Trojan Boat Forum

P-Dogg wrote:You didn't buy El Capitan, did you?

What is El Capitan?

Currently have a deposit on an 83 tri-cabin, and an application at a near-ish marina that allows liveaboards. It's just east of Baltimore. Naturally, I have more questions. I'll try to keep it short. It needs to be inspected by someone who knows what they're doing (i.e., someone other than me). At t...

^^^^^^^^^ Mom said that if I didn't have anything good to say, to say nothing. ...and make sure everyone knows exactly what you're not saying, and why you're not saying it. :lol: SERIOUSLY ? RWS Hrm, maybe it was just my mom who taught me that. *Looks at Facebook feed* I take that back.

Learned a lot here, thanks! About to email some feelers about specific boats. With the Trojan Tri-Cabin, what would be the top three things you'd ask about? Yes, of course I'd ask about more, have someone check it out, etc., I don't want to bog the seller down with 30 questions when I could have cro...

P-Dogg wrote:^^^^^^^^^ Mom said that if I didn't have anything good to say, to say nothing.

...and make sure everyone knows exactly what you're not saying, and why you're not saying it.

I had the normal Tricabin style rain water leakage at the point where the marine plywood, rear wall of the aft cabin meets the teak sole of the rear cockpit. The only sensible solution is to tear it all out (it supports only itself) and replace it with new marine plywood and re-seal. Trojans were r...

oh no. another dreamer who needs to realize reality. With all due respect, you owe it to yourself to do a thorough investigation, sans rose colored glasses. Repair costs for a 30-40 year old boat with 30-40 year old systems will be significant and may be extraordinary. that is the reason these boat...

To clarify, I'm not expecting to get something pristine for $4k. It was more of a "if the engines and hull are good, just how bad can it really be?". I absolutely don't mind some cosmetic work. If the kitchen needs to be updated, one of the toilets need to be replaced, etc., that's ok. If ...

Apologies in advance for the long post, I really did try to keep it short! Family of five. We like a bit of adventure. Figured, why not live on a boat? I already have lots of experience with captaining a boat. Full disclosure, my wife says that "Inflating a boat twice and making the kids do mos...