Seen here on a fine afternoon, one would never guess the sea miles these boats must do to earn a living?
Picture by R McBride
Monday, 20 August 2012
Friday, 17 August 2012
Dragon class yacht restoration
This is not really a great time of the year to do such work, unless the contractor is organised and protects himself and the project against the winter weather.
Older Dragons are made from wood, three laminated layers of mahogany on oak in this case.
Older Dragons are made from wood, three laminated layers of mahogany on oak in this case.
This is hard work, either inside or outside the boat will have you climbing and twisting position all day long!
The decks have been re caulked with Dow Corning 813 black silicone. The inside of the hull and frames have been cleaned an treated to a coating of AR600 thin epoxy and 3M microballoons.
The outside of the hull, including fairing in the one ton lead keel is being treated with ABE 201 twin pack epoxy paste, suitable for both above and below the water. All products have been supplied
by CKD Boats cc.
Roy
Thursday, 16 August 2012
McLaren M6 at Killarney Race Circuit
Seen here was one of the many classic race cars which now return to South Africa for the replica of the Springbok Series each spring.
This McLaren is listed as an M6, Marcus Mussa was the entry and driver, he hails from the Netherlands, no date was given for the age of the car. (1967?)
From the web:
The M6 was a car with a monocoque frame made of aluminum that had both innovative for its time and an unusual attention to detail. The engine used the M6 was the small-block Chevrolet engine built by George Boltoff and proved extremely reliable. That year was Dennis Hulme McLaren racing side by side.
The mixture of racing hardware in one space on this weekend is just an amazing sight to have seen!
Time warp cars and to be found in Cape Town once a year! http://www.atlasf1.com/2000/aut/cox.html
Masten Gregory, a legend indeed!
Running any engine at a Cape Town meeting without an air filter is not to be advised.
V8 power in such a small car must be fun.
Two of the many race cars not only on display but racing out on the track over the two day program.
Roy
This McLaren is listed as an M6, Marcus Mussa was the entry and driver, he hails from the Netherlands, no date was given for the age of the car. (1967?)
From the web:
The M6 was a car with a monocoque frame made of aluminum that had both innovative for its time and an unusual attention to detail. The engine used the M6 was the small-block Chevrolet engine built by George Boltoff and proved extremely reliable. That year was Dennis Hulme McLaren racing side by side.
The mixture of racing hardware in one space on this weekend is just an amazing sight to have seen!
Time warp cars and to be found in Cape Town once a year! http://www.atlasf1.com/2000/aut/cox.html
Masten Gregory, a legend indeed!
| Michael Cox from Kansas City,
Missouri, writes about his hometown hero and a legendary racer: Masten Gregory Sports car legend Carroll Shelby called him "the fastest American to ever go over and race a Grand Prix car;" He scored a podium finish in his very first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix start (a first by an American) and was also a winner of the world famous Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race; Formula One legend and two-time World Champion Jim Clark considered him to be his hero  |
The origianl badge, what do the F1 McLarens carry today I wonder?
V8 power in such a small car must be fun.
Two of the many race cars not only on display but racing out on the track over the two day program.
Roy
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
The i 550 in South Africa
We looked at this rather fast boat some years back, now after a client asking us to look at cutting a kit for him, then approving his order, we are setting up to start his boat on his order.
Will is the customers name, we have bought his marine plys for him already.
Message taken of Wills own blog page on Sailspace.org.
http://www.sailspace.org/hull471i550.html
Will is the customers name, we have bought his marine plys for him already.
Message taken of Wills own blog page on Sailspace.org.
http://www.sailspace.org/hull471i550.html
Well the time has come to put my social life and money where my mouth is because I have decided to build an i550. Over the course of last week I contacted Watershed boats in the USA and asked Tim Reiter to get in contact with CKD boats in Cape Town to negotiate a deal to put i550's into CKD's kit portfolio. This they seem to have done and pending some final wheeling and dealing the i550 should be available in kit form in South Africa!
