INVESTIGATOR 563

Ian S.
If you buy the stair stringers from Ingal they are hot dipped. Industrial Galvanisers (Ingal) probably the biggest in the business

Custom. Makes it easy to board from tender or dock, even when ladder is up.

With Swim Platform

When using any of the acid based cleaners you must pile on the polish to protect the gelcoat. With our boats' age the wax surface has long gone from the gelcoat which makes the surface porous - which is why it gets dirty easier - so the pin holes need to be "filled". Penetrol is very good ...

Ozzie. The last time I had hollow section steel hot dipped we had to drill sizeable holes at either end so the zinc was able to get inside and also to stop the seam of the tube splitting because of gas build up inside

Ozzie. Tape I use is a vinyl type tape - looks a bit like the brown packaging tape but thicker, and comes in red or blue. Because it has uniform edge thickness there's no bleed under the tape - purrrfect edge. Peter T. Should only need breathing apparatus for toxic 2 packs. Most everything else is l...

Did the nonskid on my boat years ago. Most important part is making sure that the non skid is perfectly clean. You won't have any wax residue because of the boats age so a good scrub with soap and water and a really good rinse with CLEAN water again whilst scrubbing with a clean scrubbing brush. Mas...

On the old F 27 Fokker Friendships the flight crew had a flip chart list for take off and landing. About the size of a teledex mounted in the centre on the dash/console.

Solarquotes more about the technical side. Testing of panels and controllers and batteries. The science applies regardless of the size of installation

If you want the really good oil on boat solar look at/speak to www.solar4rvs.com.au. Also www.solarquotes.com.au has some great tech info. It mainly applies to domestic solar but the technology is the same