INVESTIGATOR 563

Two interesting options, thanks both.

I hadn't thought nylon would be up to it but this one seems to be almost exactly the right hole spacing:
https://www.outbackadventures.net.au/pr ... pack-of-2/ Here's the original:

Thanks for the ideas David. At the moment there are no catches anywhere on my boat, the ones on the cockpit lockers have been removed. I am thinking about this for two reasons: 1. to secure the boat when/if I leave it at anchor (I am on a waiting list for a mooring) 2. if I every summon up the coura...

Hey Bill thanks so much for the video tour, greatly appreciated!

This is the style of catch I was thinking about for the anchor locker (not this expensive hopefully) https://www.theboatwarehouse.com.au/coc ... ess-steel/

Hi Bill, loved the videos. Great to see what can be done in this little boat. I posted the following in your last video: A few things I wondered about open water sailing in the Investigator: 1. how do you secure the pop top incase of knock down? 2. same for anchor well - could you please give us a c...

Just noticed this thread has grown. Apologies for not following up with details. I wound up insuring with Topsail Insurance (they recently paid out generously on my Brother's boat which was hit by another boat while at anchor). My situation is obviously different but the boat itself is covered in tr...

Tiller locking pin, tensioning arm, all possibilities. It's intriguing... Thanks for your thoughts so far.

Rhythm came with many 'treasures'. Most of them are obvious (misc. blocks, shackles, etc.) but what is this. It looks like it has a purpose.

Persistence, patience and WD40 won the day! Back together and clicking away nicely. Now to try and resurrect the other one. This is a very strange winch design, the only way to wrap the line around the drum is to feed it under the stainless tube. Anyway, looking forward to testing it out on the wate...

Thanks David, I saw that stainless one as well. And I also thought about getting a 3D scan of the existing part, if and when I snap it off (which looks likely), and then getting it printed in composite. Soaking in silicone oil had no effect, so now its soaking in WD40 which will probably dissolve it...

Hi Folks, Does any one have these winches on their boat. They have a swivelling plastic arm to guide the sheet into the cleat at the top. The problem is that they are 30-40 years old and the plastic is now deteriorated and jammed so that they don't swivel. The rathcet pawls on one needed cleaning so...