INVESTIGATOR 563

Hi all I had a bearing go on my trailer on Tuesday after pulling from water. Thought the photos of repair might be useful for others. Note i only ever move boat 300m each time is use, but i obviously inherited this problem when i bought the boat in 8 months ago. I had a local mechanic come and do a ...

If your hatch is sticking, it might be time to go out and buy a new door stop as the rubber does get hard with age. Thanks Ian, been wondering if you can still buy such an ancient item, (they are doorstops from my childhood I seem to remember), will hit Bunnings and see cos I have been thinking the...

Would be a good investment to replace with snap hook, which would prevent it falling off at the most inconvenient time. Noted and actioned today with a twisted shackle, even though i have never has an issue with the S hook. Anyway another little thing ticked off the list, thanks for the prompt chee...

I located them in the driest place in the boat that is never accessed other than for maintenance purposes, as I said previously, they are located in the forward V Berth hatch, a tricky place to access under normal conditions, I also noticed that moisture had never penetrated there, as such I made th...

Thats it for a while!!
Cheers

Final pics of the interior etc

This is the mainsheet rig again using spectra

In the pic of the reefing setup (I cant remember the correct name for this) I inherited this setup on the mast and have rigged it to allow reefing into positions 1 & 2 pretty easily

This series concerns the use of spectra in the jib halyard

I am posting a series of pics on modifications I have made to Aminee over the past 7 months. I have done a lot to bring the boat up to a good standard and whilst not a majo overhaul its been more incremental changes based usually on experiences I have had during sailing - this has usually meant a tr...

Steering assist there is also a small black box on the rudder arm which sits underneath and if you have a cord across it can be used to fix position of the rudder for short periods in a certain position, works best in light wind when you have it straight and need to do some minor adjustments, anyone...