INVESTIGATOR 563

Hi Sean,

Raking the centerboad back helps control the helm.( it reduces weatherhelm) . I often lift it right back and/or up when sailing to windward if I have good boat speed and always up when down wind. I have marks on the lift rope to tell me where it's at.

I hand swage my own rigging for the 563 Ozzie, haven't had a problem with it at all. For what the wire costs and the swages, its easy to replace standing rigging once a month if you wanted. Some may spend more on lotto or beer than that. My sails would never break the rigging or pull the swages . ( ...

Thanks for posting here Westwind, It makes good follow up to the discussion in this thread.

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Had a great sail on the weekend In Geographe bay, Got hammered by 25 knt winds for our return leg back to the Marina. Started out as a dead down wind sail home but a wind shift put us on a broad reach. Two reefs in the main and the jib up had us planning at 7.6 knots,,, and then as the bullets or gu...

Looks like nice smooth sailing Sean, I have never had a sail on a calm waterway with a good breeze, thanks for posting.
With regards to rowing, if I was in your situation I might have a go at sculling, always looks magical.

Had a good 20 n/mile sail on Sunday at Garden Island. Wind started off easterly at around 18knts so we hoisted the main with a 2nd reef and my brand new jib and had the 563 flying along.The wind slowly died down so I eventually hoisted the full main. I managed to get knocked by a strong gust which j...

I guess I thought I had already expressed a more detailed opinion in another thread. http://www.investigator563.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=694 I did however mention leaving the jib and learning to bring the boat under control with sail trim, reefing the main being part of sail trim. My commen...

Steve like mark, i am not in to loading up the cables to 100% :D unless i have too nature has a way of saying i got more push then you small humans will ever have. but thanks for given me your comments as some you have given in the pass have put me on the right track maybe if i was not 46 and did n...

Storm jibs are for storms, I don't go sailing in storms. 16-18 knots I want my jib powered up to go to windward, especially in chop. 20+ knots I keep the same jib up Learn how to trim your sails to control the boat, sail changes aren't necessary on a 563 in moderate to strong winds. Use your storm j...

The Jib downhaul is the red line running on top of the cabin. It goes to a turning block at the headstem then straight up to the jib halyard shackle. To douse the jib, let the jib halyard free and pull on the red downhaul to bring the head of the sail down the forestay. Then cleat off the down haul ...