Hi all Investigator 563 fans.
This side is very quiet lately. I hope you are all too busy sailing and dont have time to look at the webside.
I wisch you all a merry chrismas and a great holyday time with nice sailing weather. Have a great time
Gunter
Mary Chrismas
Re: Mary Chrismas
Hi Gunter,
A very merry christmas to you too.
Yes, this site has been quiet, and yes, I for one have been busy.
However, the end of year break is here and I do hope to do some sailing soon.
First I have to pave the carport. Then the wife wants a new front entry (door and side-light).
Cheers, Robert
A very merry christmas to you too.
Yes, this site has been quiet, and yes, I for one have been busy.
However, the end of year break is here and I do hope to do some sailing soon.
First I have to pave the carport. Then the wife wants a new front entry (door and side-light).
Cheers, Robert
Re: Mary Chrismas
Hi Gunter:
A Happy Christmas to you too!
My excuse for not posting recently has been that I am now busy working on my boat, trying to get it ready for a little sailing in January.
I've just installed a concrete ramp down onto my front lawn (off my driveway), so that I can safely park my boat off the street for repair work.
I bought my Investigator in November, and although it was OK for casual inland lakes sailing, it was nowhere near seaworthy for the coastal bay conditions where I now sail.
Consequently, the first job is complete rewire -- including fuse box and main battery switches (both missing), and some decent wiring throughout (also largely missing, or done on a piecemeal fashion).
Then I have some hull and gelcoat repairs to do, a resealing of all deck fittings, and some repainting of brightwork to prepare the boat for a more salty environment.
I'm trying to do this while also working fulltime, and crewing on a friend's boat on the weekend. So not much time for posting or boat work.
But I'll keep you informed.
I find that part of the 'fun' of owning a boat is the problem-solving work you spend time on pottering about your boat. The other half of the fun is sailing it, knowing that things have been done safely and properly -- so that the one time in your life you may need to make a Pan-Pan call, the bloody radio works!
Cheers for now,
Geoff
A Happy Christmas to you too!
My excuse for not posting recently has been that I am now busy working on my boat, trying to get it ready for a little sailing in January.
I've just installed a concrete ramp down onto my front lawn (off my driveway), so that I can safely park my boat off the street for repair work.
I bought my Investigator in November, and although it was OK for casual inland lakes sailing, it was nowhere near seaworthy for the coastal bay conditions where I now sail.
Consequently, the first job is complete rewire -- including fuse box and main battery switches (both missing), and some decent wiring throughout (also largely missing, or done on a piecemeal fashion).
Then I have some hull and gelcoat repairs to do, a resealing of all deck fittings, and some repainting of brightwork to prepare the boat for a more salty environment.
I'm trying to do this while also working fulltime, and crewing on a friend's boat on the weekend. So not much time for posting or boat work.
But I'll keep you informed.
I find that part of the 'fun' of owning a boat is the problem-solving work you spend time on pottering about your boat. The other half of the fun is sailing it, knowing that things have been done safely and properly -- so that the one time in your life you may need to make a Pan-Pan call, the bloody radio works!
Cheers for now,
Geoff
Geoff
Investigator 563 'QUMBU'
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Investigator 563 'QUMBU'
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Re: Mary Chrismas
Our best wishes for Christmas as well.
We'll be in Sydney for Christmas, then back in Brisbane in Feb/March. Will keep an eye out for Investigators.
Still reckon it's a great boat.
We'll be in Sydney for Christmas, then back in Brisbane in Feb/March. Will keep an eye out for Investigators.
Still reckon it's a great boat.
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Margarita #32
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