Size and length of keel on F26

carlywolf · Post by **carlywolf** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:28 pm

Well after almost 2 months i finally am ready to take ClasSea out for a sea trial. I think it was Summer Storm who warned me that a new engine refit was going to be long and expensive, well he was right , ill leave it at that but my mechanic commented about the keel and asked me if this Trojan was hard to handle. He said he was kinda miffed why Trojan would put such a long and deep keel on it. So i ask on here if this was normal or if it was some thing a PO might have put on or added on . Thx

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:34 pm

Can you post a photo of the bottom ?

jefflaw35 · Post by **jefflaw35** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:51 pm

wanna say I saw another pick on the trailor a few weeks ago, it looked normal. I am fascinated with this vessel

Im probly wrong of course

The Dog House · Post by **The Dog House** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:19 pm

The keel on your F26 is stock from the factory. I wish my F26 had MORE keel, not less. With only 5 degrees deadrise and a large cabin (lots of windage), the boat really gets pushed around by the wind. My last boat had 14 degrees deadrise and a smaller cabin, and handled the wind much better. If there is any amount of wind, make sure to account for it. In my experience, the wind has much more affect on the boat than the current.

carlywolf · Post by **carlywolf** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:05 pm

Just to clarify, my mechanic really liked how Trojan manufactured their boats both inside and outside. Mine has that cavitation plate on the transom to aid in less air pocket but he commented also on the rudder sticking out about 5 inches past the transom. He thought maybe if the rudder was moved a little closer to the prop say. 2-3 inches that might aide in handling. He was just throwing that out there as we were sipping some cold ones. One thing he kept commenting about was the size of these cabins on the F26. He said ( they dont make boats like this anymore). Ill post some pics of the keel next week but i think Dog House is correct factory keel.

pilgrim32 · Post by **pilgrim32** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:27 pm

Ahoy Carlywolf. I may have some pictures also of that type of keel. My diamond in the rough is a 78 F-26 hardtop in need of alot of TLC. Would like to see pictures of that cav plate you are talking about on your rudder. Nice looking boat you have.

gopher · Post by **gopher** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:37 am

Was just through Plymouth..
You at Brewers?\

still got the 73, F26

Greg
Hamilton, on