Trojan Boat Forum

I posted this night but it never showed up on the new forum. RWS invited me to check out his boat and Friday is open for both of us. Is anyone else around... Say 12:00? Tom, thanks for your invite but I won't be that far south this trip. Any chance you can make it?

Bob

Bob no post from the past few days on the old site wil not show up . Sorry

I said:

Count me in I can bring shrimps as the Iron Ox at Laishley Marina will be back in from Charlotte Harbour that morning.

Here's an idea:

There hasn't been a BOAT TEST on any Lancaster built Trojan for 20 years.

Why not make a condensed boat test and evaluation part of our run?

Photos would be good as well.

This could even perhaps qualify for a position in the upcoming book by Summer Storm.

Overall it certainly could not hurt and may even encourage increased interest and value in our BRAND.

RWS

Boat test sounds good.... we need to set test parameters and maybe also get a gas powered one tested for comparison.
How do we get accurate fuel burn? Dip fuel hose in a bucket of diesel maybe

I think you need another opinion send me a plane ticket and I will be there .
You all have good time while I am working .

RWS wrote:Photos would be good as well. RWS

I could take them from my RIB or better yet from the bar rail at Harpoon Harry's... let me know how busy you want to make the day

Sounds like fun, but I can't make it.

Have a great day guys.

Tom

Friday is go for me. Is 12:00 good for everyone or do we want to meet a bit earlier? Should we just tell everyone to grab lunch on their own beforehand and then just have drinks? I'm good either way. I can grab beer once I get close to the marina.

Bob

Everything is a GO for friday.

I will provide the Trojan (only one, sorry guys, you run your own risk) and all the food, snacks and drinks.

Lunch will be "BUILD YOUR OWN SANDWICHES" and all manner of beverages will be on board.

The weather will dictate the direction of our run.

I really liked Mikes idea of shooting some underway photos.

Other than lowest speed on plane, timing the zero -WOT and zero-cruise times i don't know any other methods to measure performance as I do not have any fuel monitoring devices on board.

Ideas from the Forum are appreciated.

Hopefully they will be better than "She gets about 4 beers per hour........"

RWS

Good luck and have fun Gentlemen. I was hoping to volunteer as the photo platform but I'm up to my @$$ in alligators at work.
Mike

We want photos and your orders are to have a great time !

I was planning on washing the boat in the morning......

Sunny, with a high near 70. Wind chill values as low as 34 early. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

not looking good.

But, we'll certainly have the opportunity to run her through some snotty water as the harbor is shallow and the fetch of the waves is very close together.

I just hope the test drive doesn't end up like this one did.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC-R3YUy9Wg


RWS

An interesting and fun day on the water was enjoyed by Forum members BOBCT and READY123 aboard RWS 10 Meter Express.

Before departing the dock a through inspection took place of all machinery and user upgrades and modifications.

After a luncheon of build your own sandwiches and snacks, gourmet fresh caught shrimp and multiple dipping sauces (hot sauce and pussy sauce) supplied by Ready123 the group posed for photos (to be added later) and then went about the tasks of evalusting the vessel and taking some notes.

For the record here are the actual LOA numbers on the 10 Meter Express Cruiser:

hull length - bow to transom rubrail 33' 6"

hull length including bow pulpit 37' 8"

hull length from bow pulpit to swim platform 39' 3"

waterline length (observed) 29' 1"

According to the hull speed calculation - <SNIP> 1.34 times the square root of the waterline length is just a rough approximation of potential hull speed. It is good only for fairly heavy (nowadays) displacement hulls. But actual speed potential for every hull will be slightly or not so slightly different, as there are several other factors involved.

Beam has been mentioned, but is actually meaningless of itself. Key factors are length, weight (displacement), and form (the hull shape). The shape of any particular hull's resistance curve will vary with any of these factors. Beam is only important as it generally follows that narrow hulls are lighter, thus resistance lower and potential hull speed higher. <SNIP>

The hull speed calculation for this vessel ciphered out at 7.2 knots per hour.

That said the real world application for our own testing purposes is actually 6.5 knots/hour on testing day with no allowance for tide or winds.

With BOBCT at the helm, our observed speeds:

low cruise 20knots 3000 RPM

nice most used cruise with engines feeling light and "singing" 22.7 knots at 3300 RPM

high cruise at max reccomended cruise RPM 24.2 knots @ 3600 RPM

WOT speed was 27.1 knots at 4050 RPM

Watch this thread for more information to come including details on our 34 nautical mile adventure, on the Harbor and the Peace River including alligators, vultures, pink spoonbillshatburds and more, not to mention the dredging of the river.

to be continued

SAME BAT-TIME

SAME BAT-CHANNEL

RWS

On the same Bat Boat