INVESTIGATOR 563

True Andrew. There were lots of Herons on the Lake in my younger years. I guess they are still around I just don’t notice. A bit like my ramblings on “built from scratch” control line aircraft. Currently you can get an “off the shelf” drone from Jaycar and be in the air three minutes after arriving ...

Hi Peter, I’ve sent you a PM. (Personal Message) re your search.

Tomorrow Aldi have their range of boating/fishing items coming up on their specials list. If you need rope they have PP anchor rope and dock lines. Note PP not PE which is 3 times the price at w2. You pays ya money ya takes ya chances. For an investigator it may be ok. For the W2 money you get 12mm ...

Very nice job mate. With launching I assume you will just lower the rear end as previously discussed.

I removed the duplicate pic with my mods menus . It all makes sense I won’t reorder the rest. Nice tutorial.

I have done similar to what you said Christie, used TL to hold the boom up higher when rigging my shade shelter. My boat came with a dismountable shelter with poles mounted on hinges on the deck. It was ok but unable to be used under sail. Nowadays I tend to put the boom at the top of the mast track...

https://investigator563.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=255 Ian, the above, very old, thread has some stuff. Ian B mentioned my solution to leaks which is still working decades later. Top of a screw down plastic air tight food storage bottle from coles . You need the type that have big lids and flair out ...

I have used white packing foam slabs and glued them together with spray can foam from the green shed Ian. Works ok. I filled the space created by the rear keel shape under the cockpit floor that way, as I kept loosing stuff in the hole. Also used the same technique to take up space in my bucket that...

Should give credit where it’s due I guess. I was checking my safety gear in my sailing bag and on my little orange fishing catamaran for the summer and came across a bunch of chemical light sticks from Kathmandu. I had brandless light sticks before and they tend to have short shelf life and I replac...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9f5KIioLIs There are a million tooltips and tricks on YouTube, but I’d draw your attention to 8.35 or tip 15 on this video. I have not tried it but at times a hot knife would have seemed very useful when making up running rigging or similar cordage. If you have an ol...

Certainly a renovation and a half Peter but the boat is a credit to you and your workmanship. Looking forward to your sailing adventures.