INVESTIGATOR 563

I actually set it up and hang on stern rail, then tie it on then run rod along outside to rams horn up front, easier to launch single handed, plus I cant find a anchor that fits in locker of enough size without modifications. Saves weight of 6 metres of chain and the back strain lifting chain and an...

Is that why not many engineers’ race motorbikes? Maybe wrong but pushing a bike and pushing a sail boat are similar, except it definitely hurts when you have pushed the bike too far! When I first started sailing I wasn’t sure how hard I could push a sailboat until I met and old salt in the Loch Spor...

I know this is of the track a bit, but I purchased a box anchor 2 seasons ago, and have found it to be an awesome piece of ground tackle. As recommended by “Rich Johnson’s, who wrote ‘Guide to trailer boat sailing’ very easy to set and bites to anything. Worth a look!

Hi Ian You said those three horrible words "stay at home"!!! Where is your sense of adventure, I have met a couple of young people with investigators who are still interested in pushing their little boats limits, including me. For the more seasoned sailer, where's your yarns? I didn’t want...

I know this topic has properly been covered before, but as our sport is ever changing, I would just like to know how people have set their boats up for heavy weather, I would say anything over 35+knots is heavy weather. Has anyone purposely taken there investigator out in over 50+ with time for the ...

I tend to look at the motor as auxiliary propulsion, what I found with my trip to 'Loch Sport' was ‘when have wind, sail!’ I do use motor sailing but that is when there is little wind and time constrains dictate more forward motion. So far the AM has coped with everything that has been thrown at her...

That is correct, i dont have a small enough headsail, i have tried before to run the smallest headsail i have which is off a sixteen footer in 35knots+ and double reef in main but had water over the top of the cabin windows and flooded the rear lockers that was heading up to locksport with wind on t...

Hi Peter, I wouldn’t call it a big blow! My sail inventory is very lacking so I go with what I have. double reef on the main, gave me enough drive to punch through the waves and point high enough to make the channel at Paynesville, although it still had the gunwale under when the squall came though,...

Had an awsome time, no wind friday night, so we motored, then sailed to 'Metung' the next morning with 10-15 on the starboard beam, had our counter meal and a couple of beers then head to the 'Grange' and stayed on 'Bunger Arm' for the night. woke up with bleak weather for the day so packed up and h...

We are heading out from Paynesville on my boat "Anne Marree" and friends 16 Ultimate on 19-10-2012 for a night sail proberly around 11pm, sailing to 'Sperm Whale Head', then through to Metung next day for counter meal then back to grange in the after noon, if anyone interested.