Trojan Boat Forum

Wow! 11 years just flew by. My post dealt with ONLY the bilge area that in the keel area that starts under the area of the v-berth and runs back past the engine compartment. If you have bilge access under the cabin floor boards you should see a fiberglass covering of this bilge. My area would accumu...

If the trim tabs are anything like mine on the F26 they are hydraulic and the hoses can leak, the oil reservoirs may be empty or need replacing. You need to take up the hatch and have someone operate the tabs while checking to see what's going on with them, if anything. WOT speed should be faster th...

Hey. Thanks. At first I was thinking "what the.....I already have that set up" but then today I understood what you were talking about. I'll try to find that hardware.

The older I get the harder it is to flip open the cockpit windows on my 77 F26 HT. I use my boat hook to push the open and then screw down the knobs on the channels before they come crashing down. Was thinking about gas-assisted risers but not sure how to attach them. Any ideas out there? Thanks

I'm back on the Forum after a few years hiatus, but I replaced the front windows of my 1977 F26 HT about 12 years ago with 1/8" gray glazed polycarbonate (Lexan) and used black silicone sealant to bed the plastic into the frames. I used butyl tape to bed the frames back into the boat's frame. N...