INVESTIGATOR 563

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I was thinking of using 1 maybe 2 of these standard computer fans these are supposed to be semi water proof (go figure) but due to there low power consumption, 40 cfm flow rate, very cheap price and they are very easy to change and carry spares. I do have a larger blower but i think 40cfm or even 80...

Thanks Ian good advice, there is a small exhaust port in leg so i plan to blow air through the engine cover (the one yet to be made) venting out through the lower foot step on transom with a rubber flap to stop water coming back in, this should exit the little amount of fumes out and also the fumes ...

Thanks for all idea's, pro's & con's. I have been sailing to and from jetties and beaches single handed all last season so the steering isn't to much of a concern, but the fumes seem to be the biggest draw back other than the loss of space. So the bilge blower will be incorporated into build. Ho...

Thanks Peter for your reply to my thread. I don't remember saying a knot it was less than a knot what I got on my gps was point four of a knot, sorry I obviously need to be more accurate. I suppose I'm looking for a more efficient way to use my outboard in the worst type of conditions, although this...

I found my old wooden gunwale looked great from the outside well varnished and really pretty but it was underneath where it meets the grp that it had rotted. This type of toe rail hardly touches anything so water should run of. My friend has this arrangement on his keel boat and other than going gre...

Thanks Steve, Yer was a bit scary breaking through the hull. I to pondered about inboard or outboard well, but the ease of maintenance and having no gland on inboard prop shaft and mostly the cost swayed my choice. Thanks for your words of wisdom Ian. The loss of space in cockpit doesn't bother me a...

hey geoff
this is my tinkering with bulwarks come toe rail. its hard wood decking from bunnings, it's cheap and cover gunwale and is a true toe rail (bulwarks) very cheap, i have no plans of oiling or varnishing, at the price it's no value. but i did move my rails out to the far edge of the beam.

Hi Andrew. Depending on your trailer you can use your winch to move the boat back as you slowly drop centre board between two cross supports, that worked for me and I had great success using a pair of vice grips clamped tight using to screw drivers ether side to lever my frozen centre board moving c...

We Sailed AM last season without a motor due to loss of motor. My friend who comes sailing with us in my old ultimate was getting sick of waiting around when wind light, so i purchased another motor. I don't like the outboard motor mounted on the frame as there almost useless when its rough, so i de...