Trojan Boat Forum

I am repainting my boat and would like to find out if there is any laws and/or regulations regarding how markings besides the waterline on a boat should be marked?

The rudders do not have to be the same as OEM shaft size and length is important . blade area should be aprox the same ,but if if its diffrent its no big deal ( more blade area the better it can turn in most cases ) I just changed both my rudders and when to a difrent style and lost apox 10% blade ...

jrbro22, Did you get your rudder working? Just curious what it was ... no, when boat was pulled out, found out that the blade part of rudder has broken off the shaft and that the prop strut had been bent. as far as i know the boat has not hit anything and was told by previous owner that all was pra...

rossjo wrote:Don't waste $ on a trailer yet. Set the wheel to the center at the helm, get in the water and see if the rudder is centered, bent, has something on it, or is loose. Then have a helper turn it from side to side and see if it turns (while you're in the water).

thank you again

The tiller arm seems to be disconnected or loose from the rudder shaft ... or is the entire rudder blade itself bent? Is the boat afloat? If not, have a swimmer fell for it. Does the rudder turn right/left of center when you turn the wheel? Thank you for the reply. Yes the boat is afloat, but one o...

:?: I have a 26' 1961 Trojan and it seems to have a steering problem. The rudder seems to be stuck. The problem occurred while turning left and it seems like thats the direction that the rudders position when it froze. Mechanically, when visibly looking from the top of the boat to the bilge area whe...