INVESTIGATOR 563

Steve, interesting to hear that you have a keelboat as well as the Investigator 563. Please tell us more about it, the whys and the way it works. I must confess to lusting after a keelboat again, but would find it hard to part with my Investigator. In my case there is no way I could have the time f...

I think Lyn and Larry's books and DVDs are really trying to tell you how they do it, not a how to do it but it comes across differently to the more modern sailor. They are very much hands on people that learnt to sail and maintain a sail boat on a shoe string budget whilst they travel the world. Peo...

No can of worms here, just the start of a discussion about Lawrence's opinion. Ozzie mentioned the Pardey's, I have a couple of their books and most of their DVD's. Whilst I love their adventures and knowledge of sailing. Some of the stuff they say borders on stupidity whilst trying to promote or ju...

Hi Ozzie, I'm sure the bilge is the same, its just been filled to top of the center board case with what I think is concrete then epoxy/glassed over. It has a square timber beam glassed to the top of the center board case to support the floor that I have removed. Take a look at Greg's drawing I modi...

Nothing difficult about sailing an Investigator 563. Hi Ian I wasn't trying to say the 563 was difficult sail, I was really trying to put some perspective on sailing as a whole act. For example, compare a laser to a 563, to a Contessa 32. I would think that longer you are on board, the Contessa wou...

If you want a big boat experience then find a crew position on a keel-boat. If they are decent then they will be glad to have you. But crewing on a bigger boat doesn't get you a bigger boat, some of us might just want a bigger boat, something that is easier to sail than a 563 and more practical . T...

Hi Greg, You may be correct about the osmosis, I have what looks to me like a big delamination blister down on the keel. It hasn't broken through the gel coat. It feels dry and crunchie , I should grind it out. My boat is kept in a shed over a concrete floor and I have never seen water leaking from ...

Hi Virginia, Might pay to check out the tube for the center board lift cable, that might be leaking

You could sell the 563 and get one of these . Just imagine, no trailer and being able to launch anywhere, tons of fun. How much cheaper to run would that be compared to a 563

Mark, I took mine off the trailer, I just lowered the side supports/rollers on the trailer to give clearance to the hull,,. pulled a strap around the hull and through the bow eye to a chain block on the ground behind the boat and cranked it off backwards. Once at balancing point I jacked under the k...