Monday, December 25, 2017

Investigator 563 History

This info is collected from various internet sources, such as the Investigator 563 forum, John Crawford Marine library (Brisbane, Australia) etc. If any of this is inaccurate, please post a comment or contact me.

The Designer Kevin Shepard was also a sailmaker by trade and the Investigator 563 won the Gold Design Award by the Industrial Design Council of Australia.

The boats were built in Sydney by Investigator Yachts from 1975 to 1989 with 170 built.  Hull layup was at 1 Campbell Pde, Manly Vale, Sydney on the bank of Manly creek, near Manly Beach.

Other info indicates they were built by Yacht Sales, Careening Cove, Sydney.

Sales offices were in Sydney, Newcastle, in Melbourne and Adelaide

Some of the sales were made by Investigator Yachts ; Lot 11, Maquarie rd, Cardiff, NSW, near Newcastle, NSW.

Below are some sales advertisements from sailing magazines of the era.







Investigators were also built under licence in Western Australia.






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