INVESTIGATOR 563

Thanks Ozzie,

I concur on all points. Even when I joined the forum after I bought Ian's I563, I rarely logged in and just 'lurked' and learned heaps. Thank you all.

Had one solo outing with no prior experience, only what I learned here, and went well.

My only unanswered question at this stage is how do you pronounce genoa? Is it je-NOAH, or jenno-ah.

It’s funny Geoff Lake Mac is a sailing city obviously and I hear both pronunciations of Genoa. Yonks ago I looked it up on the net and found its named after the Italian city... so Genoa (/ˈdʒɛnoʊə/ JEN-oh-ə, the upside down e is pronounced as a in about. The most common pronunciation around here though is J’ Noah. Which seems like a good old Aussie habit of murdering english .

I got into the habit of saying genny so as not the sound untutored to either group.

My favourite yacht trivia question to hit sailors with is the difference between a ketch and a yawl.

Hi Ozzie,

That's gold. I assumed jNoah, but my internet searches led me to the same pronunciation you found, hence my confusion.

I didn't want to appear a goose if I ever discussed it in public. I will be using your methodology going forward - genny it is!

No genoa on my boat. Just a couple of headsails and the main. After reading a few of Patrick O'Brians books though, I'm hankaring towards a couple of studding sails. Might have to convert the Investigator to a square rigger to make this work.

One other suggestion. I have a few Investigator reviews that I have collected over the years. Could we have a place to post PDF's of these articles on the forum? I'm sure that these would be of interest to the newer membes.

Ray,

So are you thinking a new sub-forum called 'Investigator Reviews' or something similar?

Would we also put the docs from the Moreton Bay Assoc in there too?

Geoff,
Not really a sub-forum, more like a static page but with PDF's of the various old reviews.
Ray

Righto Ray,

Will check it out and get back to you. Sounds straightforward.

Hey Montoman
Thanks for taking over the Admin job - can be onerous - been there done that.
My only comment is try not to reinvent the wheel.
From my perspective its all about info,info,info - not technology for technology sake
Best wishes

Hi All,

Does anyone have a decent image of the Investigator logo, or can point me to one?

Thanks

Definately should be one of Yarra in recognition of all your good work.

Ian might have a suitable shot of Yarra under sail.