Trojan Boat Forum

"First - absolutely no disrespect to the current owner. She shows great care. It is pretty obvious that the things bugging me are from her sitting for a while, not "neglect." I think, seeing a few boats over the last couple of months, there's an obvious difference. The broker shared the original survey and I suspect that the current owner was planning on replacing the instruments, but just didn't get around to it."

I know what you are going through. Mine sat for 25+ years on the hard (actually mud and gravel). Previous owner took care of engine blocks/ carbs. and such, but needed much work (alts. pumps [water and fuel], old fuel etc). He kept upper wood work well as it sat there year after year ( but the hull bottom...rot, rot, rot.) There is always a ton of work, but great rewards. Good luck on your Trojan resurrection.

bigralph wrote:

prowlersfish wrote: Who did the survey ?

Ed "Doc" Harbour. Very thorough. Hopefully, we'll meet up tomorrow for the sea trial.

Thanks for all the input.

Doc , Did my survey years ago , Did you know he used to sell Trojans ?

You said something about the rear fuel gages ticking ? Any chance there are hour meters near them ? hour meters will tick

Invictus (ex Proud Mary) has a new owner and I a new home. We had horrendous winds and seas for a few days. I technically did not have a sea trial, in the senae that I bought based on work done and previous sea trial efforts. Today, the guy acting as a captain on my behalf and I sailed her around the bay from Marina Shores to Bay Point. I'm very happy with my purchase. We had 3-5' seas in the bay and she handled fine. I'm definitely intimidated to take hwr out, but love her.

Thanks for all the input. I'll be around this sight foe a while. If you see me aroind the marina, say hello.

Congrats , see you on the bay .

Congratulations. Looking forward to some pictures

Remember we're always here....and when you get tired of the KOA marina's in VA BCH come on up to the the North side...

Wow, Holy Typos Android-Man! I'm very sorry for the quick horrible post.

This boat is friggin awesome in all senses. Yes, the money keeps pouring out of my wallet faster than I can bail water, but I'm already planning a couple new trips now that I hadn't thought of intitially.

Lots of coin out of pocket and I still need to do the basic things mentioned in my first post. The final "luxury" purchase I'm pondering is a windlass. She doesn't have one, I know that I'll have little in the way of underway help for most trips and I definitely want to spend some time in the bay. I was all set on the Lewar Pro 1000 until I read one reveiw on Amazon. Anyone have any direct experience? Any best competing models to consider?

Great meeting you and thanks for the tour. Nice to see another Trojan in the Marina. Congrats on your purchase.