INVESTIGATOR 563

A great day Peter, glad the trailer went well. Allot of thought and effort has gone into it all, it's always amazing to see a boat come alive in it's true element. Cheers

Discovered a battery conditioning product for flooded lead acid batteries called "INOX - MX2". Bought a 90ml bottle for a 100AH battery for A$10. My battery has made it over 4 years old so far, hoping this stuff can revive it a bit, extend it's life and increase efficiency (The price of a ...

Thanks Pete, it's a bit rustic, but was a good design and learning experience. This galley also fits on the cockpit floor and juuust squeezes into the port lazzarette. It's by no means a refined design (eg. The lid is oversize with a 7mm gap to box, allows room for external fold of alum sheild and s...

Lid latches and handles on today,

Used wood blocks as handles, they are 20mm thick which is flush with the lid edge , and allows this type of latch to function.

The latches have screw adjustment, so can hold the lid on tight. Went for stainless ones, $18 each at B's.

Got the heat sheild fitted and screwed down. Trickier than first envisaged. Made the sheild in 4 parts..basepan, backwall and 2vsidewalls ..thats the order they go in. Each part has bent flange edges that overlap other sides and shaped edges that go over the top of box and front door posts, which al...

Thanks Ian, those big motor boat wakes when at anchor eventually (after 10 years) motivated me to start this galley project. :) That's good you sent the link to Rogers book, it's an excellent reference book. I've got he 2014 original edition. So many things in the book are applicable to other small ...

Got the cork tiles cut, fitted and siliconed in place. Next, want to cover the inside of stove box with 0.6mm embossed aluminium sheet (90x90cm). Decided to use this (instead of galv sheet i have) as Al sheet is far easier to work/bend, lighter and gets rid of its heat buildup faster. The cork looks...

Thanks Ozzie, i went looking for silicone trivet mats but only found a silicone mesh drain mat at kmart ($5) (and 2 cork pot trivets $5) rps20231127_112558.jpg Checked out the new ALDI store :shock: It was packed full of people, and small in floor area, quite a differnet experience from the duopoly....

Thanks Ozzie and Peter, Built the lid fiddles/edge (and the glueing cloth tapes just came off) Tried it out for fit onboard Teria, it seems to be the right size to handle in the confines of the cabin. Made 45deg (mitre box) corner joins on fiddles Regarding Heat sheilds/mats lining materials. Thanks...

That guy is a hard act to follow, amazing what he's fit into a very small cabin and at such a high standard. He would have the most comfy 16 footer out there with that padded sliding (nearly arm) chair. :) His fold down galley design mustve taken a fair bit of thought too. Back to beginners, bit mor...