INVESTIGATOR 563

Peter, this is the company that evolved from the demise of Keely Marine

https://www.sparcrafters.com.au/

Hopefully they still retain the molds from Bob. Good luck and please inform us how it goes.

Thanks gents . The work is done. All new everything bar the original drop axle which was sound. I have prepared a detailed post with pics but quickly here’s a link I had in my favourites. Self explanatory . https://www.eatondetroitspring.com/lubricatingleafsprings/ My mechanic concurred. He recommen...

Nice pics and narrative Andrew. Impressed with you neat seamanship with very orderly cord storage on the mast. I fall down often with this.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/raidsydney/ Above link will open ok without Fb membership. I’ve seen their vids on YouTube and they have been mentioned on the forum a few times. There is some interesting locations discussed. They did a piece in one of their vids on a restoration of an Investigator. ...

Thanks Andrew. I hope I was not sounding overly alarmist with that warning but I think the tiny product warnings on product packets are pretty useless even though they are all that’s required by law. It’s worth noting all materials on worksites these days even if you’re servicing your boat in a comm...

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. Due to health issues with my deteriorating spine there was no possible way I was able to strip the...

Good post Andrew! Just to reiterate a warning on Duralac from previous posts “Just a WARNING re Duralac. I was advised by Bob Keely that it’s important to use it even between aluminium to aluminium let alone dissimilar metals and it is good gear to prevent the issues I’ve just encountered but as I’v...

I use Johnson Floor wax as a final coating on the hull sides. After using normal marine polishes and cleaners it gets Johnson’s floor wax.
Every time!
You can walk on it .

I have the usual scum line on the hull that comes from lapping water above the anti fouling. It always gets ugly prior to haulout. I tried as an experiment hitting it with some clr while I was fiddling with bilge pump inside the boat fixing a disconnected handle. It was about half an hour later I ca...

Can you put two solar sources at once into the battery Andrew? That is if you have your fixed one connection active is there any issues with connecting the blanket at the same time to the same terminals. Curious relative to my motorhome. Blanket sounds good. And packs away small which is great.