Trojan Boat Forum

Thank you Prowlersfish for the packing size chart. I'm new to stuffing boxes and didn't know the little fellows were so fussy. Having cruised this forum, when I first joined, I figured that I'd better learn and pay attention. I found mine to be in excellent shape based on what I've read, but I also ...

Hi CC Since you "gutted your engine room", below is the same note I posted today for Barrie...... Something that I've done on all my previous engine rebuilds, and I wish I could now on my current engines (but I can't get at my current installed engines) to do this is...... .....make up a f...

Hi Barrie Something that I've done on all my previous engine rebuilds, and I wish I could now on my current engines (but I can't get at my current installed engines) to do this is...... .....make up a fitting and a +/- 3' length of high temp pressure hose that fits the oil pan drain plug. Run the ho...

Hi Captainmaniac

That's beautiful and exactly the colour I want. Thanks so much.

And thanks to Jimbo and the other posts for putting me straight. Cetol it is.

Ron

Exiting Murray Canal.JPG Hi Jimbo I think that my original mistake with Cetol was putting 3 coats of the gloss finish on bare wood. My main concern for this boat is to keep the light colour of the wood (see picture attached taken in June 2015 arriving on Lake Ontario). I look in the can of Cetol an...

Hi Jimbo I'll post this question rather than a personal email because others might want to know the answer. I know that you have been around a lot of Trojans and wood on other boats. My last boat had a 2 teak lay-in sections in the swim platform, one port and one starboard, fully exposed all summer....

Hello CC

I'm new here too. Love the lines of your boat.
I'm a little concerned about your "darkest limo tinting for the all windows". If you are thinking of the upper windows, it's pretty hard to see when navigating at night even with clear glass.
Good luck.

Ron

Thank you everyone for the Welcome and the experienced advice. I want to respond to each of the comments. I love the look the natural teak (hey.... that's a sail boat) but we get a lot of soot in the rain in Toronto which creates terrible black streaks that are hard to get off fibreglass and I'm afr...

Hi everyone. I'm new to Trojan but I grew up on Starcraft, Chris Craft and Botved. Once out of school, I went up the chain of offshore performance boats, Scarab, Cigarette, Excalibur, but I have always known that someday I would have an F44 Trojan FBMY. Well, last spring, I went from 70 mph to 12, a...

Thanks Rick. I bought it from the original owner so it was (and still is) well loved.
"Docking older boats"...... there are 6 F44 Trojans within 10 miles of downtown Toronto, 5 active on the water.

Are you in the USA or Canada ?

There are 6 F44 FBMYs within a 10 mile radius of downtown Toronto, Ontario. One is not in the water, is for sale and needs work. The others are all active. My only concern is that my 1975 has a few cabin leaks when it rains, but I'm chasing them down. Seems to be the salon windows, and the aft porth...

You may want to enquire at Mimico Cruising Club just west of Parklawn and Lakeshore. Being a private club, there is an initiation fee and a membership fee, but well worth it.

This spring (2015) I bought a 1975 F44 with the same two original units. My previous boat (42 Excalibur) had the exact same control panel and would switch to heat when set to Warmer. The ones on my F44 don't. They appear to be only A/C. I didn't discover this until October. All summer, I wondered wh...