Trojan Boat Forum

Came across this one...got to love the emphasis on speed.

http://annapolis.craigslist.org/boa/1566812774.html

Not only is it slow but it's narrow too... says beam 12'

The engines are 135 hp slow but cheap in fuel

has anyone heard of marine trader. thair located in south toms river may be some of you remember the pics of the 72 sea voyager i had well i had it at thair marina (wooden boat grave yard)thay have two trailers packed with ford lehman,s bran new in the crate you can prob get two for a song dont know why you would but hay its out thair and the owener has one of his first trawlers thair over 7000 hrs org moter and he used to be a trojan dealer

The Ford Lehman diesels are a great enigne , used primarily in 70's and early 80'2 trawlers. The enignes are bullet proof, and owners say break in is at about 2000 hours, and a life of 10,000 before an o/h.
I had one in my 34' CHB trawler ran her at 7 knots sipping 1.7 gallons an hour.
The downside for the F-32 is the HP to Weight factor, producing just 120 hp at almost 1200 lbs. of weight, great for a displacement hull , bad to plane.
Cruising at 7 knots for the 75 mile trip to Catalina took a bit of time to get accustomed to, one you got in the "slow mode" the journey was quite nice.