INVESTIGATOR 563

Good call on the brakes Ian. I should have done that myself but I’ll suggest it to the new owner. I have added oil filler caps to the two rear cross members (plus drains) and pumped new engine oil into them before retrieving the boat. As is my normal procedure I retrieved at high tide and didn’t dip...

Thank you for your kind words Ian. As I’ve said before the Investigator has been the best value hobby I’ve ever had. It has cost us very little over the the years to maintain other than a good measure of elbow grease occasionally. We are sad to see her go as we had hoped my daughter and son in law w...

Spritzig II FOR SALE This follows on from the following posts. https://investigator563.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=10057#p10057 And https://investigator563.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=10056#p10056 Now down to details. First the good news. Currently the boat trailer has been refurbished and registered. I...

21 years ago we purchased our 563 after a 12 month hunt. Well, after much, much digging and soul searching we have decided to pass Spritzig II on to a new home if there is a buyer interested. I will be turning 70 this year and life threatening health issues that have dogged me for sometime have curt...

Been busier than a u.s.government redactor lately and kept meaning to post the details of my trailer refurbishment. All this stuff came from ISP motor market at Glendale. These guys predate Super creep by decades and know their crepe. I was buying bits off them for my first car in 1975. These days, ...

The splice from rope to wire was the standard setup gents back when Kevin Shepard designed the Investigator . Many on here, including myself have replaced this with all Spectra, which was not available at that time. Nothing wrong with the standard setup but single line spectra removes one more failu...

Peter, this is the company that evolved from the demise of Keely Marine

https://www.sparcrafters.com.au/

Hopefully they still retain the molds from Bob. Good luck and please inform us how it goes.

Thanks gents . The work is done. All new everything bar the original drop axle which was sound. I have prepared a detailed post with pics but quickly here’s a link I had in my favourites. Self explanatory . https://www.eatondetroitspring.com/lubricatingleafsprings/ My mechanic concurred. He recommen...

Nice pics and narrative Andrew. Impressed with you neat seamanship with very orderly cord storage on the mast. I fall down often with this.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/raidsydney/ Above link will open ok without Fb membership. I’ve seen their vids on YouTube and they have been mentioned on the forum a few times. There is some interesting locations discussed. They did a piece in one of their vids on a restoration of an Investigator. ...