More than this, I have placed a deposit with CKD and bought plans from Tim at Watershed and I am now licensed to build Hull # 471. Hopefully the first i550 to be built in South Africa! Exciting times...
Watch this space for the progress!
Roy
Dunlop R7 Racing Tyres on a 1961 Lotus 21
Since my first interest in motor sport there has always been the racing tyre made by Dunlop, they named it the R7, it has a very distinctive tread pattern.
I see that Dunlop now re make the same tyre and with various compounds to suit the track and weather.
I see that Dunlop now re make the same tyre and with various compounds to suit the track and weather.
Dunlops R7 race tyre pattern, its so distinctive.
A formula car ready to go out and parcitice.
The car is a 1961 Lotus 21 the driver being Alex Morton from the UK.
Lotus F1 are back near the top once more, status quo at last!
This car is now fifty one years old, heritage being kept and raced, all so accessable at the Killarney Track if you pay for the full ticket, recomended!
This is inside the new pits complex, its such a fantastic idea to have an area under cover and where cars,drivers and crews can cool off between races.
Killarney Race Track, February 2012, the revival of The Springbok Series, what a place to be !
Roy
Monday, 13 August 2012
Solvesta, the book by Colin Davies
Possibly this is a cruising guide after all, having just read the last few chapters and before that sailed up the East coast of Austrailia, where day after day, Collin was making some on the spot decisions to stay or go, could he make the Torres Straight at exactly the right stage of the tide? Would he make it through The Hole In the Wall cut at Gugari Rip in the islands West of the Arafura Sea, Pacific Ocean and above Australias Northern Territory?
I find it to be a great read and a for sure this book, while in effect being Collins personal diary of his trip, surely is a must have volume for anyone considering the same voyage.
For a change I am doing a book revue myself, this means I have to read the entire volume of course, at 149 pages its quite a read! From my side I do at least have first hand information on the route as far as Venezuela, so my ability to judge and pass comment on Colins story can be based as far as the mainland after Margerita Island.
Thats Colin behind the TBA history and John who is Colins printer behind the Solvesta book.
Both are quality productions and well worth the price. In fact a situation on Solvesta when she left FBYC will be worth the cost of the book, the wrong spinnaker poles ends failed so early on that they bent the pole and wrecked the ends.
From Colins first page introduction:
Many people have found themselves, like me set adrift in middle age. My wife Carol had died and my two sons, Andy and Nick, Emigrated, so I found myself in Cape Town, faced with the dismal prospect of working alone for the foreseeable future just to pay for a house, car, TV set....in fact, just to exist!
(continues)
I am still reading and passed Panama and Galapagos just yesterday!
How good can this be.
Roy
Late monday, having sailed the Pacific, a visit to New Zealand , I am now in Australia.
Is this book a good read? well Its sure writen as it happens, mistakes and all, Colin keeps saying he was happy doing a little as possible but to me he did so much! The book is not in any way intended to be a cruising guide, it is full of chartlets and pictures, more for a general guidence to the reader than anything else.
You may be very hard pressed to find a better and more up to date sort travel book the circles the globe, Cape Town to Cape Town. For myself I found it was just asking me to get out the BA charts of the areas that Solvesta went to, only then will you see where he went and why.
The trip back to South Africa comes next!
Roy
I find it to be a great read and a for sure this book, while in effect being Collins personal diary of his trip, surely is a must have volume for anyone considering the same voyage.
For a change I am doing a book revue myself, this means I have to read the entire volume of course, at 149 pages its quite a read! From my side I do at least have first hand information on the route as far as Venezuela, so my ability to judge and pass comment on Colins story can be based as far as the mainland after Margerita Island.
Thats Colin behind the TBA history and John who is Colins printer behind the Solvesta book.
Both are quality productions and well worth the price. In fact a situation on Solvesta when she left FBYC will be worth the cost of the book, the wrong spinnaker poles ends failed so early on that they bent the pole and wrecked the ends.
