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Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:30 pm
by todd brinkerhoff
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1977/Tr ... ted-States
Is this a solo Trojan boat, or did they make it with another manufacturer? Seems totally different than there usual build. Beautiful boat, with some impressive detail.
Re: Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:45 pm
by larryeddington
in the past few years it came up on the board over a picture of one in Europe, the talk then was they made just a few don't remember the numbers. I agree beautiful boat ship.
Re: Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:00 pm
by gettaway
It looks like a Hatteras flush deck, listing states Cummins 6BT photo of engine says 903 a V-8, the electronics are as old as the boat but she's a nice looking yacht
Re: Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:39 pm
by aaronbocknek
i love this yacht. i've watched in on yachtworld for quite some time. some history on her. at the time this was built, it was the largest vessel in the trojan lineup. known as the 'f-54 deckhouse salon motor yacht', i first laid eyes on her at the 1976 annapolis boat show. i loved how the boat was powered by big diesel engines with v-drives. never saw a boat this big, at that time, with the engine room all the way in the back of the boat. she was one of the largest fiberglass hulls around, second only to the hatteras 70' flush deck motor yacht that made it's debut in 1972. (here is a 1974 model--can you tell that jack hargrave designed her?) http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1974/Ha ... f2R29KwHoI
the 54 deckhouse motor yacht, if memory serves, was produced in elkton, md and had a very limited run. a true classic motor yacht with classic lines.
Re: Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:44 pm
by todd brinkerhoff
It is a beautiful ship indeed. A little out of my price point though.
Re: Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:34 pm
by summer storm
This Trojan started out as a 53 with a wood hull and factory covered with fiberglass. The 54 was all fiberglass was built to compete with the very popular Hatteras 53. the 53 and the 54 look identical in every way. They were built in the Canadian plant and in fact when they closed the plant this model was the last boat the finished. I'm not sure if the MD plant took over production but because of the years built, I doubt it. The 54's seem to hang in there but the 53's aren't fairing to well, it seems like the 53's have a history of rotting from the inside out.
Re: Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:02 pm
by Big D
summer storm wrote:.....wood hull and factory covered with fiberglass....the 53's have a history of rotting from the inside out.
No surprise there!
Re: Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:00 pm
by todd brinkerhoff
Any idea on the number built?
Re: Trojan 54' Motoryacht
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:29 am
by aaronbocknek
ahhhh that would explain the MASSIVE hull i saw in march 1972 at the shepherd plant when the hull of BUBALA3 was pulled from the mold. do you know if the wood/glass 53 had her engines in the aft portion like the glass 54? or, did the 53 have her engines midship, port/starboard with center companionway like the hatteras? i still think, all these years later (decades actually) the f-54 deckhouse salon motor yacht is one of the prettiest yachts out there. classic in every way, even by todays standards.