New Used Trojan F-32

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:36 pm

I have uploaded a few photos of Lark,
these are progress photos, "before and after" and these photos represent the begining of our refurbishing of the boat.

http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab19 ... imes/LARK/

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:31 pm

Very nice! Aren't you worried about that rigid pvc piping for the holding tank pumpout, flexing loose or breaking? It would surely be a mess...

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:33 pm

well the answer is no, I might be if it were exposed to sunlight, or if it were from the PVC of 20 years ago.
"ridgid" PVC pipe is very strong, many people now plumb ccompressed air with it and I did bit of research prior to using it and apperantly a number of new boats come equipped with it out of the factory.
The biggest benefit is that it will not permeate, so no rank holding tank smell (holding tanks are usually PVC) coming from below the berth.
Don't be fooled, there is no flex in the boat that could cause it to stress and break, and there was no real cost savings by going with as this is a fairly shortrun of about 12 feet. I used the Trident marine hose it the connections to fit the contour of the boat and for the "in " side just before the tank, it would have taken a few ell and 45's to get it into the tank, soi chose the hose for about 18" before the tank and about 12" out of the head.

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:53 pm

Good for you then...it all looks good. I especially like the radar arch. What can you tell us about it?

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:56 pm

Good looking boat.

I am interested in the arch also even though I have a tri-cabin. I am used to having an arch and kind of miss it not being there.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:41 pm

The arch was on the boat and it appears to be factory by the way it is attached to the boat.

The boat :
Mercruiser 228's (GM 305's)
equipped with aux fuel tanks in aft lazarette total of about 220 gallons
electric stove
it had a new refrigerator that the previous owner ruined by driving a knife through the cooling plate in the freezer while "defrosting" the freezer.
I put in a big SubZero refrigerator
16 X 14 3 balde propellors
1-1/4" shafts
Furuno Radar and Depth
Raymarine VHF

the trip from San Pedro (long beach) to San Diego was about 120 miles, I ran the boat at 1900 RPM and at about 10-11 knots, burned about 70 gallons of fuel.

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:12 pm

I doubt it's a factory arch or we would have know about them by now...someone did a nice fabricating job on it.
Nonetheless, it's a sharp looking boat!

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:21 pm

I really don't know, I have not seen them on other 32's while I was looking, but looks like it was layed up in a mold, it is foam cored in sections I can see behind the access panels and it looks to be built specifically to fit the boat, its width and height are correct, there is wiring access panels and raceways to allow the electrical and antenea wiring to be installed inside the arch. It also has speakers and lighting installed on the bottom side of the horizontal section of arch. I'll take some more photos and post them later this week

thanks for the input

297Elegante · Post by **297Elegante** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:18 pm

Beautiful boat.

I see a few photos showing the galley and dinette area. I assume the red fabric and white counter were the "old" and the beige fabric and wood counter is the new? Boat looks very comfortable and the arch also looks right at home.

Brian

wowzer52 · Post by **wowzer52** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:30 pm

I have seen more than one Bayliner radar arch on different boats.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:28 pm

thanks for the compliment,

Interestingly enough, the faux "wood" laminate was under the white laminate, the white was coming loose on the dinette table so I stuck a screw driver under it and to my surprise, the faux wood was in perfect shape. I took the dinette table home and romved all of the white and removed the glue with paint stripper. I went to the boat the following day on a hunch that the galley was the same and sure enough, the same deal. Our plans are for granite, which will happen, but this bought us some time and they actually look pretty good, there is not a scratch, ding or burn in the wood laminate.
I repolstured the dinette seats myself and will be doing the same for the berth cushions, I already have the vinyl.
I plan to install a built-in sofa in the salon port side, and eliminate the large deep home furniture.
I'll post photos as I progress, but have come up with a great plan to build and install a built-in sofa on the port side. It will hinge up to allow access to the port engine without having to slide it to the stb side like I have to do now. when you pull the back rest cushions forward, i'll still have access to the built in storage, except I'll get rid of those stupid plastic "sliders"

I have started to build the flat screen TV mount for the center slider panel on the starboard side, It will be recessed and slide the panel closed, no TV in sight and fully protected when not in use.

As far as the Bayliner arch, I dont know, but if it is, it fits perfectly, as if it were built for the bridge on a Trojan f-32

Boating is fun!