From Colins first page introduction:
Many people have found themselves, like me set adrift in middle age. My wife Carol had died and my two sons, Andy and Nick, Emigrated, so I found myself in Cape Town, faced with the dismal prospect of working alone for the foreseeable future just to pay for a house, car, TV set....in fact, just to exist!
(continues)
I am still reading and passed Panama and Galapagos just yesterday!
How good can this be.
Roy
Late monday, having sailed the Pacific, a visit to New Zealand , I am now in Australia.
Is this book a good read? well Its sure writen as it happens, mistakes and all, Colin keeps saying he was happy doing a little as possible but to me he did so much! The book is not in any way intended to be a cruising guide, it is full of chartlets and pictures, more for a general guidence to the reader than anything else.
You may be very hard pressed to find a better and more up to date sort travel book the circles the globe, Cape Town to Cape Town. For myself I found it was just asking me to get out the BA charts of the areas that Solvesta went to, only then will you see where he went and why.
The trip back to South Africa comes next!
Roy
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Cape Towns Killarney Race Circuit, a day at the races.
This was February of this year and Eric wanted to leave Hout Bay by 7.30am, I was ok with this but thought it an early start non the less. It soon became clear to me that this was a correct decision, we had all the time in the world to see the cars and to meet some of the drivers.
Over the noise of Ford racing engines, Eric talks to Sarel Van Der Merwe, one of the top South African rally and race drivers with expriance overseas, Le Mans,France and Watkins Glen,USA, come to mind?
As you can see, some conversation was reduced to hand signals.
Sarel van der Merwe
Sarel Daniel van der Merwe (born December 5, 1946) is a South African former rally driver, who was a multiple South African Rally Drivers Champion. He is sometimes referred to as "Supervan".[1]
Van der Merwe won the South African Rally Drivers Championship a record eleven times in 1975, from 1977 to 1985 and in 1988. Van Der Merwe also drove one NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen for Hendrick Motorsports #17 Tide Chevrolet Lumina team in 1990 while the team's regular driver, Darrell Waltrip, was recuperating from a severe leg injury a month earlier, where he finished 24th.[2] He also held the SA Saloon Car Championship (1994), SA modified Saloon Car Championship (1994 & 2001), and won the 1996 Castrol International Rally in Swaziland. He received his Springbok Colours in 1976 and his South African National Colours in 1997. In 2002, van der Merwe was awarded the Motorsport South African (MSA) Lifetime Achievement award.[3]
Van der Merwe began his racing career in 1967 racing saloon cars. His international career took off in 1983 in the IMSA series in the USA, with his most notable win in the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona race driving for Kreepy Krauly Racing, an all-South African team in a March 83G-Porsche. He shared the win with Graham Duxbury and Tony Martin. Van der Merwe did exceptionally well in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans where he finished 3rd on debut. In the 1986 Le Mans race, Sarel pulled in a lap early and Jo Gartner took over. A lap later the suspension broke and the car veered off the Mulsanne Straight in the middle of the night and Gartner was killed.
He retired from competitive motor racing on November 23, 2002 after Round 12 of the Vodacom Power Tour at Kyalami.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_van_der_Merwe my thanks to Wikipedia for publishing this information.
Sarels drive for the weekends event, I think the car is 46 years years old!
Note, it is in fact a 1966 Ford Galaxy Coupe, entered and owned by Lindenburg Racing/Lazerus Ford, one of the faster cars on the day for sure.
All pictures by R McBride
As you can see, some conversation was reduced to hand signals.
