Trojan Boat Forum

Will do on the survey. My wife actually really likes the 12M aft cabin - she was blown away by the look, the layout and the big aft stateroom. After renting, chartering and cruising on as many different types of boats as we could down here, from go-fasts and center consoles all the way to trawlers, ...

Thanks Bob - I really appreciate the reply. As you stated, your aft-cabin has neither the open transom nor the big side vents, but the insight into the general build quality and seaworthiness of the hull are reassuring. Both my wife and I are doing a lot of research prior to taking the plunge, inclu...

Thanks Captainmaniac - I enjoyed watching that. Rossjo - that's one of the 12M's I've been watching. If the rest of the boat lives up to the reputation for being solidly built, I suppose the open transom could always be "fixed". Stringer rot should not be an issue as Trojan supposedly used...

No one has any direct knowledge or hands on experience with the '88 to '91 12 meter Trojans? I know they have the Delta Conic hull but with a much narrower beam than the older 13 meter expresses. Outside of the transom design, it looks like a nice boat and I would really like to know how they actual...

I do like the 11m express; great lines and solidly built - I just don't see many diesel powered versions and most of what I have read indicates they are too heavy and beamy for the gassers.

Thanks Prowlerfish. I in no way confuse the build quality of the pre Carver Trojans with the Carver Trojans - but reading the review of the 440 made me take a second look at the big vents on the 12m Express. The open transom bugs me a bit as I have been on a boat taking water over the stern trying t...

Are they as big and low to the water line as they look? On the later Carver-Trojan 440 express, David Pascoe laments the big, unfiltered side vents that allow salt spray all over the engine room. Is that also the case on the 12 meter? I love the 12m express, but the open transom "gates" an...

Congrats on the sale. The Trojan-Bertram thing has been sorted out and now we have Trojan-Chris Craft to deal with? What's next - Trojan-Bayliner?

My wife really likes this setup on a 12M express advertised on Yachtworld. http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/displayPhoto.jsp?&photo=2&boat_id=2181608&ybw=&boatyr=1990&boatname=40%27+Trojan+12+Meter&photo_revised_date=1266956797000&photo_name=Photo+2 Edit - cant get ...

Thanks Bob and RWS. Was the express version of the 10M offered alongside the mid cabin throughout production or did the mid cabin replace the express after a certain model year ('83?)? Also, from a pure performance point of view, are the expresses the more desirable of the open configurations based ...

After reading this post I did a search and read the previous threads on stringer repair/replacement. I was more than a little surprised as I had thought that Trojans were not known for stringer rot issues. My wife and I really liked the look of the 43' Wellcraft Portofinos and the 37' Corsicas but w...

Hello Doug and congratulations! My wife and I are currently planning our first boat purchase down here in the Caribbean and she fell in love with Blackjack. I called the broker and he told me there was a deal in the works, pending one or two details. We had not planned on buying so soon, but Blackja...

Hi guys. I've been following this forum for a while now trying to learn as much as possible about Trojans. My wife and I have decided it's time to buy our own boat and we've been doing a ton of research over the past year. Being first time boat owners, I don't take the decision making process lightl...