Is a trojan 31 a lake boat or an ocean boat?

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richfromla
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Is a trojan 31 a lake boat or an ocean boat?

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I'm looking for a boat to discover the channel islands. My uncle's got a trojan 31 (its landlocked.)
Its a good boat for as far as being 100% restored. But, is this a boat that can handle the open seas?
richfromla
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Post by richfromla »

So I guess there aren't to many Trojan 31s out the a?
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Post by f36f36 »

what kind of open seas you looking to handle, not familar with your destination............
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Post by reelfishin »

A 31 foot boat in open seas can be a little small. I fish the ocean and the Chesapeake Bay with a Tojan 11 meter. I would not want a 12 foot wide boat out on the ocean in rough water especially a 31 foot. I had a 33 three foot Carver and it did not do well in rough water. Now a 34 foot luhrs could handle it but I still believe a 11 meter Trojan is the smallest for the job amd it should have diesels. A 11 meter trojan is 14 feet wide and weighs enough to handle the bigger waves. Even then if it going to get rough I am heading in. I mean by rough being 6 feet or more of waves. Now for fishing off shore I have seen all sizes out there. But if it gets rough I would want something that was plenty sea worth.
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Post by etpence »

i have a 1973 31' trojan that I fish regularly fish offshore in the gulf of mexico and have been caught in some pretty rough weather 4'-6' seas
and the boat performed great
I have twin 5.7 mpi pcm engines in it at 3600 rpm I get 1.2 MPG this is with a clean bottom and a full load of fuel 210gal.
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