Trojan Boat Forum

We have a F40 rear aft cabin, we are looking for the rubber gaskets for our port holes , they go in between the outer frame and the window frame, I guess you would call the seal, that you, they are 31 years old and don't seal all the way so we get a leak in a hard rain.

does any one on here have a F40 besides me and my admiral

my genset was originally plumbed into an aux fuel tank in the rear of our F 40, we took out the tank,( leaking) so now we have to replumb, so if I USE 2 CHECK VALVES can I tee off my fuel lines going to either engine, they are diesels, 671DD, the genset is a 13kw onan with a aux fuel pump, thank you...

Alex, she is a F 40 rear aft cabin, with DD671 Naturals , which we discovered was a option back in 1980,

Thank you all for the kind comments, yes her classic lines are one of the reasons I bought her, and when I bought her 3 years ago I was single, then Sept. 18 of 2010, we got married on the rear deck, and the guest where on the grass and dock behind her, there was about 100 guest there, she has DD671...

oh yes, $$$$$$$$$ big ones cause the kits for the raw water pumps are 530.00 a piece then 100 per pump to rebuild and that is me removing and reinstalling, so much for me getting ahead,

Oh yes guys, we are starting to get spring fever, even thought we live aboard, but boy we where surprised today when we fired up and was going to go for a little run, port engine water pump went to pouring like a cow peeing on a flat rock. then both raw water pumps went to leaking out of the shaft s...

Thanks Tony, yes we love her, she is our home as we live aboard her full time

How do I find out which plant our boat was manufactured in, it is a 1980 F40, rear aft cabin, hull number is 400-0035, thanks

welcome, We have a 1979 F40 rear aft cabin that we aboard full time, and we love it, ours has 671 DD, what type of engines does yours have

Yes the teak and Holly soles are quite appealing, we live aboard full time and on a cold winters night or mornings my feet are to tender to stand the cold, cause orginally I was going to install bamboo, I did our galley and both heads and really like it. but as I gained a admiral cold feet at night ...

Hi, we live aboard our F40 rear aft cabin full time, winter, spring, summer, fall, 365 days a year, love it, even thought it was the coldest winter in 20 years here, we have a blog,


http://aboardtheladystar.blogspot.com/
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that set on horns are what we install on a lot on 18 wheelers and they will deplete a air tank in a heart beat. go to your local 18 wheeler salvage yard to get a air tank cheap

hey Larry, I am not rich, I am very fornate to still be working and to have a job, yes I and my admiral live aboard our Trojan, but she is 31 years old and we just bought her 19months ago, I got to work another 54 months untill she is paid off, then maybe I can retire at the ripe old age of 65, caus...

which we live aboard ours full time, and in our salon we even have a fireplace