Trojan Boat Forum

another factor to consider, I'm currently very lightly loaded. No fresh water in the tank, 40 gallons of fuel on board. Have not "moved in" so it is quite light. I'll verify with a second GPS and optical tach. To those interested in the steering design, my boat has the gearbox right behind...

I'm bringing an optical tach this weekend. Speeds were MPH not knots, so not AS ridiculous. The windshield is set into the wood frames with a rubber gasket not unlike a car windshield. But instead of one continuous gasket, it is 4 strips and over time they have shrunk and opened up at the corners. I...

about 2800 RPM. I'm getting about 1 mph per 100RPM change. Some expressed disbelief at the RPM but I checked it over the weekend with a dwell/tach unit. This is between Rio Vista and Three Mile Slough.

I have continued my shameless display in a new thread, 1963 Sea Breeze 31.

Continued from my new member thread. Here is a video of last weekend cruising the delta. http://youtu.be/3h80ypWDqxM In the first video I posted last week, my buddy Larry and I found the boat squirrely above 15 mph but I believe that to be sensitivity to weight shifting. By myself, I got the boat to...

Just got back from a weekend at the boat and updates on speeds and bilge. I put a dwell meter/tach on the coil and the panel tach is within 50rpm of actual, so speeds/rpm are: 13mph @ 1500rpm, 28mph @ 2700rpm. Speeds are from GPS during slack water, maybe less than 1 knot of current. Incidently, the...

ready123 wrote:

Lightly (?) loaded twin woodie in salt water... seems possible to me.

And to clarify where I am boating, it is the California delta region, 60 miles inland from the coast and fresh water.

I am a little surprised at the speed. Based on the wake, it does look like about 12-14 knots but I am surprised you got that at only 1500 rpm. My father's old '69 28' would be around 2000rpm to get that speed. It's possible that they are different because of his being single engine, but if you have...

Boat move went great. Helm is a little loose and over 15mph it gets hard to keep up with. The rudder post connections are tight, no slop so it must be at the front end of the system. I think these are chain and sprocket so maybe some stretch has occured. Very comfortable at 14mph turning only 1600 r...

on another note, i see from the forward to aft view onto the back deck your pup. is that a pug? nice to see another trojaner w/ a dog on here. gotta love em. cheers. aaron (grounded until 6 feb 2012 w/ a sinus infection :cry: ) The pug is the sellers dog, but my cocker will be boating with me. I kn...

jddens wrote:Welcome! That is one nice looking boat! Where in the Delta are you? I'm at Holland Riverside Marina between Bethel island and Discovery Bay and not far from Orwood............John

Moving the boat saturday to Holiday Harbor next to the Antioch bridge.

Hey Stripermann2, I just got home from 2 weeks in Rockville meeting with Lockheed. Where do you keep your boat? Some interior pics for everybody... http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u428/Flim63/6a2b7ca6.jpg http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u428/Flim63/69a5dc44.jpg Fabric is getting a little tir...

Hello everyone. I just bought a 1963 Sea Breeze 31' in the California Delta area. My first powerboat, but I have owned wood and fiberglass sailboats before so I know what to expect. The Trojan is in phenomenal condition, was surveyed 18 months ago noting expired fire extinguishers and not much else ...