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[swimmer]

Hello everyone. I'm new to the group although I've viewed your website for a while. Many years ago I use to have a searay and I always had my eyes on Trojans. Now I'm the owner of a recently purchased 1985 10 meter express. It was a Florida boat that I brought up to the Great lakes. The mechanics are in great shape but I will have to do some comsmetic updates. The 1st of course will be to paint or not to paint the hull then update the coaming padding and helm seats and interior and other stuff. I'm hopeing I'll be able to get some advice from the experts. Thanks

[LSP]

Swimmer .... welcome to the forum and congrats on your ownership of the best vessel known to mankind. I wish you many hours of safe and enjoyable trojaning......take care

[davescarrs]

I too redid the coaming. I wonder if teak woulda been better, though. The foam was drooping down out of the naugahyde because most of the staples (non stainless) had failed. The boat had been sitting for years so the foam was soaked too. I took all the fabric and foam off the board, cleaned, let dry, and reapplied with stainless staples. No stitching of fabric required for this type of work. The seats I had redone, because of the stitching involved. best price at Don's Auto Interiors in Alsip. I can send pics of those too. Sikkens Cetol natural teak worked great for the teak on top. Good luck.

Before and after:

[guglielmo6160]

good luck with your new boat, I to just purchased mine, and already am working on the interior, I should be done at the end of the winter,,,, yeah right,,,,,

[RWS]

Wecome aboard!

Lots of good stuff here on this site.

Hey Dave, My coaming is still factory original and is beginning to show signs of age. Is there something I can do to replace the foam AND the vinyl or is it best to leave this to a professional?

RWS

[davescarrs]

It can be done pretty easily. I didn't want to buy new material because the padding up by the helm then wouldn't match. That stuff was in good condition. The only problem may be around the corners by the transom. There is some stitching on the fabric there I think, so to duplicate you may need a soeing machine. The material is easy to work with. You may not even need new foam. I did buy new naugahyde material to redo the underside of the radar arch. It was really easy, just cutting, spraying some glue, and stapling on.

Of course, time is money. I would get a quote to see just how much someone would charge. I paid someone to redo the captains chairs and it was expensive, very labor intensive because of the soeing involved. Once pattern stitched they just staple the stuff on though. I think each chair was $350.

[aaronbocknek]

swimmer, welcome to the group. enjoy the look and feel of the trojan.... it's a classic and they still have lot's of life left in them.
aaron

[duchess]

We re redoing the interior of Duchess a good source of materiels is Sailrite .com Theyre friendly and will send samples of materiels for a nominal fee

[swimmer]

Thanks Davescarrs. I telephoned Don's, their's was the best price out of all the telephone quotes. As soon as the weather breaks (gets warmer) I'll pull the seats and take them to Don's. I'm in Chicago also--so you know what the weather has been like. Any other help from anyone is greatly appreciated.
Swimmer

[reelfishin]

Here is a site to look at when you have to deal with teak.
http://www.waterlox.com/site/559/default.aspx
I say that because it does not have to be removed to touch it up. I have been wanting to try it on something but we do not have teak any more.