Trojan Boat Forum

I had the false floor in the bilge cut out and ground smooth Do you have any idea how thick the thinnest part of the hollow keel is? On my '85 Tricab, the hull bottom is 5/8" thick solid fiberglass. One previous poster in a different thread showed his repair to the side of his keel. It was not...

Boy, with the lack of civility in this thread, I hate to make it rise from the dead. Regardless, the purpose of this forum is to provide for the mutual benefit of its members. To that end, I add the following here, in an appropriate thread where it can benefit future readers: While letting my fiberg...

For engines not run weekly, I recommend that you use a name-brand non-synthetic oil, and Cam Guard. Compared to dino oil, synthetics tend to drain more readily from the surfaces that they cling to, leaving you less protected from corrosion. Google "synthetic vs. non-synthetic oil" and you ...

perry..... are you going to post more of the underwater system including the clamshell jet, or, did you want me to include my pics of yours on here? Post whatever you want. I plan to post a DIY thread with all of the info and pics in one place once the job is complete, including scrubbing the bilge...

There is just one catch -- to participate, you have to turn your boat into a tree fort. Even before I closed on my boat, Sir Aaron of Baltimore recommended his mechanic to do some of the items flagged in the survey. Aaron's boat was still in the yard when it was time for mine to be hauled, so I aske...

I have the option to upgrade the strainers on my A/C raw water intakes (That's code for the fact that my boat is now a tree fort). I originally had this kind, which is a PITA to clean: http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q543/P-dogg99/originalacscoop.gif So now I am considering this one, which is ea...

Is there some kind of safety check valve or flapper in there or is it like a Merc outdrive, torn bellows = sink? NEWS FLASH -- THIS JUST IN: Having gone where no man has gone before (sorry Aaron), I can attest that there is no flapper, BUT there is a bronze tube that is part of the clamshell mounti...

Was wondering if anyone has had this problem and what they did to resolve it and if it worked. If you do not have screens on the outside of the boat, you can do the following: Close seacock. Place temporary hose on seacock that extends above water line. Keep it there! Open seacock. Ram dowel or sim...

Well actually, it not only uses actual GPS signals, but the Russian version of GPS, GLONASS, too. I use mine while flying and taxiing aircraft on the ground and it is darned accurate. Always shows me in the middle of the taxiway (I had to say that in case any FAA FSDO inspectors read this). http://w...

Does it show crab pots?

What's the difference? I, gulp, let another person drive my '85 tricab for the first time the other day. On my stroll around parts of the boat I don't normally see underway, I glanced down at the spray rail. Besides reminding me of the taillight fin on my late grandmother's Buick, it was doing almos...

Unfortunetly, going around and just unplugging other boat's shore power is a no-no. Unless you have their approval! Well, quite frankly I envisioned this to be a team effort amongst fellow boat owners and/or the marina operator. That said, I noticed that Tuesday nights are pretty quiet around my ma...

I had an ABYC safety inspection on Saturday. They checked to see that all of the outlets (not just the one closest to the panel, which protects subsequent "downstream" outlets as well) on my boat had GFCIs, as they are required to meet the current (no pun intended) standard. I have never h...

Here's a little trick to help find where the problem is. Ideally, you'll want to do this on every "nearby" boat. I'm not sure what "nearby" means, but the stories I've read about swimmers being electrocuted in marinas lead me to believe that it is on the order of 30 feet, so you ...

The cool thing about waterspouts is that sometimes they make it rain fish!

Having grown-up in Tornado Alley, I can +1 on the watching from the computer, though.