Trojan Boat Forum

Though my preference is the classics I would rather be around water and boats than most places. The people you meet are generally friendly and the envirnment is always a great atmospere!! The 1921 Elco we are abount to start the restoration on is the only one left. It was ordered by Horance Dodge in...

No you were not rambling!! You just love your wood boat!!! I believe you said she was a 1966. I like bilge cycle times to get down to once a week or less, and I have seen a dry bilge in a wood boat. The process of removing the planking is time consuming process. Assuming all the planking is in excel...

Fortunatly ( or un..... ) I have turned a life long obssesion with classic boats into my business. A plumber by trade ( own a small plumbing contracting business ) I and another person opened up a wood boat restoration and repair business called B & R Woodies. We are located at Southwinds Marina...

Sorry I missunderstood!!

First why and what area of the planking are you wanting to remove?

The process is not difficult .... but am more curious why and where?

Currently own a restoration and repair business called B & R Woodies.

We have several projects underway, one of which is my own

1929 Elco 42'
1921 Elco 42'
1959 Seaman Tug 30'
and mine a 1966 Trojan 36' Fly bridge. I am sure I will have questions about it in the near future.

Great to be here!!

I work on wood boats everyday, in fact at the moment I just bought a 1966 36' trojan flybridge for restoration, hence the reason for joining this forum. As for stripping paint, we just started using a soy based stripper we found in "rudder" magazine. ( the publication issued by the ACBS )....