INVESTIGATOR 563

Gee Ozzie. You can't say that its not a reknown design. Bluebirds had their own division at a number of clubs in Sydney in the 60's and LMYC had one too from memory. They were originally plywood but with the advent of grp the class bloomed. Were very popular before the Endeavour 24 came out. Raced o...

Going by Xmas and Easter that won't change things a real lot either. Just truly amazed that the lakes get so little use - especially since its TS Heaven

Just had 2 absolutely stunning days on the Myalls and nobody around. The breezes were light and consistent, days warm (28C) night cool enough for a light blanket. Only saw 3 boats on Saturday on our way to Sandy Point - 1 a cruiser which went to Bulahdelah, 1 anchored at Mungo and a fisho heading do...

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Just read the article on the sonata history. A few inaccuracies there for sure

In NSW 20sqm and .9 from boundaries lets you not have to get Council OK - and pay money. Its basically the system to approve carports

The mast socket and the spreader came as one unit(a pair). As I said in the 60's they were solid and would suggest that someone used tube because it is cheaper(aluminium is sold by weight) especially when you are going to throw most of the length away and probably easier to buy than rod. The Careel ...

My "diamond spreaders" (their proper designation) are solid aluminium rod with a slot in the end for the stay and those which I fitted to a mast in the mid 60's were solid rod. If yours were tube before you replaced them then I suspect they were not original and could have been why they go...

YA numbers were also transferable because they were attached to ones YA membership so the number may not be chronological.

Mine is a Yachting Association number 4717. Which may or may not have a bearing on build number. At the time these boats were built if you wanted a YA number which was universal you took the next number they dished up in chronological order. The first owner could have quite easily requested that num...