Hout Bays winter fog

Winter in the Cape has all sorts of weather,sun,rain and fog in a single day is more than possible,seen here was a thick fog in the bay,the harbour entrance will be hard to find,especially as the red leading light does not work,its been out of order at least six weeks and the harbour officials do nothing about it.We can host a FIFA World Cup event costing billions but not service our harbour lights it seems.

Winter time in Cape Town

 This is Camps Bay,thats the sea to the left of the picture,taken by me through the trucks wind screen,I was  stopped for the red traffic lights and on my way to work on a friday morning.

Cape Town,Englands second FIFA World Cup 2010 is today.

Self Portrait,7.30am on Cape Towns overhead freeway,what a nice day for soccer! the camera is a Canon G11.

The date is June 18th,England will be at the Cape Town Stadium tonight to play Algeria at 8.30pm,being English means England are my home team and I wish them success.

Yacht or boat mould trims

We have made and stocked teak yacht trims for a very long time and carry a large stock,this includes teak grab rails.We also make to special order in other timber species,in this case american cherry wood,other species can be beech or oak,maple etc.Small orders are made by hand,on production for quantity we CNC cut the blanks,then machine finish them.

Toylander engineering parts

We have progress on the steel fabrication parts required to fit to our Toylander kits,not all parts are in this picture,so still a few more to add,all parts will be bright electro galvanised for a long life prior to delivery.

Teak and Holly flooring supply

We can supply in either a real wood veneer on plywood,or as a more durable solid teak wood,made in strips,you then apply it with our water proof PVA glue,with a twin pack laquer as the finish,it will look good and last a long time.

Didi Mini Cruise build pictures

Greg and his father in law are making a fine job of this construction.

We cut the very first Didi Mini Transat and since then many more,we built two ourselves and for this reason we were able to expand the kit to include the boats interior,namely the bunks and water ballast side tanks,they can be used as storage bins if you do not want the water ballast option.

Gregs Argie 15 kit build progress

If you look past the bow on picture you can see the Didi Mini Transat build taking place.

Greg had an Idea to build an Argie 15 before he started his Didi Mini Transat build,while construction is different the materials and tools required are similar,both are Dix Designed,so the builders manual is first rate with either boat.

The NSRI wedding advert

The caption reads:

Our volunteers are always on call,worth remembering next time your asked for an NSRI donation.

Left click the picture to see more detail,the camera was a Canon G11.

I have to comment on this advert at the lower end of Kloof Street here in Cape Town,while the world is soccer mad right now for the FIFA World Cup 2010 event,I wonder how many visitors will be needing the highly trained skills of a private non government funded rescue group named the NSRI? I have always been interested in advertising,some are just in your face,this one makes you think and as far as I am concerned is my advert of the year,well done to which ever company came up with the idea,who are they?

Roy

FIFA 2010 World Cup support from Holland

This is fantastic,what a great show of commitment to South Africas hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup which starts on friday 11th of this month of June.The wall is the side of the Dutch Consul General here in Cape Town,well done on a really good idea being done to perfection.

I took the picture through the windscreen of my truck yesterday afternoon around 2.45pm,the camera is a Canon G11,set on auto,the sun was helpfull being on my right hand side.
Roy McBride

FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cups Rainbow Nation

Well if the host country to the 2010 FIFA World Cup ever needed a good luck omen to their success in the competition,this is it,the rainbow is in the host city of Cape Town and was taken by me this morning with a Canon G11 camera on an auto setting,best of luck to the team!

Left click on the picture for a larger view size.

Pressing Times

We finally found a good use for our fire extinguishers,plus a few other heavy items,thats a Jaguar 3.8 S Type cylinder head you can see (for sale) the saw bed serves as our laminating table when not used for its intended use.

Dragon Boat Paddles,Cape Town

We have some left to clear,made to suit the class rules,they are the correct weight and blade shape,some have the top cross handle missing,we made hundreds of them for the original South African class sponser,Old Mutual, R100 each to clear.

Plantation Teak Bottle Rack Kits

These are really simple to knock together yourself,either glued or not,they can be made as a simple one 12 bottle square shape,or tofit the space or cupboard you have in your kitchen or lounge,the main rails are in genuine plantation teak,planted by the British over a century past,the pins are in fluted Pink Beech,so a nice contrast,selling to clear while stocks last,a one case lot to take 12 bottles will cost you R140 only.We can pack and post to most places.

Andre Siebert pays us a visit

With the June month,Sailing  magazine featuring the Paper Jet dinghy that Andre had built from one of our kits,it was perfect timing that he should be in Cape Town for a short visit and come and see what we have on right now,he had not even seen his own artical,so it was news to him that his boat was a magazine feature.