INVESTIGATOR 563

Thanks Peter, That's a great tutorial on headsail setup and trim. may have to watch it a few times and take notes/apply. "If in doubt - let it out" is a good saying, often gets the boat going when it feels "sluggish". The bit on sliding the sheets track foward for reaching a new ...

That's an interesting gimball system for a small yacht Ozzie, Have seen a few DIY gimball systems online too, like one to hold a trangia on a 12ft welsford scamp. Got another "boat" stove to add. Bought a Trangia 25 recently, it's the big brother of the trangia's. Has more holding capacity...

Hi Ray, "Tis the season to be reading".. especially up north. Picked up a bargain book by Jeff Toghill at an op-shop in nz a year ago. (op shops etc near sailing mecca's often good) It's called "ANZ sailing and boating", 1983. It has some good sections about trailer sailing and c...

Thanks for the feed back Geoff and Ozzie, Preheating water with sun's rays, would warm water up. I've tried the camp solar showers aboard too, and found them heavy (20kg) and cumbersome on a rocking boat. They are like a large flying jellyfish if hung up and like a slippery seal if trying to empty l...

Back to simplicity, I did the bucket bath vs 12v shower comparison test (in back yard, 32C, windy and muggy) speedos and travel towel, plugged into Terias 12volts. For the hot water heater used my Trangia 25 1.75L pot of about 1.6L water with meths burner. First was the 12v shower https://www.tentwo...

Thanks for the vid, "simon's soup can stove". It's always interesting watch guys invent or adapt things on u-tube (watching a few van and 4wd shower vids too) Simpilcity is the key, I'm going to try my old "flexitub" as a shower water recycling catcher. It's strong enough, big en...

Investigated the "Evershower" base pans dimensions. They're 50.5cm x 50.5 cm so would fit into an I563 cockpit floor (about 52cm wide on the flat, 58cm wide between walls which also slope outwards. The max height of its frame is 2.2m, might need the boom topped up. The basepans height is 1...

That SODBOSCO shower looks great Ozzie, have saved your instructions for later reference. Would like to try it out, not too many parts to "break down" and spare parts not a problem :) Online browse the aquacubes, the new lithium12v rechargeable ones cost twice that of the old 12V only unit...

G'day everyone, Seems like not much info on showers and bucket baths aboard, how to wash all that encrusted salt, sand and mud off. On Teria i've just used the old yachties favorite, a sponge/cup and bucket bath (with or without hot water added). It's cheap, simple, never fails and an absolute water...

Bob has a great story with Zoe Amelia, thanks for reviving it Ozzie. Plenty of food for thought there with the sweeps/beaching legs/ bowsprits. Bob was doing similar style Island cruising to what Teria does, and only a couple 100kms south of here. Perhaps a collapsible coleman camp oven (or similar)...