INVESTIGATOR 563

Came across this I563 on Boat Sales, looks ok

https://www.boatsales.com.au/boats/deta ... -18271432/

and another in NSW 4.5k

https://www.boatsales.com.au/boats/deta ... -19220785/

Thanks for all the input. I have unfortunately or fortunately as in “thank god” finished much of the work prior to reading it. I used Duragal steel as I had some on hand and purchased the rest locally. https://ausrollform.com.au/the-duragal-difference/ Though duragal may be different to hot dip I’m...

Bumping an old thread, as have just re-sealed my window, and took a photo of the rubber seal cross section while it was out. (might help with finding replacement seal strip)

Came across an interesting u-tube channel, by Douglas Jones "Dreamtime in the Pacific" It's about a voyage to Melanesia, South Pacific from North Queensland in 1970's. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTuRxMxyqKaKHLBjsGZ_uw It's about a young couple who built a steel raised-deck yacht and...

Cheers Ozzie, it can get a bit more chaotic than it appears in photos. The recently solidified foredeck and cabin top helped too, spend more time standing on it than before! :) Bit more detail and hiRes photos at https://teria563.blogspot.com/2025/10/sail-to-magnetic-island-trip-22-day-1.html https:...

Pic #2, the 40w moveable solar panel to mppt controller output is 1AmpHour-2AH during sailing hours, seems to keep up with tillerpilots' power draw. The aft roller frame works, and saves time/effort rigging up. (Motors dynamo also outputs a few AH when running). So battery was still fairly full on r...

Hope it works out ok up forward, do you have any pics of it's final instalation? Set my one up in the same spot as your pic above, but on launching found that there was no signal getting through. The plasticine idea failed, so while at anchor in the harbor, ripped it out of the forepeak and jury rig...

A few pics from trip. Nice sunset, Harvest moon rise and stowaway. Sailing near Magnetic Island.

Cheers

Gidday everyone, Finally went for a mid-week 2 day solo sail, checked out the southern coastline of Magnetic Island. The weather conditions were Easterly 15-20knots, tropical hot 31C air, and 26C sea temps. Also Super fullmoon and big spring tides (0.6m to 3.9m). It was the first outing in over a ye...

Good to get those boat wheels going again Ozzie, solid job there.