INVESTIGATOR 563

Hi Boxy,
Here's a picture of the forestay hound and the jib halyard arrangement I use.

Hi boxy, I was to the understanding that the 563 originally had no jib halyard . It was set up with a twin forestay and a linkage, when you tensioned the fore stay you tensioned the jib luff on the furling forestay,,, so when you stood the mast up, the sail went up too. Some may have only had a wire...

Speed test

The small town where I live has just got it's NBN tower a few months back. We now have a NBN wireless connecton to the Tower. The Speed is fantastic and now, just today,, we up graded our eftpos facility to run though the network. We also have a net phone which works fine and we find we can stream t...

neilmac wrote:I have been trying to send a PM to the administrator however the messages seem to be stuck in my out box. Can't work it outl

Hi Neil,
I think PM's may sit in the outbox until they are read by the recipient, You might just have to sit tight until admin gets there.

Hi Mark, International yacht paints have a great booklet called Boat painting and color card. You may be able to download a copy. I took my booklet along to a boat paint store and got the advise I needed from a guy that paints boats. He also recommended paints to use and what prep would be required....

Yara50 wrote:Looks like someone butchered the keel and converted to a drop keel. Crazy idea, as you destroy the key advantage of the original design.

It would probably get up and boogie though

Alot of radio/electronic equipment recommends RF grounding. I have the same wires that you have on the chain plates etc (another boat) that go to a - terminal for RF grounding the HF and Vhf

Steve

Hi Sean. The captive foot of the 563 mainsail is more for roller reef furling. I have the option of both on my main having a bolt rope sewn along the foot but the sail is actually cut to be loose footed and that's what I use. There are many pro's and con's,, these are a couple I keep in mind. Loose ...

You may be right about the the centerboard Dr Pete but comparing performance to what you think another boat on the water is doing is irrelevant. Above 15knts of true wind, I find it hard to get my boat to sail better than 65 deg to the wind. Where my boat is pointing and where I actually are going a...