Trojan Boat Forum

Most welcome. In the meantime, as a temporary fix, you could run a wire from the ground available in the helm console, to any existing screw into the inside of your windshield (or install a new screw, depending on your tolerance for extra holes in things -- mine is near zero). When you do pull your ...

Drop your headliner. Inspect frame attachment bolts. Mine is grounded through one of them.

Tricabs are great boats, so long as fishing is not your primary activity. I believe that year has a small aft cockpit (prone to rotting -- google is your friend) and two beds in the aft cabin. They will be hot to lay on after running. I have the center-line full-sized bed, and a bath tub. I sleep on...

Good move running it to the shower pump then. The bilge is not meant to be used as a sewer.

Mine is anodized aluminum. Fortress IIRC.

2.6 MPG at 6 kts.
0.6 MPG at 17 kts


Do not tell my wife!

Some of us have GFS-10 fuel flow sensors inline after the filters to measure fuel flow to each side.

They're integrated into the GPS, which can show MPG. I quickly disabled that feature.....

That makes me suspect you have the neutral and ground tied together somewhere on the #2 side of the panel. Perhaps in an appliance. Unplug all of them, then reconnect them one at a time. But first, check the ground/neutral connection at the boat's shore power receptacles. What is the resistance bet...

Mine is open, because why not?

swampman wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:27 am i just routed my ac condensate drain into mine.

What was wrong with the factory overboard discharge?

prowlersfish wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:13 am You can order a manual from Beacon marine .

^^^^^This.

And treat yourself to a copy of Nigel calder's "boatowners mechanical and electrical handbook. "

Yes, but Bob would delete them......

Paraphrasing: Hire a skinny out of work guy for 20 minutes. Don't adulterate the boat.

On my '85, I have access behind my port engine. Plenty, actually.

prowlersfish wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:55 am

P-Dogg wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:53 pm

a bit dated it is a very good unit .

LOL! Like many of us here.....

My Garmin 740s comes with a disclaimer that won't let it start working until you agree that the thing is worthless. OK, so it doesn't exactly say that in so many words, but the essence is that Garmin, a formerly US company that moved to Ireland to avoid supporting America with its taxes, is not resp...