Trojan 440 Upgrades, Fixes and Ideas

Yes I started one but admittedly hav not had time to keep it up recently
 
Well I did one hatch today. While I am not happy with the stain on the edging I used, it did not come out half bad. I will sand the stain off and try a different color. I just laid some pieces around it to see how it is going to look. It is the one behind the stairs so not really readily visible. What I really do not like is the way it breaks up the flow of the wood. To that extent I have decided to leave the outboard hatches sealed up and not use them. I will still have the two small ones in the galley and guest SR and the large one in the middle of the saloon to get at the holding tank plumbing. Tomorrow I should be finished with the underlayment.

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Yes I started one but admittedly hav not had time to keep it up recently

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I got excited for you for a second I was going to tell you someone already have the owners manual book online!! :-) than I saw your name.
I have two original Trojan bags where I keep all my boat litterateur but I don't have the owners manual in them, must be on the boat. Will pick it up next time i am on the boat for you. Hopefully tomorrow,it's going to be hot 32-F!!!
 
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Well I did one hatch today. While I am not happy with the stain on the edging I used, it did not come out half bad. I will sand the stain off and try a different color. I just laid some pieces around it to see how it is going to look. It is the one behind the stairs so not really readily visible. What I really do not like is the way it breaks up the flow of the wood. To that extent I have decided to leave the outboard hatches sealed up and not use them. I will still have the two small ones in the galley and guest SR and the large one in the middle of the saloon to get at the holding tank plumbing. Tomorrow I should be finished with the underlayment.

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What kind of edging is it? What did you use?
 
It is just a pine 3/8" x 3/8" furring strip. It is glued and staple to the underlayment that is glued and screwed to the hatch. I am going to try a different color stain tomorrow and see if I like it better. But seeing how it breaks up the wood I really just did not like the way it looked. Hence why I am going with minimal on the hatches.

I did the blog thing because I figured it would be a handy online reference. But the more I learned about this boat the more I learned I would need to completely rewrite the manual. Eventually I hope to have it be a comprehensive parts list with install dates and warranty expirations. As well as a list of annual maintenance parts and where to purchase them. Since a blog is accessible from just about any media device that can get on line I figured it would be the best way to create a reference manual. I already have another blog called John and Sandy'sBig Adventure that I had been using to learn how to blog.
 
Read your blog, tough summer!!! Hope this year you don't have to deal with so much s__t !! Also now I know how you look like :-)
Good luck tomorrow with the edging.
 
Yeah, 2011 sucked (at least the second half) but 2012 was much better and hoping for an even better 2013.

Looking forward to making thast first trip of the year.
 
Well the second try at staining was a bit better. I may only be a few shades difference but it blends a whole lot better. I also finished all of the underlayment today. Next weekends goal will be to finish the other three hatches and prepare the rest of the floor to lay the new flooring in. A few more weekends and this project should be complete.
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Well the second try at staining was a bit better. I may only be a few shades difference but it blends a whole lot better. I also finished all of the underlayment today. Next weekends goal will be to finish the other three hatches and prepare the rest of the floor to lay the new flooring in. A few more weekends and this project should be complete.

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Which part of the boat is in this picture?
 
It is the space under the stairs. It is where the access to the water tank discharge is. Here is a picture of the whole area.
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It is the space under the stairs. It is where the access to the water tank discharge is. Here is a picture of the whole area.

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Got it, looks different from mine I couldn't figure out :-)
 
The layout with out the third stateroom is significantly different. Plus with the stairs and door frame removed there is not a lot to go on in the other picture.
 
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The layout with out the third stateroom is significantly different. Plus with the stairs and door frame removed there is not a lot to go on in the other picture.

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The floor is a lot of work but one of my favorite modifications to the boat. :-)
 
Lol hogan. I have stuff stuffed everywhere. There is so much stuff in the master SR that the bow is about on inch lower in the water.
 
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Lol hogan. I have stuff stuffed everywhere. There is so much stuff in the master SR that the bow is about on inch lower in the water.

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The boat is in the water?
 
You really should open up the hatches in front of the couch, it will give you a ton more of storage space.
 
Allen - Yes it is in the water. No need to take it out. The water doesn't freeze here.

Mike - I thought about it. My seating is slightly different than the 1998 on. It actually cover both hatches a little bit. I could have cut the hatches and made do but what it really came down to was that I liked the way the wood looks without breaking it up better than wanting the hatches. We don't have kids and even the second stateroom goes unused for more than storage. We have removed the matress in there and replaced it with an inflatable matress for the rare occasion we would have overnight guests. We also have totes for in there for storage of everything we could need. The underfloor area would be relatively useless to us.
 
I finally got to the flooring in earnest today. After laying out several pieces in a bunch of different ways I settled on using the edge of the main center hatch where the waste tank and connections are as the starting point. Each board is 36" and there are short boards that are half that. So the boards need to be staggered a half board length to make it look right. On the hatch the edging the edging is 3/8" so you lose that much on each side and end. So that has to be taken in account too. Each piece that I have cut off is placed outside the hatch to continue the pattern. Less 3/8" of course. My plan is to cut all the boards bow to stern and a width of one board on each side of the hatch. Then glue the whole works down. That will be the hardest part. And the most time consuming. Once I complete that it should be fairly easy to finish it off.
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