INVESTIGATOR 563

Thanks for all the input. I have unfortunately or fortunately as in “thank god” finished much of the work prior to reading it. I used Duragal steel as I had some on hand and purchased the rest locally. Due to health issues with my deteriorating spine there was no possible way I was able to strip the...

Good post Andrew! Just to reiterate a warning on Duralac from previous posts “Just a WARNING re Duralac. I was advised by Bob Keely that it’s important to use it even between aluminium to aluminium let alone dissimilar metals and it is good gear to prevent the issues I’ve just encountered but as I’v...

I use Johnson Floor wax as a final coating on the hull sides. After using normal marine polishes and cleaners it gets Johnson’s floor wax.
Every time!
You can walk on it .

I have the usual scum line on the hull that comes from lapping water above the anti fouling. It always gets ugly prior to haulout. I tried as an experiment hitting it with some clr while I was fiddling with bilge pump inside the boat fixing a disconnected handle. It was about half an hour later I ca...

Can you put two solar sources at once into the battery Andrew? That is if you have your fixed one connection active is there any issues with connecting the blanket at the same time to the same terminals. Curious relative to my motorhome. Blanket sounds good. And packs away small which is great.

That’s great Scott. I made reply to a post here over 12 years ago https://investigator563.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=1894#p1894 I’ll Just quote it here “ Re: Our first time out Edit Delete Report Information Quote Post Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:57 am Hi Steve have not been on the forum for a while but nice ...

Good news mate. I would be fairly certain that the cable is still connected to the swing keel which is why you can’t pull it through. Wait till you get the keel down to that point you can see and check. It may be all ok. At the very least you can attach your spectra to the end of the cable and use i...

Knew I had a pic of my bulkhead somewhere. Top arrow shows the exit point where you should have a sheave (roller) for your pull rope to exit. If your fittings are all absent you may just have a square hole . Lower arrow is indicating cleat to tie off the keel pull rope . While I’m on the subject not...

Meant to add if you get a dull pruning saw or standard hack saw you may be able to run it up the sides of the swing keel and remove some of the rust . As your seals will need replacement you probably don’t need to worry about damage . Be cautious about damaging interior surface of the fibreglass cas...

https://investigator563.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=9466&hilit=Pull+rope#p9466 Hi Scott. Welcome and congratulations on purchasing your 563. The above link will give you good info plus do a search on “swing keel” and “pull rope” and a wealth of stuff will come up. I recommend the secondary seal I ...