Sarel van der Merwe
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Sarel van der Merwe | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  South Africa |
| Born | December 5, 1946 Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Retired | 2002 |
| Championship titles | |
| 1975, 1977-1985, 1988 1994 1994, 2001 | South African Rally Drivers Championship South African Saloon Car Championship South African Modified Saloon Car Championship |
| Awards | |
| 1976 1997 2002 | Springbok Colours South African National Colours MSA Lifetime Achievement Award |
Van der Merwe won the South African Rally Drivers Championship a record eleven times in 1975, from 1977 to 1985 and in 1988. Van Der Merwe also drove one NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen for Hendrick Motorsports #17 Tide Chevrolet Lumina team in 1990 while the team's regular driver, Darrell Waltrip, was recuperating from a severe leg injury a month earlier, where he finished 24th.[2] He also held the SA Saloon Car Championship (1994), SA modified Saloon Car Championship (1994 & 2001), and won the 1996 Castrol International Rally in Swaziland. He received his Springbok Colours in 1976 and his South African National Colours in 1997. In 2002, van der Merwe was awarded the Motorsport South African (MSA) Lifetime Achievement award.[3]
Van der Merwe began his racing career in 1967 racing saloon cars. His international career took off in 1983 in the IMSA series in the USA, with his most notable win in the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona race driving for Kreepy Krauly Racing, an all-South African team in a March 83G-Porsche. He shared the win with Graham Duxbury and Tony Martin. Van der Merwe did exceptionally well in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans where he finished 3rd on debut. In the 1986 Le Mans race, Sarel pulled in a lap early and Jo Gartner took over. A lap later the suspension broke and the car veered off the Mulsanne Straight in the middle of the night and Gartner was killed.
He retired from competitive motor racing on November 23, 2002 after Round 12 of the Vodacom Power Tour at Kyalami.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_van_der_Merwe my thanks to Wikipedia for publishing this information.
Sarels drive for the weekends event, I think the car is 46 years years old!
Note, it is in fact a 1966 Ford Galaxy Coupe, entered and owned by Lindenburg Racing/Lazerus Ford, one of the faster cars on the day for sure.
Sarels Ford V8 waits to be unleashed onto the tarmac at Killarney.
Roy
Saturday, 11 August 2012
The TBA Commodores present a gift at the Royal Cape Yacht Club
This one was quite unexpected , past Commodore Charles Paice, introduced Colin Davies to the TBA members, then Barry Woolf took over.
This time it was the turn of yet another ex commodore, Barry Woolf, address the members.
Barry then gifted a model of a fully rigged sailing ship to Colin in recognition of his past works for the TBA.
Barry is a very popular and gifted speaker, he made sure we all gave a good round of applause to Colin.
THE END
Can this be, I somehow doubt this, we need a small steering group who are willing to to restart the TBA and with the assitance and help of the RCYC. We would then call the club our new home.
The TBA needs you, please stand forwards!
Roy
I doubt Colin expected to be introduced and none of us expected what
was to follow.
This time it was the turn of yet another ex commodore, Barry Woolf, address the members.
Barry then gifted a model of a fully rigged sailing ship to Colin in recognition of his past works for the TBA.
Barry is a very popular and gifted speaker, he made sure we all gave a good round of applause to Colin.
THE END
Can this be, I somehow doubt this, we need a small steering group who are willing to to restart the TBA and with the assitance and help of the RCYC. We would then call the club our new home.
The TBA needs you, please stand forwards!
Roy
Friday, 10 August 2012
The Royal Cape Yacht Club hosts the TBA
This was of course not for the first time the RCYC had allowed us to use their club rooms.This time we used the private rooms on the top floor, to introduce Colin Davies new book on the history of the Traditional Boat Association, which after a run of twenty years and in a manner of speaking closed its doors very recently.
The very smart Small Craft Basin frontage of the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town.
The meeting was opened by an ex TBA Commodore, Charles Paice, that is Charles sitting down. We also had a closing speech by the RCYC Commodore, Dale Kushner, which told me he knows whats going on in his club and took the bother to come and have a look.
I guess Dale was wondering like the rest of us why are we shutting the TBA down, there were around fifty TBA ex members present and thats the heart and soul of the years gone by.
Charles during his address, as he quite correctly pointed out, ours was not a financial failure, quite the opposite, as we had so much left in the bank we had to donate it to worthy causes, the NSRI being one and the RCYC another, I think eight associations received a payment?
Members in the Chart Room discussing the History of the TBA book they had just collected.
The very smart Small Craft Basin frontage of the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town.
