Permission to come aboard!!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:54 pm
Hello All!
Mike is the name. In the eighties I owned and sailed a Contender. For those of you who don't know, this was Ben Lexen's first design. A one man version of a Flying Dutchman. Great fun but had to sell it when I moved from Cairns to Adelaide. My partner Junee And I now live in south east Tasmania on the edge of Frederic Henry bay. Hundreds of kms of beautiful coastline to explore and we have just become the proud (and slightly bewildered) owners of and Investigator 563, "Spindrift" Sail No.114. She's a little tired but sound. She's sitting by the house, mast stepped and I'm slowly working out where everything might go. She's come with 5 sails, a Yamaha 8Hp outboard, registration on boat and a slightly ratty trailer although it performed well in travelling from the north of the state to it's new home.
As we all know boat stands for Borrow An Other Thousand so I wont be too surprised when I have to spend a few dollars on her but for $6K I feel we have many day of fun ahead.
The forum has been a source of info which initially helped me to make the decision to buy so thanks.
Mike is the name. In the eighties I owned and sailed a Contender. For those of you who don't know, this was Ben Lexen's first design. A one man version of a Flying Dutchman. Great fun but had to sell it when I moved from Cairns to Adelaide. My partner Junee And I now live in south east Tasmania on the edge of Frederic Henry bay. Hundreds of kms of beautiful coastline to explore and we have just become the proud (and slightly bewildered) owners of and Investigator 563, "Spindrift" Sail No.114. She's a little tired but sound. She's sitting by the house, mast stepped and I'm slowly working out where everything might go. She's come with 5 sails, a Yamaha 8Hp outboard, registration on boat and a slightly ratty trailer although it performed well in travelling from the north of the state to it's new home.
As we all know boat stands for Borrow An Other Thousand so I wont be too surprised when I have to spend a few dollars on her but for $6K I feel we have many day of fun ahead.
The forum has been a source of info which initially helped me to make the decision to buy so thanks.
you will love sailing her