Trojan Boat Forum

Saturday morning we left Little Creek and headed to Downtown Norfolk (just over 20 miles) to anchor out for Harborfest. Winds were light and the bay was calm. It took a while because I discovered that my trim tab hose had developed a leak where they pentrate through the hull (above the waterline), so we had to take it slow. Alternator was acting up as well voltage was barely above 12 volts. It jumped up after a while though but still not where I want it.

Spent most of my time in the water to cool off. Grilled out, drank some beers and had a lot of fun. That night some storms came through and the fireworks were cancelled but the anchor held and the boat stayed relatively dry.

After some coffee and breakfast we had a nice slow ride back going with the tide which was nice for a change.

Here's a picture off the back of the boat. You can see the storm clouds brewing...



I already ordered a new alternator and trim tab hosing. Hopefully one day this boat will have nothing wrong with it...

I bet it was fun and relaxing. Is that your dinghy? What brand is it? How long etc.

It was fun. I really enjoyed diving off the hardtop and swimming over to other boats to visit.
No it's not my dinghy but it's the one we brought with us. It's a friends dinghy and I have no idea what brand it is. It's a sailing dinghy so it has a slot for a dagger board in the middle of the boat. When you over load it (basically 2 people) the water almost comes up to the top of the slot. The only floation it has is the foam blocks under the seats. I think he said it was a 1978 but I could be off a few years but definitely in the 70's. It's really thin fiberglass and light and in dire need of some fiberglass work, but she stayed afloat. We tilted it up on the swim platform and it worked great. Only problem is it made the exhaust noise deflect back into the cabin so it was a little more noisy than usual but that was expected.

Looks like fun!!!! Is that a charcoal grill?? If so.....I love it. Glad to see a purist

Ron

Sorry to disappoint but it's a gas grill.

Still good

Ron

We were there too, right on the channel edge about 200 yards east of Hospital Point. There was another F32 in a 3 boat raft, judging from your photo, nearly straight between us.

Right when things started getting nasty, which was of course immediately after the teaser shell, this guy tries to pull into the anchorage, where everyone has already spaced themselves with proper swing room, drops anchor and screws up 5 other boats. Words were exchanged and he finally pulled up and left. As he pulled off, he goes buy with one of those throwaway grocery store charcoal grills in a box, fully in flame, and sitting on the back of his fiberglass swim platform. I thought we were going to have surface effects!

Riding out the storm was fun, but we hadn’t planned on staying the night and pulled out during the 10:00 storm lull. We were back at Monroe at 11:15 which wasn’t all that bad, considering the wind, rain and lightning.

Didn’t we meet in Hampton at one of their festivals? I’m good at foggy rememberances!

Mel,
We sure did meet once. I remember you from either Hampton Bay Days or the Blackbeard Festival. I think it was Bay Days about two or three years ago. You were at the north pier toward the bridge. We anchored out there as well. Glad to see some other Trojans getting used. I know mine doesn't get used as much as it should.

You are a brave soul leaving in that mess at that hour. There were just too many crazys out by 10:00 to pull up anchor. We did have a sailboat anchor right in front of us just before the storm. During the storm, he was swinging off my bow within a boat length. That was a little stressful. But he pulled up when the storm lightened up and moved out. Thank God.

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Only problem is it made the exhaust noise deflect back into the cabin so it was a little more noisy than usual but that was expected.[/quote]


Mine really does that. It is so much noisier, we are considering towing it from now on.

foofer b wrote:
Mine really does that. It is so much noisier, we are considering towing it from now on.

Have you considered extending the exhaust back with a rigid exhaust hose just beyond your swim platform? Depending on how high your exhaust is out of the water at the transom, this may be doable.

I replaced my alternator last Thursday and she's reading like she should. Pretty easy install. I also replaced the hoses on my trim tabs. They were a little more difficult. I'm not sure if I was able to get the hoses all the way onto the trim actuators. We will see if they hold when I take it out next.

New Alternator installed:

Looks like a super good time. That is what boating is all about. Enjoying a nice peace full outing. I could skip the storms though


That is a good looking engine and sub systems.. I like the heat exchanger and new mufflers.

That is one clean engine.