very few pro shops would do better, if as good.
The boat's name, Nandi, means "nice" in English. Which seems to be well suited!
Nick takes part in the local club races so watch out for this "nice" boat come sailing by.... because he sure won't be behind you for long! We are expecting to see some rather Glum faces as this boat is sure to be one of the fastest!
Splish Splash CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Late April 2008 news,Nick Fairly is now the HBYC Rear Commodore Sailing Officer,well done on your appointment Nick!
WHERE HAS 2007 GONE?
Hello,Roy here again,we started this in May,now its November,where has our year gone to again! No complaints its nice to be busy all year.
We are now better stocked with plywoods than ever before and have just stacked the shippment of Superform bending plywoods that arrived last week.We also have a new line of plys from http://www.toubois.com/ a top french plywood maker.
We are very busy on our kit boats side too,a 'Proteus 106' catermaran is being cut right now and the owner has been taking production away in parcels as we cut them,he will assemble panels at his home then move them to his building factory in Philipi.The designer,Angelo Lavranos, will be here in a week or so to check progress.
The Didi 38 design kit by Dudley Dix,that we are working on, is very close to becoming a final order,this is a special,we have done them before,one shipment to a far flung place,open the container and you find a wholeboat inside,just in parts!
Our 6.6mtr power boat design by Angelo Lavranos,has also started to become an order,it will either happen late this year or early into the next one.
Designers,we would like to welcome Mr Michael Storer aboard as the new addition to our design team, Micheal is from Austraila and has a whole new concept on river boat designs,they move in very thin water! We have asked Mike to look at designing a Canal boat for Britains 7000 miles of canal waterways.
Didi Mini Transat kits,we have one ready for delivery ex stock,Dudley tells me he has sold about 80 sets of plans,we have sold many of these kits, built two in our factory,with two more being built in Cape Town,one of which has just sailed to England,UK.
Busy? yes I told you we have been busy!
Best Regards for the festive season and all the best for 2008!
RegardsRoy
We are now better stocked with plywoods than ever before and have just stacked the shippment of Superform bending plywoods that arrived last week.We also have a new line of plys from http://www.toubois.com/ a top french plywood maker.
We are very busy on our kit boats side too,a 'Proteus 106' catermaran is being cut right now and the owner has been taking production away in parcels as we cut them,he will assemble panels at his home then move them to his building factory in Philipi.The designer,Angelo Lavranos, will be here in a week or so to check progress.
The Didi 38 design kit by Dudley Dix,that we are working on, is very close to becoming a final order,this is a special,we have done them before,one shipment to a far flung place,open the container and you find a wholeboat inside,just in parts!
Our 6.6mtr power boat design by Angelo Lavranos,has also started to become an order,it will either happen late this year or early into the next one.
Designers,we would like to welcome Mr Michael Storer aboard as the new addition to our design team, Micheal is from Austraila and has a whole new concept on river boat designs,they move in very thin water! We have asked Mike to look at designing a Canal boat for Britains 7000 miles of canal waterways.
Didi Mini Transat kits,we have one ready for delivery ex stock,Dudley tells me he has sold about 80 sets of plans,we have sold many of these kits, built two in our factory,with two more being built in Cape Town,one of which has just sailed to England,UK.
Busy? yes I told you we have been busy!
Best Regards for the festive season and all the best for 2008!
RegardsRoy
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