INVESTIGATOR 563

Hi Geoff, Glad I'm not alone on this one. We raced(?) yesterday in a two lap triangle course and completed the first lap as the slower other boats finished the second. Demoralizing. The other slow boats ( a Triton 26 and Compass 28) weren't there. To be fair though we did get second in a 3 race rega...

Hi all,
Here is a picture of the logo (I hope) which was on both aft quarters before Olmate's paint job. Were they all there or some on cabin top sides?
I have others with tape measure laid on horizontal and vertical for sending to printer. Was quoted about $54 each.
Graeme

Hi Geoff, I have been undertaking similar repairs on Olmate since before christmas although I am not doing the internals with this lot. I will have to though because it is grubby and has been hand painted with something that is flaking off in an inconsistent way. How to prepare the rough glass surfa...

Hi Robert,
If there was another Investigator to share the tail with I would consider the Bay to Bay.
It's lonely back there!
When is it?
Graeme

Thanks NoWay,
The new windows are perspex. No frames.
Is sikaflex good?
Graeme

Rubber seals are news to me. I have had new windows made for Olmate to fit when the painting is finished and was just planning to bed them into Sikaflex instead of silicon as they were. They were attached with self tapping screws. Sounds like it was originally a more salubrious setup. Should I chang...

Hi all, In preparing the transom of Olmate for painting I unearthed an image of a number- IYA 156. I always believed that the sail number 156 was its production number. Can anybody enlighten me as to its real meaning? There is no plate anywhere and has windowed dual hinged front hatch. Its previous ...

Mark,
You need to drill it where it is hollow, not packed with lead. Forward or aft of it or even beside it where it doesn't quite fill the casing. I sounded it with a knuckle.
Graeme

Hi again Peter, As I said to Mark a while back, water in the bilge can come from a very full keel. I am painting Olmate right now and have stripped all attachables and found that the rudder pintle holes were a tight fit for the screws and there was no gap between the outer and inner hull visible. Ho...

Hi Peter, I haven't checked the site for a while and see you've had no answers. I've been racing Olmate for a few years (river racing with the local yacht club) and became thoroughly discouraged. See my posts from a while back. I got some good feedback about it and am persevering though have missed ...