Trojan Boat Forum

After much more time and money than I planned, I finally got the trailer completed, and hauled the boat out this morning. Much cleaning to be done. Any advice for running the little Yanmar while on land? How do you supply the raw cooling water? Any connection for a garden hose, or some kind of muffs...

Concerning anodes, where all do you guys recommend they be installed/replaced on this boat? Combed through the info on this site and learned a lot, but was hoping you may have some ideas specific to this boat. Boat will be staying in salt water, so is zinc optimal? Where all should I make sure I pla...

Ran the boat for about 6 miles today. Little diesel run like a clock. Prowlerfish was exactly right, best cruise speed was between 6-7 at 1900rpm. Running the little engine faster than that only resulted in a small gain in speed. Spending the next few days tearing down and rebuilding the trailer, th...

Here’s a few shots of the boat. She is very dirty, but she is structurally sound. Had not been ran in about a year when I got it. A quick battery charge, and the little yanmar fired right up. Shut her down after 3 min of a nice idle, with the intention of not cranking her again until All fluids and ...

I inherited a 1977 Trojan 26 with a fly bridge. I’ve always owned smaller outboard boats, and I am very ignorant when it comes to inboard boats,and boats of this size in particular. Plus, it has a Yanmar JHE marine diesle, around 44Hp. Before I put money into it, I was wanting to get an estimate of ...