INVESTIGATOR 563

My new trailer cost me around $4000 which included all materials except wheels and tyres and also included galvanising. But no allowance for labour.
Hope this helps anyone who may be thinking about building one.

My choice of paint for almost anything, especially on my boat is Norglass. First, second and third. Only drawback is the need for breathing apparatus, but if you have that, then I have found nothing that beats it.
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Good Job Andrew. Main thing of course to to ensure the core has fully dried out before doing it. Injecting epoxy into water would be no good at all. Constant warmth and air flow is what's required. Not too much pressure but enough to blow the water out and dry it over time. I would never use thicken...

In my last boat, a 25 ft modified Roberts keel boat, I had a fully gimbled 2 burner gas stove. I used to use a clay pot turned upside down over one of the burners with the gas set to low. Always had ventilation as well as a gas detector and never used it when sleeping, but my word it heated the boat...

Also, on another post I put on here is a link to a very good video on U tube regarding testing of various methods of core repair. Well worth a read. Also check out my posts on mast step repair. It's a fiddles job but well worth a look if you have soft core or cracking around the mast step. In fact, ...

Well done Andrew. What I did was to make little plugs out of about 3/4 inch long pieces of 1/4 inch dowel sharpened at one end by filing to a point one end in the chuck of a drill or lathe. These were removed after the epoxy went off enough not to be runny but before it set completely. Then I filled...

Hi Andrew, that's a great idea. What I did was everywhere there is a bolt, I drilled out the bolt hole about half as much again, used gorilla tape on the under side and then filled the bolt holes with epoxy. Then re drilled the correct hole size through the epoxy. The idea is to have epoxy completel...

Hi all I have posts on here regarding soft deck core repairs. Recently, I found a very interesting U Tube video on that very subject. See below, a link to it. https://youtu.be/qIytOVWaprg?si=btbuEj4HL1TkreEm It is important to get the core as dry as you can before injecting epoxy if that is the way ...

Hi Andrew, hav a link for you to watch on U tube regarding fixing soft core of deck. Very worth while a look. https://youtu.be/qIytOVWaprg?si=btbuEj4HL1TkreEm Most important is to get it as dry as possible before injecting with epoxy. This can be done by both blowing low pressure compressed air thro...

Hi Ross, only just saw your reply. I will give you a call tomorrow . Cheers