INVESTIGATOR 563

Emrys, While there are certainly bargains to be had, to get your boat set up as you want it there's a certain investment that needs to be made. I have to agree with you. It's worth it. We've figured out that the Investigator is as you put it "worth spending time and money on". We've alread...

Robert,

Very swish indeed! I am fortunate in being able to fit our boat under the house (with 50mm to spare) but the mast has to come off every time. You have it drive in-drive out style. I'm envious.

Ian, Yes, I did consider the strength issue. Plan B was to increase the size of the bottom plate on the rear stanchion if I was not comfortable, but that hasn't been necessary. You do lose some stiffness which is more a matter of comfort/confidence, and that could be taken care of by adding a tensio...

One of the problems we found during our recent trip to the Whitsundays was that it was difficult (for old folks like me) to get on and off the boat at the stern to go snorkelling etc., Margarita has a swimming platform, which is great but I find it difficult get my leg over the rail. So we've modifi...

Gunter, Re the photo, it's my pleasure. Robert's photo is the first I have of our boat, but it's not taken 10 years. oI'll send you a copy of the original of your boat, which will be of better quality. I think there'll be a few more pics coming from the CCYA people. Lots of photos were taken and the...

Palomida (Robert), Tosca (Gunter) and Margarita (Bob) had a very pleasant day today on Moreton Bay at the invitation of the Careels.

Matt, good to have you on board. I've also added some pics to the gallery which might give you some ideas. In our case there's just the two of us (kids all grown up with their own families) and so we've worked on making the boat as amenable as possible for 2 people. Might not work so well for you if...

More interior pics.

More Margarita pics.

Here are some views of Margarita.