The meeting was opened by an ex TBA Commodore, Charles Paice, that is Charles sitting down. We also had a closing speech by the RCYC Commodore, Dale Kushner, which told me he knows whats going on in his club and took the bother to come and have a look.
I guess Dale was wondering like the rest of us why are we shutting the TBA down, there were around fifty TBA ex members present and thats the heart and soul of the years gone by.
Charles during his address, as he quite correctly pointed out, ours was not a financial failure, quite the opposite, as we had so much left in the bank we had to donate it to worthy causes, the NSRI being one and the RCYC another, I think eight associations received a payment?
TBA members looking a little glum faced, maybe they now know that the association could be re started given a new driving force and a fresh committee.
At the end of the speeches and what was hosted as the very last TBA meeting, Barry Woolf went out and lowered the TBA burgee for the very last time, or is it I wonder?
THE END
Roy
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Writer, Publisher and Printer
Thats three hey, well sort of but as Colin Davies is both the writer and the publisher, he takes the mantle of the first two positions.
Colin is to the left and dressed in his best TBA uniform, the printer is John Donaldson of Forms Express, the printer who made such a fine job of Colins works.
The history of the TBA is now released and can be bought for R120, we have a reasonable stock of those issues. The book named Solvesta is not so easy to supply, John printed just ten, I have a few more to sell at R300 eaach. A really fine read about Colins trip sailing around the world on his own.
Roy
I asked a well known yachtsman and now and again book critic, Justin Phillips, to comment on the TBA History volume he bought.
Many thanks Justin.
The Traditional Boat Association in Cape Town must surely rate as one of the most interesting societies I know of. What could be more engrossing that classic wooden boats, tales of seamanship, history and nautical tradition? Not to mention the old salts who made up the people, along with their boats . . . Sadly, The TBA (as it was known) was provisionally wound up after 20 years, a few months ago, as all good things need to take a break once in a while. Fortunately for all, Colin Davies, one of the original members, has documented the history of the TBA in a recent book, with all the events and happenings of this period, including all the excellent cartoons that were compiled over these years. It’s an absolute gem! It relates in a nice relaxed anecdotal style, with great humour, while recounting the many interesting events and individuals that make up the recent history of yachts and classic boats in Cape Town. These include sea captains, yacht designers, many well known yachtsmen and cruisers, and even the odd journo! It would seem the interest in things classic and nautical did not forget the important matters of splicing and mainbraces, and the cartoons contain ample evidence of this! David Biggs must have been in his element!
For anyone with an interest in the boating history of Cape Town, of the old boats themselves, or who knew these folk (I was surprised how many I knew, or knew of) – this book is a must. The R120 prices is a 100% donation to the NSRI, and we really have to thank Colin for this most generous piece of work (with help from others including Barry Woolf and Roy McBride). It’s a nice coffee-table format, printed on glossy paper. Copies from Roy McBride – roy@comlumber.com.
Justin Phillips
Cape Town
email justin.phillips@mweb.co.za
This was at the RCYC last night, an official last meeting of the TBA but I can not wonder if we have just re started it!
Colin is to the left and dressed in his best TBA uniform, the printer is John Donaldson of Forms Express, the printer who made such a fine job of Colins works.
The history of the TBA is now released and can be bought for R120, we have a reasonable stock of those issues. The book named Solvesta is not so easy to supply, John printed just ten, I have a few more to sell at R300 eaach. A really fine read about Colins trip sailing around the world on his own.
Roy
I asked a well known yachtsman and now and again book critic, Justin Phillips, to comment on the TBA History volume he bought.
Many thanks Justin.
