Showing posts with label Hout. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hout. Show all posts
Monday, 17 April 2017
An Arab Dhow from Zanzibar makes it to Hout Bay
Yes, it arrived today and came down the coast in a record sailing time on the deck of a ship!
This boat was built from drift wood and was built on the beached, used as a community boat, its just eight months old!
No epoxy, no paint,not much of anything but it is caulked at the seams.
Looks like its licenced, SAMSA will have a fit, there are no life lines or safety equipment.
An new posting in the morning and on some of the boats details.
How nice is that.
Roy
Principal dimensions:
LOA 8.70 mtrs,
Beam 2.50 mtrs,
Draft ??? mtrs?
Hight of hull 950mm at max beam
Width of transom 1.5mtrs
Length of sail sprit 13.20 mtrs, (lanteen sail rigged)
Hight of mast 6.00 mtrs,
Thin Sprit? 5.60 mtrs
Said to weigh eight tons overall.
The owner says the boat is eight months old only but I wonder?
This boat was built from drift wood and was built on the beached, used as a community boat, its just eight months old!
No epoxy, no paint,not much of anything but it is caulked at the seams.
Looks like its licenced, SAMSA will have a fit, there are no life lines or safety equipment.
An new posting in the morning and on some of the boats details.
How nice is that.
Roy
Principal dimensions:
LOA 8.70 mtrs,
Beam 2.50 mtrs,
Draft ??? mtrs?
Hight of hull 950mm at max beam
Width of transom 1.5mtrs
Length of sail sprit 13.20 mtrs, (lanteen sail rigged)
Hight of mast 6.00 mtrs,
Thin Sprit? 5.60 mtrs
Said to weigh eight tons overall.
The owner says the boat is eight months old only but I wonder?
Friday, 14 April 2017
Hout Bays weather today
The date is Saturday 30th of March and we have a coastal low pushing down from Namibia. At such times we get strong winds in the Cape Town area and often at its stongest here in Hout Bay (wood bay).
You need 50 knots of breeze to lift sand as much as this!
Down in the hatbour, the boats on the marina were showing which are the lighter ballasted ones.
This is the lower end of Northshore Drive, Hout Bay, South Africa.
The wind blown sand can be so thick at times, that its like driving in fog.
You need 50 knots of breeze to lift sand as much as this!
Down in the hatbour, the boats on the marina were showing which are the lighter ballasted ones.
Thats a lot of wind in those SE clouds but we have an Easterly where we are, so its coming from the left of the picture.
The old B&G Hornet windspeed meter, its in a window to my left, was showing gusts to 55 knots at times.
A view looking the otherway, thats the back of Table Mountain in the distance.
Normal weather at times, the marina stands up well to such winds too.
Roy
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Heritage Day holiday in Hout Bay
The picture is dated 2003 so some decade back and more, the conditions on todays Heritage Day are not so nice, plus the Hout Bay YC marina walkway was still out of service yesterday afternoon.
The picture was taken by Kate Turner Smith from her parents yacht the Muria, Tenacity.
The boat is a Dix 43 built in a ply/epoxy composite, its now for sale, please contact me for the brokers name and contact number.
http://www.legacyyachtsales.co.za/CM43%200268.htm
I have always loved this picture!
Roy
The picture was taken by Kate Turner Smith from her parents yacht the Muria, Tenacity.
The boat is a Dix 43 built in a ply/epoxy composite, its now for sale, please contact me for the brokers name and contact number.
http://www.legacyyachtsales.co.za/CM43%200268.htm
I have always loved this picture!
Roy
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Hout Bay YC marina members
Seen here yesterday is John and Athol on the far side of the marina.
As you can see we have really nice weather right now.
Both yachts in the pictures are wooden classics designed by Wm Garden.
Roy
Both yachts in the pictures are wooden classics designed by Wm Garden.
Roy
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Rubbish in Hout Bay
We have our fair share, its a problem made worse by some of the café vendors and their fish and chip cartons?
This rubbish is quite different though, for one he is an African Grey parrot and his name is Rubbish.
