Trojan Boat Forum

While testing my repair on the velvet drive reducer, i noticed a pretty good spark coming from my coil wire to the distributor, arcing from coil to comon ground. First off all glad we always run blowers 5 min before we fire up the girls and always do a sniff test from the blowers. So, cleaded off th...

Well, throttled up the 11 meter two weekends ago, and was just about on plane when the port engine decided to rev up really high. Dropped both throttles, and did the put each engine in gear, and found the port drive had no thrust. Engine ran fine, opened the hatch to take a peak. Heard a scraping so...

Ok, whatever tape they used, ill start using it to fasten all my hardware from now on. That stuff is impressive. Im going to try a little light solvent to soften it up so I can pull one off. I will then try to get it replicated using 3-D printing. Just need to find one that can match the colors (chr...

Yes, tried Beacon first. Did not find any.

Two questions: 1. Emblem: Going to try to replicate or re-finish the old Trojan emblem as well as the 11 meter emblem. Cannot find any replacements other than vinyl. Rather be as close to OEM as possible. Thinking 3-d printed will be an option how do I remove the original? Glued/screwed on from back...

I also have the 11 meter. Depending upon what ones are loose, they can be a bugger to get at. I resealed mine last summer. Takes two people, one to spin the nylock nuts undermeath and one to hold the phillips head on top. I had to remove my interior coverings above the bunks, reach back behind head ...

Ok, good to hear. Ill pop into a few dealers and see what they suggest as well First have to poke my head under the helm to see if i have Hydraulic steering. If not, then more hardware. She is still on the hard with her winter dress, but only a few more weeks.

Looks great! Appears you did fill in where the original Teak was with Fiberglass, then put simulated over that. And bonus... i am also considering replacing my Good windlass with a chain/Rode combo. I have currently a small section of chain and the rest Rode. Id like to have at least 10-15 feet of c...

Looking at adding auto pilot to the 11 meter. I recently updated Radar to Raymarine eS78 which has chartplotter, fish finder, Radar, cameras, and Auto Pilot capability. Pretty much does everything except clean fish. Also have a Garmin GPSmap 420. I know vey little about Auto pilot. We primarily fish...

RWS looks like quite a project. Looks like you re-inforced the pulpit as well? Ill wait for more pics with the story.

Anchor pulpit teak inlay has been significantly sanded down for re-finish many times. To the point is is about 1/4" below the fiberglass housing. I love original teak, but hate having to re-finish it every few years. Thinking about covering it with the simulated Teaks I have been looking at. To cove...

All good points, however, been boating for 30 years on the great lakes, experienced pretty much everything from floating logs, 12 foot waves, pea fog, lots of idiots, and more idiots, but have yet to see the floating cow (while cruising). So very well aware of the “quickly needing horses” to stop, t...

Well, there you have it, good to know I’m not even close to being the craziest boater out there. Plenty of examples out there to prove that. In a few months I’ll post my trial run results ( no pictures or videos). Again this would not be my sole source of propulsion. I’d fire up the girls when neede...

Now that is ..... um.... impressive. However, being a supplier to a large boat engine supplier, that is the trend for small to midsized cruisers. Fill the transom with outboards.

Waiting for someone to post a power boat with a sail...

P-dogg, Wow, that boat in the link is a work of art..... The comments even better. Still laughing. Nope, certainly not gonna do anything remotely close to that. And if anyone sees me with something like that, permission to launch torpedoes granted. Yes, will use the boat as intended, but for giggles...