The Traditional Boat Association in Cape Town must surely rate as one of the most interesting societies I know of. What could be more engrossing that classic wooden boats, tales of seamanship, history and nautical tradition? Not to mention the old salts who made up the people, along with their boats . . . Sadly, The TBA (as it was known) was provisionally wound up after 20 years, a few months ago, as all good things need to take a break once in a while. Fortunately for all, Colin Davies, one of the original members, has documented the history of the TBA in a recent book, with all the events and happenings of this period, including all the excellent cartoons that were compiled over these years. It’s an absolute gem! It relates in a nice relaxed anecdotal style, with great humour, while recounting the many interesting events and individuals that make up the recent history of yachts and classic boats in Cape Town. These include sea captains, yacht designers, many well known yachtsmen and cruisers, and even the odd journo! It would seem the interest in things classic and nautical did not forget the important matters of splicing and mainbraces, and the cartoons contain ample evidence of this! David Biggs must have been in his element!
For anyone with an interest in the boating history of Cape Town, of the old boats themselves, or who knew these folk (I was surprised how many I knew, or knew of) – this book is a must. The R120 prices is a 100% donation to the NSRI, and we really have to thank Colin for this most generous piece of work (with help from others including Barry Woolf and Roy McBride). It’s a nice coffee-table format, printed on glossy paper. Copies from Roy McBride – roy@comlumber.com.
Justin Phillips
Cape Town
email justin.phillips@mweb.co.za
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
A seal on the Hout Bay Marina
One for the guys and gals of the Hout Bay Yacht Club and as a warning!
This is not any seal and its said to be only the 5th Leopard Seal to have
been sighted in South Africa, plus one of the other sightings was also in Hout Bay! with another of Cape Point and thats quite close we seem to be the main target area.
I actually saw this chap, hard not to when he was about fifty feet away from my boat!
Note, this shot was actually taken on the ABC marina close by, so the seal moved around in the harbour some.
http://www.zestforbirds.co.za/leopardseal01.html (more pictures in this link)
Africa's 5th Leopard Seal!
Text and photos by: Trevor Hardaker (my thanks for the use of his story and pictures)
On Wednesday, 17 August 2005, a Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx was located in the Hout Bay harbour area near to Cape Town. Based on available information, there are 4 previous records of this species on the continent - one previously at Hout Bay, one at Bortjiesdrif near Cape Point, one at Jutten Island and one near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.
Leopard Seals occur widely in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. They are most abundant in pack ice and fast-ice habitats closer to the continent, especially along the Antarctic Peninsula. They regularly occur at South Georgia, the Falkland Islands, Macquarie, South Orkney, South Shetland and Kergeulen Islands, especially in September and October and occasionally also occur at Marion Island. Vagrants have also been reported from South America, Australia and New Zealand.
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Thanks for publishing this for us. Roy
This is not any seal and its said to be only the 5th Leopard Seal to have
been sighted in South Africa, plus one of the other sightings was also in Hout Bay! with another of Cape Point and thats quite close we seem to be the main target area.
I actually saw this chap, hard not to when he was about fifty feet away from my boat!
Note, this shot was actually taken on the ABC marina close by, so the seal moved around in the harbour some.
http://www.zestforbirds.co.za/leopardseal01.html (more pictures in this link)
Africa's 5th Leopard Seal!
Text and photos by: Trevor Hardaker (my thanks for the use of his story and pictures)
On Wednesday, 17 August 2005, a Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx was located in the Hout Bay harbour area near to Cape Town. Based on available information, there are 4 previous records of this species on the continent - one previously at Hout Bay, one at Bortjiesdrif near Cape Point, one at Jutten Island and one near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.
Leopard Seals occur widely in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. They are most abundant in pack ice and fast-ice habitats closer to the continent, especially along the Antarctic Peninsula. They regularly occur at South Georgia, the Falkland Islands, Macquarie, South Orkney, South Shetland and Kergeulen Islands, especially in September and October and occasionally also occur at Marion Island. Vagrants have also been reported from South America, Australia and New Zealand.
So fellow yachties of Hout Bay, just be carefull where you walk and swim from now on!
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Thanks for publishing this for us. Roy
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
How to make a new rudder for your boat
There are a number of ways to go about this, chances are the boat builder and his original moulds have gone?
If so and assuming we have a sample to copy or the designers original drawings we can make you a kit.
