Didn't know Trojan made a houseboat

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:06 am

was looking around on Ebay and saw a Trojan houseboat for sale in Atlantic City.
not sure how to post the link, but you can check on ebay for trojan house boat

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:47 am

there is one here for sale also

wingnut · Post by **wingnut** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:52 pm

I'm New to the Trojan thing... We have a deposit on an 11 meter with Detroits.. Our neighbor at the marina has had one for years and repowered it recently with detroits.. Love the ride and economy... But anyway, this surprised me too....
http://newhaven.craigslist.org/boa/1621944406.html

MattSC · Post by **MattSC** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:45 pm

This boat is located in the vicinity of Bonds Dock in Stratford CT. I go by it everytime I make my way out into LI Sound. He did have a nice view from there.

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:32 am

wingnut wrote:I'm New to the Trojan thing... We have a deposit on an 11 meter with Detroits.. Our neighbor at the marina has had one for years and repowered it recently with detroits.. Love the ride and economy... But anyway, this surprised me too....
http://newhaven.craigslist.org/boa/1621944406.html

A trojan with Detroits and you love the economy? I have never heard of that before.
Don't get me wrong as I love Detroits but they are nowhere near economical to run.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:12 pm

Jerry wrote:
wingnut wrote:I'm New to the Trojan thing... We have a deposit on an 11 meter with Detroits.. Our neighbor at the marina has had one for years and repowered it recently with detroits.. Love the ride and economy... But anyway, this surprised me too....
http://newhaven.craigslist.org/boa/1621944406.html
A trojan with Detroits and you love the economy? I have never heard of that before.
Don't get me wrong as I love Detroits but they are nowhere near economical to run.

Sure are compared to gas Engines

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:08 pm

prowlersfish wrote:
Jerry wrote:
wingnut wrote:I'm New to the Trojan thing... We have a deposit on an 11 meter with Detroits.. Our neighbor at the marina has had one for years and repowered it recently with detroits.. Love the ride and economy... But anyway, this surprised me too....
http://newhaven.craigslist.org/boa/1621944406.html
A trojan with Detroits and you love the economy? I have never heard of that before.
Don't get me wrong as I love Detroits but they are nowhere near economical to run.
Sure are compared to gas Engines

Sorry Paul,
No, They are not. Not in a 11 or 12 Meter International with 671TI Detroits.
They use more fuel and are much more expensive to maintain. The only advantage that I have found running both boats with gas and diesel is that they are much faster with the diesel both top end and at cruise and have MUCH more power when the boat is really loaded.
Now if you have a NA version that may be a entirely differant story but I myself have yet to see a pair of NA'S in an International.