How to identify a 10meter express ?
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How to identify a 10meter express ?
Is there a way to identify a 10 meter express from a mid-cabin by looking at the outside? I've seen some with 2,3 and 4 side windows??????
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Some of the earlier express cruisers had (per side)4 windows, most have 3.
mid cabins have 2 per side.
Although the windshields are the same (as far a I can tell) the cockpit on the mid cabins is raised and the sliding plexiglss door is shorter in height.
To compensate for the raised cockpit floor, Trojan raised the gunnels with a filler panel.
You can identify a mid cabin fromn the rear as th transom has a 'cut out" in it to ease access/egress to the swim platform.
Earlier express cruisers featured solid 3/4" +,- thick teak on top of the cockpit gunnels and very art deco stainless steel air intake grilles. The bow pulpit is inlaid with teak.
The earlier express cruisers had solid teak swim platforms, later models used fiberglass with some teak and others had no teak.
For those who are not fans of Teak, and the work to keep it looking good, the later models featured less and less of it.
A different style wetbar was featured on the mid cabins vs the express cruiser.
A really nice mid cabin feature was the opening window built into the cockpit step down.
The express cruiser has two opening hatches on the forward deck, the mid cabin has one, but also has two non-opening opaque skylights on the front deck on either side just forward of the windshield.
The anchor locker on the express is accessible from the front of the boat, on the mid cabin it is accessible from the forward cabin. (better check this one out)
I may not be 100% on all of these differences, but it's the best I can recall.
Hope this helps you identify a 10 meter from just about any angle it is seen.
RWS
mid cabins have 2 per side.
Although the windshields are the same (as far a I can tell) the cockpit on the mid cabins is raised and the sliding plexiglss door is shorter in height.
To compensate for the raised cockpit floor, Trojan raised the gunnels with a filler panel.
You can identify a mid cabin fromn the rear as th transom has a 'cut out" in it to ease access/egress to the swim platform.
Earlier express cruisers featured solid 3/4" +,- thick teak on top of the cockpit gunnels and very art deco stainless steel air intake grilles. The bow pulpit is inlaid with teak.
The earlier express cruisers had solid teak swim platforms, later models used fiberglass with some teak and others had no teak.
For those who are not fans of Teak, and the work to keep it looking good, the later models featured less and less of it.
A different style wetbar was featured on the mid cabins vs the express cruiser.
A really nice mid cabin feature was the opening window built into the cockpit step down.
The express cruiser has two opening hatches on the forward deck, the mid cabin has one, but also has two non-opening opaque skylights on the front deck on either side just forward of the windshield.
The anchor locker on the express is accessible from the front of the boat, on the mid cabin it is accessible from the forward cabin. (better check this one out)
I may not be 100% on all of these differences, but it's the best I can recall.
Hope this helps you identify a 10 meter from just about any angle it is seen.
RWS
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Yanmar diesels
Solid Glass Hull
Woodless Stringers
Full Hull Liner
Survived Andrew Cat 5,Eye of Charley Cat 4, & Irma Cat 2
Trojan International Website: http://trojanboat.com/
WEBSITE & SITELOCK TOTALLY SELF FUNDED