Trojan Boat Forum

Posted: **Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:02 pm**

I jumped on the forum here a few weeks ago once I was set on getting a 10m mid cabin express. I looked at about four and worked out a deal today after doing a survey/sea trial.

BTW, I found a great surveyor. He's located in CT but travels. Really nice guy who knows his stuff and covers everything in detail. Here's his contact info:

Philip Gaudreau Jr. AMS
ALLPOINT Marine Services, LLC
11 Pettipaug Road
Haddam Neck, CT 06424
860-467-6956

He was highly recommended to me so happy to pass it on.

My short list from the survey looks like:

- Stuffing boxes have a pretty good leak while docked. Hoping a turn on the
nut buys me a few weeks until it gets hauled.
- aft bilge pump (a little scary because of issue above - i.e., center pump fails)
- riser/elbow on one side
- water pumps (both)
- fume detector
- re-bed all railings/cleats
- leak/hose in hydraulic steering system
- all cooling hoses on the engine
- front hatch leak
- A/C needs a charge
- compound/wax

I'm sure I'll be back with a bunch of questions. Thanks to everyone for replying during my search and emailing me offline. Also thanks to Wes for showing my wife and I his boat a few weeks ago. Different model but he explained a lot of the systems to me which was a big help.

Bob

Posted: **Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:18 pm**

Congratulations and good luck with your boat! What part of CT do you do your boating in? I'm up on the Housatonic River in Shelton, and come out into LI Sound at Stratford Pt.

Posted: **Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:04 pm**

Congratulations Bob ! I hope your enjoy your new boat. How far are you from my good friend Wes ?

Posted: **Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:09 pm**

congrates !

Posted: **Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:40 pm**

Congratulations Bob .... Enjoy your new boat. Take care ....

Posted: **Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:47 am**

welcome to the world of trojans. try to connect with wes.... he's a great guy and weatlth of information.
aaron in baltimore

Posted: **Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:48 am**

Welcome and congrats. Now limber up that check writing arm!!

Posted: **Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:46 pm**

bob, what year is the boat? , good luck! neil.

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:10 am**

I guess saying it's a "mid cabin express" is incorrect. Finally figured out that there's a midcabin and an express but not both.

I'm heading back to the boat this morning, still working through the maze of paperwork to get it insured, reg, survey back, etc.

Hopefully I'll get that all sorted today and can start tearing into stuff over the weekend. It's sort of like buying a house that needs work, you have to be careful not to rip apart every room on the 1st day!

Bob

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:35 am**

Congratulations Bob,
Let me know if I can help in any way. Remember, Let Bobbie work on the interior. LOL
Wes
PS. Thanks for the wine. It was delicious.

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:48 pm**

Congrats on your new vessel.

Now we need to administer the Trojan initiation rites to make sure you are worthy.

Wes . . . ! ! !

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:54 pm**

Richard,
It depends on which you're talking about. Are you referring to the beginning where Bob has to send his credit card number to all the Trojan owners in the Forum so we can have a drink on him before he goes broke fixing his new boat up?

Wes

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:36 am**

Bob Like you I am new to the forum I bought an '85 F32 back in August I keep it in New London were is your boat

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:08 am**

Hi Tiki III,

I'm in Clinton and was thinking that we may have enough Trojan owners in the CT area to have a mini rendezvous up here next year.

Wes

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:54 am**

Dam Yankees are taking over

But I will come up , (if someone buys the fuel )

Trojan Boat Forum

Well, it looks like I bought a boat!

Well, it looks like I bought a boat!

thanks guys.... it's an '88 10m mid cabin