Trojan Boat Forum

But remember you can buy a brand new one and spend 12k just to outfit her .

And it won't be a Trojan

so? how did the viewing go?

I think they are looking at it today

I feel you on the $6K quote. Going through that and it hurts, but I know that after another $12K and alot of elbow greese I will have a mini Yaught that I can enjoy and depend on. !"£$%^&

well the viewing went well momma don't like it much at this point but she sees the potential as far as the survey the boat is owned buy a local boat guy and he has put alot in it and he is realy not recouping all of that on the sale I have looked at the stringers deck ect all looks good the fly brige is off and needs to be put back on I and a friend wthe the sameboat have looked at as well no blisters but . i think that it has 318's in it and they ard rebuilt and look nice just need fuel and a splash new airconditner and head fuel tanks are new gettin butterflys was goina give the guy a down payment to but some runnung to do and it took a bit longer than I thought .......Tomorrow!!!!

why do you have to pump fresh water to cool the engiens ? why couldent you have a pipe that could be put on the undreside so that that could be a radiator for the coolant ???

keel cooling?

A "pipe" under the hull ( keel cooling ) works OK on displacement hulls but do to drag is not used on planing hulls . also a good keel cooler can be more costly then a heat exchanger as its more then a pipe . A stock coolant/water pump on the average engine may not be good enough to move the coolant all that distant . And you would still need a raw water pump to cool the exhaust . Putting dry exhaust on a pleasure boat opens up a new set of problems.



BTW fresh water is the closed/coolant side . Raw water is the water that comes from outside the boat . A fresh water cooled engine using coolant to cool the engine ( raw water cools the coolant w/aheat exchanger ) a raw water cooled enging uses raw water only to cool the engine .

drbbqking wrote:well the viewing went well momma don't like it much at this point but she sees the potential as far as the survey the boat is owned buy a local boat guy and he has put alot in it and he is realy not recouping all of that on the sale I have looked at the stringers deck

Something to be aware of successful Captain's use the title Admiral rather than momma
Because the seller will not be recouping all that they put into the boat should not dissuade you from paying a Professional to survey the boat.
It is possible that the $$ put in were in fact wasted and that therefore that amount and more is still needed to make the vessel seaworthy especially for offshore use.

All good advice Ready

love this forum,,, all good answers,,, not likin the admiral thing we butt heads enough so I won't even tell her of this story ..... next question .... I know not to paint the zincs but do you paint the prop shaft and I have seen the center of props painted in the past is this something I should be doing ?????

I use Pettit , "Zinc Coat Barnacle Barrier" (# 1793) on my props & shafts works very well 2-3 coats on the entire prop

drbbqking wrote:why do you have to pump fresh water to cool the engiens ? why couldent you have a pipe that could be put on the undreside so that that could be a radiator for the coolant ???

Not enough airflow over the radiator like a road vehicle.

Skargo wrote:

drbbqking wrote:why do you have to pump fresh water to cool the engiens ? why couldent you have a pipe that could be put on the undreside so that that could be a radiator for the coolant ???

Not enough airflow over the radiator like a road vehicle.

Air flow ? cooler would be under the boat .

prowlersfish wrote:

Skargo wrote:

drbbqking wrote:why do you have to pump fresh water to cool the engiens ? why couldent you have a pipe that could be put on the undreside so that that could be a radiator for the coolant ???

Not enough airflow over the radiator like a road vehicle.

Air flow ? cooler would be under the boat .

I misunderstood, sorry.