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Got my 1st ever "xxx 20xx Newsletter" from "Beacon Marine Supply" this evening.

Says "Trojan Trivia

We are often asked -- Did any Trojan Boats have balsa cored hulls?? Only the 11, 12, 13 and 14 meter Trojan International boats had cored hulls. On the 10.8M there were places under the engine room and the fuel tanks where small sections were balsa cored to add strength."

So, what is my F32 cored with?

Me too!

Ross, the hull isn't cored, the top side is.

Correct the F boat hulls are not cored .

You're right!

Wasn't reading "hull" there I guess.

Its early

Where do you sign up for the newsletter. All I see are a couple of old ones

Doug - I didn't sign up, so I don't know.

Not a lot to it, mostly sales:

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March 2012 NewsLetter
Beacon Marine Supply
TrojanBoats.Net

Trojan Trivia

We are often asked -- Did any Trojan Boats have balsa cored hulls?? Only the 11, 12, 13 and 14 meter Trojan International boats had cored hulls. On the 10.8M there were places under the engine room and the fuel tanks where small sections were balsa cored to add strength.

Did you know that there was a 15 meter Trojan International? Yes, but only one was ever built. There was also a 42-foot Chesapeake work boat built from the hull of the 42 flush deck motor yacht. Again only one was ever built.

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rossjo wrote:Doug - I didn't sign up, so I don't know.
Not a lot to it, mostly sales:

This is in fact their second one I have received... July 2011 was the first.
I would expect it goes to all members.
It started with:

Trojan Trivia

Did you know that between 1958 and 1974 (end of the wooden Trojans) about 65,000 wooden boats were made by Trojan. Unfortunately, Trojan was slow to recognize the shift from wood to fiberglass construction. Jim McQueen, president of Trojan, never liked fiberglass. He thought it was a fad and it has been told that he often said if God meant boats to be build of fiberglass He would have made fiberglass trees. By the end of the 1960's, Trojan had not yet built a fiberglass boat. When Trojan began to build fiberglass boats, it turned to a local fiberglass bath tub company to turn out the early fiberglass hulls. Even today the Trojan fiberglass boats are considered to have some of the best fiberglass hulls ever made.

It should go to all , look in you spam maybe ?

ready123 wrote:.....This is in fact their second one I have received... July 2011 was the first..

There was one sent out in Feb 2011 too.

Big D wrote:

ready123 wrote:.....This is in fact their second one I have received... July 2011 was the first..

There was one sent out in Feb 2011 too.

I stand corrected, as it had Trojan in the subject line it ended up in my Trojan folder, the other two just had newsletter.

The Feb one said:

Trojan Trivia

Did you know that in 1968 Trojan became part of Whittaker (a company which purchased several boat companies). Bertram boats were one of the companies and marinas under the umbrella of Whittaker. The reason for the merger was to gain the capital necessary to begin the retooling to make fiberglass Trojan boats. In late 1980, Whittaker sold off the other companies and Trojan and Bertram were packaged and sold as one company becoming Bertram-Trojan (BTI). During the next 10 years, BTI changed ownership from several different investment groups till 1992. In 1992, the Trojan part of BTI was sold to Carver for around $800,000. Carver only took the 10.8, 11, 12 and 13 fiberglass meter boat molds. They never made any 11, 12 or 13 meter boats and these fiberglass molds were later destroyed. Carver did make boats from the Trojan fiberglass mold for the 10.8M (360 model). Carver did modify the 360 10.8 fiberglass mold so it was never the exact same boat as the Trojan 10.8. The Carver 360 model was made until 2005.

The 360 Mariner new and old style is still one of their top sellin' boats..

Michael, I really like the pic in your avatar. Very appealing profile, I just can't get over the beautiful lines on those....very sporty.

Did you know that there was a 15 meter Trojan International? Yes, but only one was ever built.

I want to see this 15 meter! Anyone ever see it or have a picture?