Trojan Boat Forum

Hi Fred, Thanks for your advice on our stringer issue. We did have the boat professionally surveyed. It was however, completed after we bought the boat. We needed a survey for insurance purposes. The surveyor was the one who found the rotted stringers. He put his skrew driver through a few of them. ...

Ok Folks here are the pics of our Trojan "Sea~lah" (old name is still on the boat) I hope the pic will help us decide the proper repair of the stringers. http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w260/Lindydindy/ This is a great Forum, and we thank all of you who have added to our current issue w...

How about coming to Grand Island, NY and help Allen and I repair our stringers? Or better yet, we could watch you do it after your completely experienced with the job !! LOL I'm just kiddin!! Allen and I haven't tackled our stringer problems yet. We have the marina that we bought the boat from suppl...

Thanks for all your suggestions. I would like to send you pictures. Are there any specific photo angles that you want to see? It is finely getting a little warmer here in the North East so I may be able to take some photos this week. Thanks for your patience. We really are trying to get the right fi...

Thank you for your prompt responses. The stringers which are rotted are 5 transverse stringers running from just after the v birth to the companion way stairs. The extent of the rot seems to be about 12inches either side of center line. for a a total of 24inches per stringer. It seems that the rot s...

Well I thought it would be a good idea to update you all on our 1974 Trojan F-32 that my boyfriend and I bought last fall. We had an issue with the soft stringers on the boat and have since worked out an aggreement with the sellers to have the stringers injected with the liquid laminate (forgot what...

My Boyfriend and I just purchased a 1974 Trojan F32 Sedan. We found some rotted stringers after we purchased the boat. Now we are stuck with a huge bill to replace the stringers (hopefully with a healthy contribution from the marina that we bought it from) that has yet to be determined. 1) If you ha...