Click on the picture to enlarge it.
Rubbish is special, he has just turned 18 and has also just sailed around the world on a 40ft yacht, he was only 4 last time we met, welcome home Rubbish!
Amazing,
Roy
This rubbish is quite different though, for one he is an African Grey parrot and his name is Rubbish.
Rubbish is special, he has just turned 18 and has also just sailed around the world on a 40ft yacht, he was only 4 last time we met, welcome home Rubbish!
Amazing,
Roy
Saturday, 25 March 2017
Hokule sailing our way to Hout Bay
They may not find space in the Hout Bay harbour?
They have Just cleared Richards Bay and may want a spot to keep their ship when in our waters?
Sailing around the world without a GPS or Sextant sounds interesting, I once met with Marvin Creamer at the RCYC, he was on a voyage with one crew around the world and using only the stars, sun, moon and planets, he made it too!
Sailing around the world without a GPS or Sextant sounds interesting, I once met with Marvin Creamer at the RCYC, he was on a voyage with one crew around the world and using only the stars, sun, moon and planets, he made it too!
Roy
Port Officer OCC
My thanks for the use of this super quality picture, click on it to view full screen.
I have has mails from Heidi, she is part of the group that are sailing down the South African coast.
I am not sure if she is sailing on the 61 ft long sailing cat or the steel support yacht that is sailing with the cat.
Aloha (warm greetings from Hawaiʻi),
We received your contact information from some friends who are members of the Ocean Cruising Club.
The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) is humbled to have our traditional, double-hulled voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa continue on her first Worldwide Voyage from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, and visit some special ports in South Africa, possibly including Hout Bay. (photo of Hōkūleʻa attached) We just cleared Customs, Health and Immigration in Richards Bay on Oct. 19, and may seek to visit your port if we need to avoid weather en route to Cape Town. We would be grateful for help in, and advice about, a place that we do not yet know.
Hōkūleʻa (a double-hulled, traditional voyaging canoe) has no auxiliary power and only sails within the parameters of safety and weather, with Gershon II (a monohull motor sailor) sailing nearby only for safety and any necessary towing to get Hōkūleʻa out of weather situations. (See specification sheets, attached) Because Hōkūleʻa is completely reliant upon weather conditions for sailing, we cannot commit to dates of arrival and sail.
We are, however, planning an arrival ceremony in Cape Town on either November 14 or 21, 2015. We will be conducting educational outreach and exchange there for a week, before going into dry dock to prepare for our Atlantic crossing at the end of December to visit more like-minded, ocean-based communities before returning to the Pacific and home to Hawaiʻi in 2017.
More on this when I find out.
http://www.hokulea.com/
Roy
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Hout Bay Marina berth for sale
One of the nicer large boat marina berths on the HBYC marina and in Hout Bay Harbour is available and for sale right now.
Unlike some marinas in the Western Cape we have a very decent amount of entry and turning space to access our berths here.
Hout Bay is one of the most pleasant and scenic places to keep your boat in, the large boat in the center painted silver is on the marina berth for sale.
Contact me for details.
Roy
Now sold.
Unlike some marinas in the Western Cape we have a very decent amount of entry and turning space to access our berths here.
Hout Bay is one of the most pleasant and scenic places to keep your boat in, the large boat in the center painted silver is on the marina berth for sale.
Contact me for details.
Roy
Now sold.
Sunday, 19 March 2017
Hout Bay Sunday classic car driving
Why not, it was really nice weather on Sunday morning, so a drive around our side of Hout Bay and a visit to the award winning Engen garage for some petrol was a good idea.
Collen is the supervisor there, he is in the car in this picture.
Collen is the supervisor there, he is in the car in this picture.
Collen knows quite a bit about the Hillman Imp, as a friend in Johannesburg was doing the over head camshaft on his car and Colin was there watching.
What a nice mornings drive!
How hard can this be?
The car is a 1967 Hillman Imp Californian Coupe, an export model sent to Mozambique.
How I ended up with it and dating back twenty years is another story.
Roy
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