This is a new rudder for an Irwin 54 which bent its rudder stock of Cape Point.
This all happened over the December 2010 period, that included Christmas Day as the boat was part of the Around The World ARC fleet and departure day was close.
Epoxy finished over biaxial glass cloth, the finishing takes as long to do as the actual plywood manufacturing stage.
Finshed with Sigmaprime epoxy etch primer, the rudder is ready to install.
The customer approoves!
Charles of Harbour Marine ran the contract and brought all the main players and trades together, it was Steve on the left who glassed in new support structure inside the boat.
The new rudder is about to be fitted, will it fit? It did of course and the boat and crew sailed off with the ARC World fleet to Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
If so and assuming we have a sample to copy or the designers original drawings we can make you a kit.
This is a new rudder for an Irwin 54 which bent its rudder stock of Cape Point.
In this case we worked around a new 316 stainless rudder stock and fabricated tangs which fit inside the rudder, plus we made it to a finished product which Harbour Marine then fitted. All done here in Hout Bay, South Africa.
Glassing the rudder.
This all happened over the December 2010 period, that included Christmas Day as the boat was part of the Around The World ARC fleet and departure day was close.
Epoxy finished over biaxial glass cloth, the finishing takes as long to do as the actual plywood manufacturing stage.
Here Charles in the maroon sports shirt shows his customer what we have ready for him, this was the first time he had seen sight of his new rudder.
The customer approoves!
Charles of Harbour Marine ran the contract and brought all the main players and trades together, it was Steve on the left who glassed in new support structure inside the boat.
The new rudder is about to be fitted, will it fit? It did of course and the boat and crew sailed off with the ARC World fleet to Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
Roy
Monday, 6 August 2012
Wooden boat transom tales
Seen here they boat look just like any boats, excepting the fact they are both wooden boats and one is larger than the other, they are not at all the same.
The larger boat is still quite new, a Dix Design in ply/epoxy was launched in 2000, now twelve years old but the smaller boat, it is a Vertue 26,was launched in 1934, so is now seventy eight years old, so just a mean sixty six years between the two!
Roy
Picture taken on the HBYC marina July 2012 by R McBride
Henry Vink built and launched the Vertue as Aldebaren, it then became the boat that Noel sailed around the world when it was named Footloose. Tom Maben found it for sale in False Bay about six years back, he spent a good four years doing a total strip down and rebuild, then re named the boat Tale Teller, which could well be true.
The larger boat is still quite new, a Dix Design in ply/epoxy was launched in 2000, now twelve years old but the smaller boat, it is a Vertue 26,was launched in 1934, so is now seventy eight years old, so just a mean sixty six years between the two!
Roy
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Stolen Time a review by Justin Phillips
Justin is ahead of me here, I have read parts of the new novel by Al Noteman but not as much as Justin it seems. I need a Kindle to down load the rest of this great story!
Try this link to buy and down load the book right now.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stolen-Time-1-ebook/dp/B008AYUIM8
Roy
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Compelling and Authentic Adventure Tale!, 25 Jun 2012
By
Justin Phillips (Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stolen Time (1) (Kindle Edition)
As a citizen of Cape Town, a yachtsman, and someone who lived through the era of this tale, it really is a case of a "thriller in my own backyard". Many of the characters are familiar to me, either by inference or directly. The context of the military aspects, the sailing, the alluvial West Coast diamond mines and the environment of Cape town are very very authentic - even the news of those days. Africa, including South Africa, has always been a good place to set a novel of adventure, risk and lust. The dark side of the then Nationalist Government is very well exploited, also the dodgy and evil characters that were known to be around in those times. South America and the South atlantic is a place of equal intrigue - and the novel does well to bring these aspects to life in such an authentic way. The tale is similar in style to a Wilbur Smith novel and is quite compelling, but for me it is the authentic reality of this environment that makes it fascinating, in a larger than life kind of way. A great adventure yarn! Try this link to buy and down load the book right now.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stolen-Time-1-ebook/dp/B008AYUIM8
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