Trojan Boat Forum

Gotta laugh.....till get all these things fixed, I'll probably be to old to us it...................)

Sore subject here for me. I paid a very highly recommended licensed surveyor to throughly inspect and provide a detailed report for both me and the insurance company. The boat was classified by him, and in writing, as in very good and very well maintained condition....................so, not knowing...

Guess that answers it. Just wondered because the existing setup is that 14/3 stranded copper in a orange outer covering..................... Unfortunately, its in the water and far from home and nowhere on this lake can you pull her out and work on it yourself. All marinas have the same policy.........

I'm getting ready to install all new bilge pumps in my F28. The PO used outdoor electrical wiring (14/3) to install the 3 wires for the forward pump. The wire is is good shape and supported well. Can/should I keep this setup or rip it out and put in new dedicated 12v wiring. My new pump only will dr...

Does the upper berth in the F28 cuddy have any "structural" value? Thinking about removing half of it to access shelving, etc under it. To me, that space is very difficult to access and dark to say the least. I don't want to do any unrepairable damage.......... More interested in storing g...

Speaking of these galley tables, what size is the table area. The one that was laying in my F28 is 36x60x2 and weighs a ton. Is this a Trojan part or another PO "mastepiece"?

Good. I'm fabricating and new hinged switch panel to mount all my new bilge pump switches, 12v accessory outlet and "extras" down below the existing panel and will use that big oval hole to feed my wires. I've installed the house battery back under the starboard salon seat complete with a ...

I just signed up. Priceless info for $15.............money well spent to keep this site up and running. And oh boy. I do need the help and info.....

My Sentry detection indicators below my instrument panel are totally inop (zero lights, switch knob shaft bent, etc). If I remove this panel, does it affect anything else....like the Halon system? For some reason now my fire system green light doesn't light when I start the engines too. I want to up...

Oh well, I'll just not install any of the vinyl enclosures. Local estimate to replace them is over $8k and I have the good frames. Was a thought, looking for an "easy" way out. Thanks for the reply.

I have some deteriorated eisenglas (almost all) on my enclosures and was wondering if new "eglass" could be glued onto the old where patches are required? Or, is an F28 too small to install a piot house type enclosure w/hinged windows on the flybridge? Too much weigh too high up? Even if m...

The thing probably lost a 1kn due to wind drag. The flags are looooong gone. I'm keeping one on the bow for wind direction indication. Found a long piece of teak in my lumber pile to build my masthead light mount. Will install it on Sat..........I hope

I'm on Texoma. As you know all freshwater, the boat was supposedly delivered to this lake many yrs ago and has always been in a covered slip. BUT, the POs obviously used it as a slip queen and really never performed any maintenance. Just kept adding radios (5) not counting the vhf, speakers (16), TV...

Wish it would have been posted sooner...........sigh.............

The original side lights had corrosion in the sockets quite badly (2 different bulb styles) and the lenses were very weathered and cracked as were the gaskets. The masthead/anchor light was jury rigged with hose clamps and duct tape and it too was badly weathered. The stern light is so corroded into...