INVESTIGATOR 563

Found the thread about it here:
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This may explain the boat that was on gumtree last year that didn’t have the fixed keel centerboard setup you would see on a normal investigator. Instead it had a flat bottom and a lift daggerboard coming up through into the cabin.

Whoa I read this a long time ago and totally forgot! Andrew does some good work! Cheers for the reminder.

I took off 70 mm of the Bimini legs,and it was right to sit under, with out cutting down the main.

Hey Atles- any chance you could flick me the details of your Bimini? Finally I have a boat item the wife supports spending money on due to the 37c day she endured yesterday. Cheers mate!

My only set plans so far are New Years fireworks on Sydney Harbour. Normally drop anchor in between Woolwich and Cockatoo Island for the 9pm show then motor back to the public wharf behind Leichhardt oval to drop the wife and kids off. Then I head back out to find a good spot to watch the midnight s...

Like most investigator owners I have a row of tubs screwed together in a line under the cockpit for storage that pulls out into the cabin. Great thing until I plan to go out for extended periods and I need to load up the boat with food, nappies etc then access to these tubs becomes a puzzle of movin...

1975 seems right for manufacturing, my rego shows 1976 which makes sense.

I've had roughly 10 people out in my boat, varying sizes and weights, didn't effect much at all but the speed. I wouldn't have done it outside of an extreamly protected bay though. On a rough day two or three people is optimal otherwise you get in each others way.

Thanks Ray I must say I'm surprised that given so few were built that there wasn't a more prominent marking to uniquely identify each boat and when it was built but I guess times have changed a lot since then :/ Were there any other identifying features that changed over the years I know one was th...

Haha! Nice one!