INVESTIGATOR 563

hello everyone. can someone post pics of i563 rigging and poptop assembly. i need them for reference while i put mine together, thanks in advance. pics of cleats and blocks etc on the deck would be good to.

Brendan,
Have you stripped all the fittings of your mast as well?

Yara50 wrote:Brendan,
Have you stripped all the fittings of your mast as well?

Yes ian. My boat came with everything stripped for painting including mast.

So i guess no one has any pics of their boats. I thought someone might help.

Brendan,
Pics are available, but it takes time. My boat, for instance is under a tarp, so not readily available. Winter time there is no light after work, etc. Start by looking at all the posts already there with pics, particularly the Technical and the Gallery sections.

WRT the mast, I am not so sure the diamond stay system is necessary. The mast section is quite strong, and has no taper. If you check out the Careel 18 (http://www.careel.com/forum/index.php) you will see they have lower shrouds instead. They also have a baby inner forestay, but that is more for mast bend, and again not sure it is neccessary.

No worrys ian. I have found a couple of pics on the net so far. But the more the better.

Mine has a tapered mast so it must be off something else at some time.

Mate sorry to take so long to add to your thread but I could not find where I had put this pic. This shows the jib rigging, skip the pulley block for tensioning if you wish . I use a small tent spring and clip for tensioning the down haul. Furlers are not liked by all 563 owners but if you have the bits give it ago., you may like it. There are other alternatives talked about elsewhere on the site. This diagram comes originally from a careel site I think but is how god (Kevin Shepard) originally set up the 563 , other than the pulley

Ozzie wrote:Mate sorry to take so long to add to your thread but I could not find where I had put this pic. This shows the jib rigging, skip the pulley block for tensioning if you wish . I use a small tent spring and clip for tensioning the down haul. Furlers are not liked by all 563 owners but if you have the bits give it ago., you may like it. There are other alternatives talked about elsewhere on the site. This diagram comes originally from a careel site I think but is how god (Kevin Shepard) originally set up the 563 , other than the pulley

thanks for that ozzie. i do have a furler but i will just use the hank on jib for simplicity at this stage.

Brendan,
I was delighted to see you posted a pic of the Investigator 563 on a boat design forum. It does satisfy most of the requirments of the OP. (Original Poster for those who do not do much trawling of such sites.)