Sunstone visits the RCYC in Cape Town

Tom and Vicky Jackson sailed from Argentina to South Africa some years back,I have done a blog on them before,now a new picture comes into my PC,its not mine it was taken by a friend using his Sony digital camera,thanks Alan.When I visited Tom and Vicky as the port officer for the OCC ofwhich they are members and roving reporters,we had just had tea below, I was saying my goodbyes Alan walks along and I made the introductions.

message from Alan is below.

It was an old digital Sony CyberShot about 10 years old, with automatic focusing etc etc as I do not understand focal lengths and F-stops and all that stuff,

Nice picture Alan,many thanks!

The ultimate Toylander drive battery

Left click the picture to view in a larger size.

As ever time will tell on that but with the works Toylander wheels finally arriving from the suppliers and this battery being delivered by Andrew,our first Toylander kit customer,we will find out soon enough. Andew thinks this kind of sealed gel battery,which is a whopping 110amp size (C20) or 95amps (C5), is used on things like golf carts,so will be well suited to our Toylanders. Made in the EU by Exide Technologies and marked Sonnenschein,with a top lable Otto Bock quality for life 0126,it will need good securing nylon web straps to tie it down.

At the sign of the flying whale

My thanks to Charles from yacht Umande,on the HBYC marina for posing with his newpaper and boat.

I am cautious when out sailing when whales are concerned,even the sight of a large Sunfish normally has me heading a less expensive way,this front page on the Cape Argus seems to back up my feelings.The place was Grainger Bay,just inside Table Bay,Cape Town.

Container for sale in Cape Town

Used for an internal store in our works this Corten Steel container is for sale,its a 6mtr unit (20ft) and has a plywood internal floor,well priced at R11,000 and no vat payable,we may be able to arrange delivery at a basic extra cost.

Carbon Fibre mast and spar kits

Carbon Fibre Mast kits in South Africa coming soon.

With interest in the designs from Bernd Kholer,some of which require carbon spars, I have thought up a process to either have us supply the masts as a kit,or for us to manufacture in house,as a kit its very light so will ship anyplace,we supply the materials and you supply the labour,always a good idea for those with more time than money! The section shapes can be round,oval or rectangular,we will also supply the CNC plates and fittings in 316 stainless steel if required.

Quarter final fan street walk

This is the last game in Cape Town and the fan walk,a max of 18,000 on any walk had been thought as good by the Cape Town City Council prior to the FIFA 2010 World Cup starting,seems  they were wrong,some 159,000 turned out to do this last walk,thats Teru in the front supporting Holland

Argie 10 kits to Durban

Ready for packing,two sets of Argie 10 kits,plus The Poplar wood is machined to size and packed in plastic tube wrapping to ensure it will transport in the same condition we packed it.

Wrapped and steel band strapped,the six sheets of five ply ockume marine plys are inside the blue pallet.

We shipped out two Argie 10 kits to Eddie in Durban yesterday,there will be a saving on both packing and delivery,it will be good to watch Eddie and his brothers progress as they both build their boats,one design dinghy racing will never be closer!

Sails for sale

The Hobie 12 sail boat

The Optimist sail boat

We have two dinghy sails for sale,one is the Optimist sail by North Sails and in good condition for R700,it has its own bag and has been measured,I think it was used at an international event in Barcelona,Spain.The other is a rare Hobie 12 cat hulled mono boat,the sail is made in Hong Kong to the Coast Catamaran lable,R1000 for that one.

Note,the sails shown in the pictures are 'sister ships',cuts and fabric may be changed.

Dix Design Cape Henry 21

Thats Dudley Dix sitting closest to the mast.

This is a sort of self portraight,the designer was sailing in a clients own Cape Henry 21,Billy Black took the pictures (thanks) the US magazine Sailing published them in their May issue as a centerfold,also on the front page of the June issue,I took the picture for Dudley as he had not yet seen the May issue.

Hout Bay Harbour marina view

This picture was lifted off the HBYC webb site,I think Justin may have taken it,with winter being here,it was a very cold day yesterday,one caller said it was as cold as 3c in Stellenbosch yesterday and we hear five mountain passes were closed due to heavy snowfalls but this is what Hout Bay Harbour looks like today!

Hout Bay Harbour scene

Ever changing with the cruising and fishing boats coming and going,the seasons change,so does the weather but our winter is a fine period between the much needed rains and the odd bit of snow on Table Mountain at times.

The camera is a Canon G11 set to auto.

Richard and a full race Hillman Imp manifold

My own exhaust system,well it was,a customer needed one quickly,so I sent him my own.

With another full race Hillman Imp exhaust mainfold about to make the post in an hour or so its time to re issue a picture of a well known Hillman Imp body work restorer,Richard has been out here twice this far,we try and meet up with him when he is here.

Shane and his pals collect the Didi Mini Transat kit prize

This one has taken some while to actually happen,Shane and Ruben, a co school mate,entered a competition in Sailing magazine,the prize of which was funded by Mike, one of our customers with the idea of increasing the new class in South Africa,unfortunatley Rubens parents had to return home to Belgium and that was the end of that for a few years.

Time moves on,Shane has worked at North Sails as a sailmaker since leaving high school,he was chosen to be part of the sail making team for South Africas Americas Cup bid in Spain,Shane went with them to Barcelona,he has also had success in the local Lipton Cup races too.

Shane is standing to the left.

There is now a team of three,the other two being hands on boat builders will have no problems assembling this set of bulkheads,they will work their way through the rest of the build as and when funds allow the main thing is they have started!

Hillman Imp full race inlet and exhaust manifold

Made new to order,rarely ex stock but we are trying,good quality,made on a special jig so we know that thay are all the same and will fit,this one is sold to Tim in the UK,another one will start production in a weeks time.

Mail in from the manifolds owner,Tim.

Hi Roy


The manifold looks great, thanks for keeping me posted. If you can let me know when you have another in stock, I’ll check around to see if we can move it on. I’ve not forgotten to do the photos of my build, as soon as I’ve made more progress I’ll email some pics to you.

Thanks again.

Tim

Note,we will not accept new orders from now on untill one is in stock,they have been taking a little too long to produce due to their technical design,one is in production now though.If you require one,please contact me to be put on the delivery list.

Roy

roy@comlumber.com

Hout Bay Harbour scenes