INVESTIGATOR 563

I believe this is the motor that the Investigator was designed to use in a well inside the port side cockpit locker. Seen on facebook, Archimedes Penta 4hp air cooled outboard motor for sale, $150, Melbourne: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3887977174676304/ I've also posted this on TSP an...

I noticed a Volvo Penta outboard on ebay; I believe these are the motor that the outboard well in some Investigators was designed around?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Volvo-Penta- ... 1333888614

I have no connection with the seller!

zebedee from TSP

This link works for me. There's an Investigator based at Marlay Point on Lake Wellington (Gippsland) which was damaged and written off when it hit a snag in the Murray. The owner bought it back from the insurance company and rebuilt it with a centrally mounted outboard, about 15hp from memory, and ...

TSP is back on air.

I haven't heard anything from any of the other moderators, other than Greg confirming he's getting the same message. Bear in mind that moderators are not necessarily administrators.

Hopefully it will be back on it's feet soon.

Graham

Roscoe wrote:I need to replace the drive shaft on my 5hp long shaft Mariner.Having problems finding one new or 2nd hand here in Perth. Can anyone advise me as to where I might get hold of one.
Roscoe

Have you looked for Mercury and Tohatsu equivalents? They're all the same motor in different colour schemes.

An unusual place to find an Investigator. On top of Mt. Hotham. The red and yellow poles mark the edge of the road in the snow. How about it - has your Investigator been somewhere unusual? I haven't got an Investigator (or a Careel or an Ultimate 18, or maybe something out of left field) yet, but I...

thanks everyone, just missed a bid on two stroke 5hp on ebay. My boat was the one mentioned on your post, it was on ebay and one of your member inspected it. It was originaly moored in Williamstown and the previous owner brought it to Borona but never did any work on it. He has a MC gregor now. I w...

Crispy sunburnt here from a wild sail over to Ocean Grange on Friday...

Ozzie wrote:Zebedee are you ther ....will trade Dennis 500..... ....Zeb...Zeb

Yes, yes, saw that!

Have you seen it, it is any better than what seems to be available down here?