Input needed

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:58 pm

this is from ebay....
1962 catalog with some nice factory pics.... expensive though
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1962-TR ... _500wt_715

a write up for the 1980 f-30
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Trojan-F-3 ... _500wt_715

don't forget the 1971 34' houseboat...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trojan-Yachts-3 ... 004wt_1039

and the 1970 25' marlin.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trojan-Yachts-M ... 20b678b43d

The Dog House · Post by **The Dog House** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:39 pm

summer storm wrote:
The Dog House wrote:I like the layout. When you say the model started in 1975, you mean the flybridge model? I have a 1971 F26, but it's not a flybridge.
Is this your boat?

The one above (my book page) is a 261 which I think launched in 1975, is this correct?

In the book I think I will add a page indexing the boats, the F36 for example is 4 different boats, the sedan, sportfisherman, tricabin, and tri flybridge

It looks like my boat. My boat is a 1971 Model 231 F26. I have the original manual. PM me if you would like me to forward any information.

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:45 pm

aaronbocknek wrote:this is from ebay....
1962 catalog with some nice factory pics.... expensive though
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1962-TR ... _500wt_715

a write up for the 1980 f-30
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Trojan-F-3 ... _500wt_715

don't forget the 1971 34' houseboat...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trojan-Yachts-3 ... 004wt_1039

and the 1970 25' marlin.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trojan-Yachts-M ... 20b678b43d

Thanks Aaron, I might have to pony up for that 1962 catalog

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:53 pm

The Dog House wrote:
summer storm wrote:
The Dog House wrote:I like the layout. When you say the model started in 1975, you mean the flybridge model? I have a 1971 F26, but it's not a flybridge.
Is this your boat?

The one above (my book page) is a 261 which I think launched in 1975, is this correct?

In the book I think I will add a page indexing the boats, the F36 for example is 4 different boats, the sedan, sportfisherman, tricabin, and tri flybridge
It looks like my boat. My boat is a 1971 Model 231 F26. I have the original manual. PM me if you would like me to forward any information.

thanks, If you have any specs, photos, or floor plans That would greatly help me. By the way do you know if that boat was built in Canada? I think it was but I am not sure.

Muskokan345 · Post by **Muskokan345** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:41 am

Here are the two HIN's I came up with, slight difference, obviously one is a typo, boat is in a field with a couple feet of snow around it. For now, here they are. TRJAN004G586 and TRJAH004G586, hope this helps, I have tried to look the bot up before, there is no reference to an '86 in the red books? that I searched.

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:02 am

Muskokan345 wrote:Here are the two HIN's I came up with, slight difference, obviously one is a typo, boat is in a field with a couple feet of snow around it. For now, here they are. TRJAN004G586 and TRJAH004G586, hope this helps, I have tried to look the bot up before, there is no reference to an '86 in the red books? that I searched.

You might want to touch base with Bob from Beacon. Your numbers don't resemble any of these.

http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewtopic.php?t=2957

http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewtopic.php?t=2941

Muskokan345 · Post by **Muskokan345** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:03 am

I have emailed Bob, and will post his response. I am pretty sure it is an F26, measured differently. Like I mentioned before though, there is no mentin of the boat, either a 1986 F26, of 1986 F27. There has been a short thread here earlier, 'cause a few of us own these boats, and just wondered what the deal was.

Muskokan345 · Post by **Muskokan345** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:18 pm

http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewt ... hlight=f27

This is a thread from last year, where a few of us F27 owners chimed in, seems the F27 does exist!

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:45 pm

I took a quick look into it and found some advertisting on a 1986 F-27. I bought the material and when I get it I'll verify it.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:05 pm

summer storm wrote:I took a quick look into it and found some advertisting on a 1986 F-27. I bought the material and when I get it I'll verify it.

ebay also has the catalog for 1960.... for you collectors out there, ebay is a great source for some things trojan. that is how i happened upon the original article from 1971 for the prototype f-36 tri cabin.

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:10 pm

aaronbocknek wrote:
summer storm wrote:I took a quick look into it and found some advertisting on a 1986 F-27. I bought the material and when I get it I'll verify it.
ebay also has the catalog for 1960.... for you collectors out there, ebay is a great source for some things trojan. that is how i happened upon the original article from 1971 for the prototype f-36 tri cabin.

Aaron, could you scan that article and send it to me, I could really use it!

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:19 am

here is a yachtworld advert for a trojan 1986 270 express. i guess it's a marketing thing w/a few cosmetic changes. looks the same as the f-26.
aaron

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... =1709&url=

MadBen · Post by **MadBen** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:48 pm

The F-26 has been around since 1971. At that time, they also made a true 25 called the Sea Raider. It was f/glass but wood superstructure. The original incarnation of the F-26 had a different style cabin and a V-Drive. Then, I believe in 1973 came the F-25/26 which I think are identical and had direct drives. The differences are just marketing...I think ...the F-27 is also the same boat. In the late 80's when Trojan was marketing the "Classic" series, they just tagged it the F-27. I'm pretty sure I have this right but I'm sure someone will chime in if I am off on this.

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:09 pm

MadBen wrote:The F-26 has been around since 1971. At that time, they also made a true 25 called the Sea Raider. It was f/glass but wood superstructure. The original incarnation of the F-26 had a different style cabin and a V-Drive. Then, I believe in 1973 came the F-25/26 which I think are identical and had direct drives. The differences are just marketing...I think ...the F-27 is also the same boat. In the late 80's when Trojan was marketing the "Classic" series, they just tagged it the F-27. I'm pretty sure I have this right but I'm sure someone will chime in if I am off on this.

Thanks for the info, it really helps confirm what I have been finding. One thing though is I think the F-25 and F-26 are different boats. the factory specs show the F-25 as 25'5" and the F-26 as 26'4" LOA. I also think you are right about the F-27 being a marketing thing for the classic series.

Commissionpoint · Post by **Commissionpoint** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:14 pm

aaronbocknek wrote:here is a yachtworld advert for a trojan 1986 270 express. i guess it's a marketing thing w/a few cosmetic changes. looks the same as the f-26.
aaron

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... =1709&url=

Looks like that one has had a recent overhaul too, but as with most things you never get out what you put in money wise on projects like that. That being said I think its priced around double what its worth in todays market, triple if it hadn't been done over so recently. There is lots of decent F25/26's to be had in the 6-8k range.