Trojan Boat Forum

Does anyone know where the sewage pump out tank is located on the 1988 Trojan International? Here is a picture of the boat.

There are several basic layouts for the 10 meter, the express cruiser, mid cabin and the aft cabin and then combinations with sedan bridge, etc.

Yours is the express cruiser.

This cleverly designed vessel has both the fresh water and waste tanks are built into moulded in fiberglass, located between the stringers.

The 40 gallon fresh water tank is located beneath the salon floor, under the storage compartment.

The waste tank is located between the stringers in the engine room and runs the entire legnth beginning at the forward engine room bulkhead to the dropdown for the engine room bilge pump cavity.

The center floor of your engine room is actually a reinforced fiberglass lid for the waste tank. You will find two waste lines, one going in and one for pumpout or macerating the waste, if your vessel is equiped with a macerator.

I'll try to post a photo.

RWS

Here's a shot of the tank with the lid removed, during the refit.

These vessels ar amazingly well engineered and constructed.

The use of too much chemical after Hurricane Charley caused the 5200 seal to decompose, so we removed the lid to reseal the tank.

Thanks for your reply
Here is a picture of the same area viewed the other way. I believe of our boat. The tank cannot be located there. Ours is a 11 meter Trojan international if that helps. I wil be going to the boat today and will get some more pictures.
The closest cover is over our batteries. The one behind it is over our fuel tank. Our has two 450 hp Detroit diesels. I wonder if the second tank with the bolted top is the sewage tank. If it is then where is our fuel tank? I am pretty sure that is our fuel tank. OH by the way the two green tanks are Hydrogen conversion tanks. We have installed hydrogen on our boat to help save fuel. We have not run it long enough to check for a difference in fuel used.

Sorry, I guess I didn't look close enough at the photos. Too early in the AM and the coffee hadn't yet kicked in.

My comments were based on the 10 meter.

By the way, you have a really nice International. I have long admired the 11 meter and with diesels it seems to be a perfectly sized and proportioned boat. That 14' beam makes her volume so much greater that nte 10 meter, it's more than a 3' difference.

A dear friend with a Crusader powered 11 meter introduced me to the whole Trojan boat thing and converted me from a Grady White outboard guy into a different boating lifestyle.

With the diesels, she must be really sweet.

RWS

reelfishin, Can you post a website or other info about your hydrogen setup? Where to get it, different types, price, etc. I have a friend that is trying to build his own hydrogen system and he would be very interested. He is using glass jars with relief valves and I would hate to see him blow himself up. Any info would be much appreciated. If these things really make enough difference to offset the cost I might want some of my own. Thanks.

Yes I can give you the information on the Hydrogen system. We are not ready to endose it yet until we see how it does on our boat. We are now just doing some test runs to make sure they system works correctly. Then we will run it for a month and then see what it does for us in fuel economy. It might be longer than a month before we do a actually mpg check. We are planning on dry docking our boat to paint the bottom and check everything out. Striper season has opened and we will be fishing it pretty soon. We will fish for Stripers until late january.
Our deisels have been completely rebuilt from the bottom up using OEM parts only. They run like a top. Start without any smoke. We are firm believers in having heaters on our engines. We use them year round.
We willl get a late start this year for fishing because we plan on being out of town for a short time. OH , ours is the first boat on the east coast to get a hydrogen system installed on by this company. We can call them anytime to get a answer to a question.

This picture shows the guages that were installed. Our system will need 14 amps to run correctly. That is because of HP and diesels. OH the tanks do get hot. I will be watching the system and seeing for a way to improve it if I can. if the green lght will let you know when you are low on water. We expect to add water after every trip. We shall see.



This picture shows one unit with a air filter on the side , they say it is used when there is a big demand for hydrogen.


Here is the site. http://www.hamptonroadshydrogen.com/

As for cost, I will have to ask my son he had it installed. I think you can get that information from the company. There is a tax write off for this.

Now for where my tanks are. I have to laugh because I had been looking at the fuel tank all the time. It just just never registered where it was when I posted. I know the set up now. Under the cockpit is the fuel tank and in front of it , under the generator is the sewage tank as seen in the picture above with the screwed down lid. The water tank is under the floor in the salon.
My son is looking to move up to a much larger boat to live on with his wife. Both are fishing and boating people. They want to live on a boat. We do have our boat for sale. It might not sell for a year or so due to the economy. So we will keep it in tip top shape and use it. We really love this boat but it is not big enough for them to live aboard. They want a 70 footer. So we will see. I might post it on this site.

I would like to knwon how the Hydrogen system works out .