INVESTIGATOR 563

SOLD. Purchaser is on Central Coast / South western Lake Macquarie

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Well what a drawn out exercise the new boat has been - 2 years since I posted upcoming sale. well no way is now available.Am looking at sensible offers around $5500. Have added the spec sheet and have pics of most items mentioned if there is anyone wants more info] No Way A mid 70’s Investigator 563...

Who says those on mooring need not worry. Years ago, one Saturday morning paddled out to No Way on the mooring and here is a 1 meter Olive python curled up on the outboard bracket - was known in the area. He figured he'd found a good restaurant as swallows had built a nest there previously. Went bac...

The rail 4455, top right of Sheerline page is the Adams 10 rail which I have. If you buy it make sure it has slots punched and fixing holes drilled and countersunk

That looks like an interesting profile. Mine has pinchweld which has served me very well. The best place I have found for rubber/pvc and such seals is Grippy Rubber here in Sydney

7/8 or now 22mm was the most common size used on boats of this era. Would suspect either inch or 7/8 would fit the molding on the roof - they are not that accurate. I used 1inch teak doweling which I probably bought from Caporns - who no longer exist - because it doesn't get hot in the burning sun

In the first instance production boat builders numbered boats in production order - sail numbers reflected this. These type of boats were rarely if at all built to stock mostly because there was a slim margin which didn't make it viable for dealers. Some builders had representatives (boat owners) in...

I have a couple of shorter lengths of the Adams 10 ally toerail. About 2m long. If someone wanted to use them on foredeck area of gunwhale PM me and I can check lengths

The Manitou 32 supposedly sold 100+boats. The person behind them was John Biddlecombe and according to a Rob Mundle bio the production was underway in 6 weeks. Now, I was in the boat building business in those days and to design and build a boat from scratch took months to years. Word around the tra...