To the right I have created pages that if I was looking for a boat would want to see; A quick spec page as well as a manufacture's spec page, the scanned owners manual, and a list of things that I have done over the three years we have owned her complete with photos. As well as a complete photo blog on the right as well. Just need it to stop snowing long enough to clean the outside and finish it.
We had to replace the port motor at just about 100 hours after purchase. There was a crack in the number three cylinder wall. When we did this we had new oil coolers, oil pump and injectors installed. The turbo was rebuilt with a new insert and the heat exchangers were cleaned and pressure checked. We had a shop in Virginia do the work so I do not have any photos of that as I do with every other aspect of this vessel.
I have included some of the photos of various projects below but they are not all inclusive of everything that has been done. I have over 500 photos of everything from various parts such as the fuel transfer pump to the places you can only see with a camera. Many of them will be posted in various pages listed on the right. And I will be happy to give a digital copy of this blog well as provide the original images to anyone who purchases the boat.
One of the first things that we did was to add new canvas complete with a full camper back and wrap around bra up front for heat control. We used EZ2CY panels on the sides and the clarity is amazing. We also had a new cover made for the front bow cushions.
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| If only it would stay that white. I am considering dying this grey as with the dirt and soot in the air here it is that color now within a few days of washing it. |
The next biggest improvement was the wood flooring. We removed what little wood flooring was there and replaced it with Bamboo flooring. It is one of the most stable in terms of expanding and contracting as well as very durable. The flooring is glued down on the hatches but it is floating in the rest of the boat. I did this because there are a half dozen hatches, mostly useless that are under the floor. By floating the floor, I can pick up the floor at any time and access those. I have numbered the back of each board to remember the sequence to put it back in the event I ever need to do that. At the same time we also replaced the carpeting on the Master State Room steps and under the Saloon seats. For the rest of the interior, we had custom rugs made with rubber backing so they do not slip and recovered the steps to the cockpit in the same material to match. Finally, I finished out the space where the washer dryer would go with the same material.
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| Because the new floor was thicker than the carpet, I had to have the foot cut off of the hand rail and re-welded with a 1/2 inch cut off the end. The carpeted stairs match the rest of the rugs through out |
Another major project involved the renovation of the anchor locker. All Trojan 440 Express models have an issue where water runs off the bow and into the anchor locker. If not properly maintained you will get dry rot in this area. Most that I have seen are not maintained very well here. My anchor roller was literally about to fall out. I removed all of the rotted wood, replaced the damage area with fiberglass and starboard and then epoxied the entire thing. Then painted the entire space with several coats of bilge paint. As long as I had it apart I rebuilt the windlass replacing all of the plastic parts inside.
Some of the other major things we did where to replace the Saloon refer with a new Norcold unit. Replace both televisions with LCD units and add a DVD player. I also ran two HDMI cables to each television to go along with the cable that is already there. The DVD player can play to either television and the second HDMI cable is for the addition of a satellite dish should someone chose to add one.
