Trojan Boat Forum

It is official. I am buying a new house and moving to JEALOUSVILLE!!!

Paul sent me some more (and better) pics of his boat and the whole boat is as pristine as the engine compartment. It looks like a new boat, inside and out. Amazing condition. I am envious. Don't really plan on moving, but am gonna get a coupla wool buffing pads tomorrow!!

BEAUTIFUL BOAT, PAUL!
Some of these are duplicates of his, but seem better quality.

More pics.

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Yep.... Can understand how u feel foofer. Pauls boat is spotless. Very nice

I am wondering how he vented the exhaust for the generator. I have one that I want to install in the engine compartment.

nice

Rodman wrote:I am wondering how he vented the exhaust for the generator. I have one that I want to install in the engine compartment.

Being water cooled the exhaust mixes with cooling water and should exit the boat through a hole in the hull just above water level.

I was thinking about venting into the exhaust hose that runs out the back. what you guys think about that? Then I was going to cover the custom pipe with some exhaust wrap to bring down the heat from the pipe.

Depending on the type of generator you might want to have a muffler on it's exhaust.
I have a Hydrolift and it works well.
http://www.silencermarine.com/inglese/silenziatori.htm

Very Impressive!! Guess I better get to work...

Rodman wrote:I was thinking about venting into the exhaust hose that runs out the back. what you guys think about that? Then I was going to cover the custom pipe with some exhaust wrap to bring down the heat from the pipe.

It sounds like your talking about a non marine genset . If so that should never be installed below deck . you need a marine unit with wet exhust .

Thanks for posting the pictures for me Roy and for the all of complements on the boat. This Trojan is a great boat and we had alot of fun building it. Some of the updates since the last pictures are the AC/Heat Cruisair, upgraded battery charger and the Teak & Holly floors in the cabin.

As for the generator exhaust, you'll see in the picture the ceramic coated exhaust riser with the tube bent downward. This attaches to the marine wet exhaust hose that runs to the starboard side of the boat and attaches to a Vernalift muffler. From there it travels up into the gunnel where it attaches to an exhaust/water seperator. From there 2 hoses (1 exhaust, 1 water) travel back down and exit thru the side of the hull just above the water line. You can see these thru hull fittings in the pictures, there the last two at the back on the starboard side.

Another thing that you guys may find interesting if you look at the pictures of the boat out of the water is the main exhaust on the starboard side of the transom. I fabricated a fiberglass "boot" with a flange that bolts over the exhaust and redirects it around the trim tab then into the water below the hull. Installing this has not only made the boat alot quieter but has also reduced the exhaust vapors in the cockpit (due to the station wagon effect) by i'm guessing 80%.

Thanks for posting the pictures for me Roy and for the all of complements on the boat. This Trojan is a great boat and we had alot of fun building it. Some of the updates since the last pictures are the AC/Heat Cruisair, upgraded battery charger and the Teak & Holly floors in the cabin.

Hey Paul....couple of questions:

The teak & holly floor in your cabin...real or imitation? - looks amazing!

And I assume it is all one piece...can it be lifted easily to access the hull? (or in my case the center bilge pump)

Thanks,

Paul

Hi Paul,

The teak & holly is 1/4" ply. It's basically teak & holly venir laminated to 1/4" mahogany and is available in 4'x 8' sheets. I used this and laminated it to 3/4" marine ply for the main floor. This floor section is one peice and although it's supported by every stringer it sits on, it's only screwed in around the outside edges. I then used 3/4" quarter round teak to cover the edges and the screws that hold the floor down. It's removable to access the hull beneath any time I need to.

The floors in the V-berth and dinette are the 1/4" teak & holly laminated directly to the existing 1/2" ply. When I did these areas, I added hatches both for storage and in the V-berth to access the pumps. The hatches and their openings have teak trim on their edges for a nice finished look. Under the V-berth hatch I added an other floor at about the same level as the main floor which gave me another storage area which I carpeted. This floor also comes right out without tools to access the pumps.

As far as the bulkheads go, I peeled off all of the vinyl and glue (*#!*&!!#) then laminated teak venir to them then capped the edges with teak trim.

I dont' know if you've ever seen DIY Marine Maintenance Magazine, but in Issue #1 2009 I did an article on Teak & Holly floors based on the installation of my own. It might be worth a look.

Hope this helps

Paul wrote:Hi Paul,

The teak & holly is 1/4" ply. It's basically teak & holly venir laminated to 1/4" mahogany and is available in 4'x 8' sheets. I used this and laminated it to 3/4" marine ply for the main floor. This floor section is one peice and although it's supported by every stringer it sits on, it's only screwed in around the outside edges. I then used 3/4" quarter round teak to cover the edges and the screws that hold the floor down. It's removable to access the hull beneath any time I need to.

The floors in the V-berth and dinette are the 1/4" teak & holly laminated directly to the existing 1/2" ply. When I did these areas, I added hatches both for storage and in the V-berth to access the pumps. The hatches and their openings have teak trim on their edges for a nice finished look. Under the V-berth hatch I added an other floor at about the same level as the main floor which gave me another storage area which I carpeted. This floor also comes right out without tools to access the pumps.

As far as the bulkheads go, I peeled off all of the vinyl and glue (*#!*&!!#) then laminated teak venir to them then capped the edges with teak trim.

I dont' know if you've ever seen DIY Marine Maintenance Magazine, but in Issue #1 2009 I did an article on Teak & Holly floors based on the installation of my own. It might be worth a look.

Hope this helps

It sure does Paul....appreciate your time and expertise. I will find the Issue of DIY to learn more. It looks so good, I can't help but think that I will attempt to do it as well.

Thanks...