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Your design makes the one I built look like look like a toy...
http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewt ... ht=hardtop

It looks very professional! I'll be checking for progress.

But the packing box will not slide back on the rudder shaft. its very hard. I had this issue with the F-26 I used to own. Any load on the rudder from a gentle grounding to running over a lobster pot or mooring line, can deform either the shaft or the packing gland. The gland can be either bent, or ...

I put in a new bronze seacock (and backing block) for the engine coolant intake. The original seacock was distorted and wouldn't operate smoothly no matter how well lubricated it was. I still have the orgininal in my shop. I'm a bit of a pack rat. My father says "If it doesn't stink, don't thro...

I used marine plywood. I had some left over from rebuilding the cockpit deck. I used both lock washers and flat washers to mount the strut. I looked in my hardware box and I have a small quantity of 3/8 Si-Bronze nuts, flat washers, and lock washers left over. You can buy these from Jamestown distri...

Thanks for the compliments on the "rag boat." She should be on the hard by the end of this week. Brian, I prefer west systems 105 epoxy resin with their 205 fast hardener, unless I'm working in really hot weather in which case I use 206 slow. Sadly, heat won't be an issue for quite a while...

I had a test sail this morning, then signed a purchase and sales agreement on a 1976 Pearson 28 with a recent Yanmar 18 HP diesel. [Expected fuel consumption is 1/4 GPH under power] Here are a couple of photos. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3989283167_4d8ca62f94.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr....

With the engine out, and the prop removed, the shaft will slide slide out inside the boat. You are right about having a tough time removing the coupler from the shaft. Take it to a prop shop before you spend too much time on that. I spent a ton of effort to remove the coupler from my old shaft, and ...

Hi Brian, I removed the strut on two separate occasions from my (former) F-26. Once for general maintenance, and again when I had to replace the cutlass bearing after getting a pot line wrapped around the shaft. I recommend doing the strut before you pull the engine and shaft, as they will help you ...

Hi Guys, I can't resist chiming in with my two cents. I don't think that changing the prop is looking in the right place. I recommend a) getting the trim tabs working. [The pump ran, but the control valves weren't functional when the boat changed hands. The tabs were set for running about 2600 - 280...

1 in dia x 52-3/4 in. long. Tapered at the prop end. I just measured the original shaft that I replaced on my (former) 1975-F-26. My dad's motto is: "If it doesn't stink, don't throw it out." Since I recently sold the boat, now I have a somewhat pitted stainless pry-bar. Chuck Still boatle...

Since you said you are removing the engines for rebuild, there is an alternate to Jav's approach. When I had the engine out of my last boat, I was able to remove the prop from the shaft and slide the entire shaft with flange intact forward through the stuffing box and remove it from inside the boat....

Standard prop shaft & rudder shaft on the F-26 are both 1 in. I sold my F-26 about a week ago, so now you can call me boatless (except for my 13 ft. whaler, dingy, kayak, canoe and a windsurfer). OK, almost boatless. I expect to be going over to the dark side next.... wind powered watercraft. Ch...

I built a hard top from marine plywood in the spring of '08. I sealed the edges with epoxy resin and painted it with multiple coats of topside paint over a primer coat. I was disappointed that within a few weeks of exposure to the weather, the grain opened up creating many hairline cracks following ...

Here are a couple of threads on rudders you should check out.

http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewtopic.php?t=921

http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewtopic.php?t=860

Chuck

The bright works looks great in the photos. She is a handsome boat, worth a closer look, but I don't have money burning a hole in your pocket, so I would be very reluctant to bid without actually looking at the boat. The engine photos don't look so good to me.

My two cents...