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The green colour is because the chainplates are bronze they may be leaking a little but even if they are not they will still bleed through the paint from the salt air.

Thats a seam. Mine is the same way it's two peaces of wood.

That boat dosn't look that bad at all. If I where you I'd clean it up reasembale it, do a bottom job and put it in the water. After a summer of sailing you will have a much better idea of what needs to be done.

Congradulatios, Tritons are sweet boats. Since I bought mine the most important thing I've leaned is not what I need but what I don't need. Keep it simple and make sure to check those hoses, especially the one for the sink drain it's very hard to get to and often go's unchecked. I've spent most of m...

Went on the NETA site today and noticed that the triton owners list is gone. Does any on know what happened?

Welcome to the fourm. nice boat, Thats one hell of a deal. I bought my boat on ebay too.

One trick I've heard of is to scrape out the chanel clean and then fill it with 5200. I've never tried this my self, but its worth a try.

The yard I have my boat in caters to boats under 35 feet. I have no complaints, as long as you pay the rent They leave you alone and don't try to sell you all kinds of services. Real nice staff to, will do any thing to help you out when you need it.

Hey, where can you get the old flat handles for the origenal winches on my triton.

Yeah, I don't think the seller knows much about Tritons or boats in general.

Somebody say they wanted a wood mast?

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How about a polished aluminum mast with a clearcoat to protect it.

Now that would look good!

Welcome to the form. I'd say get a small electric fuel pump and some hose and suck it out through the filler tube into 5 gallon cans. It is much better to do it this way than through the sending unit plate and filling the boat up with fumes.

My triton looks just like that I thought it was from the 10 layers of old paint. after sanding down a spot there is no crazing in the orignal gelcoat.

I used oil based white rustolium. It sticks to any thing and has great coverage, and dries rock hard. I get it at Lowes for $29.95 a gallon.

Has anyone ever seen one of these before, nice lines.


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That boat has been relisted 3 or 4 times. dosen't seem like the damage is too bad.

That sounds like a great ad, it would defently get my attention when reading the listings.

Has anyone tried converting the original triton water tank under the v-berth to a holding tank for the head. Mine is full of green slime and I don't think it would be a good idea to drink out of it.

Well said, I don't see what is so bad about this guy he seams pritty nice to me, we all make mistakes.

The A-4 weighs about 350 pounds with the trany. I just riped mine out, it made a nice thud on the ground when I pushed it off the deck. I don't know what the prop shaft weighs I'd guess about 20 pounds. The water tank is about 22 gallons.

The fist practical use of a powerboat I've seen!!!!!!!

Mine has the hull number on the bottom of every shelf and panel in the boat.

How hard is it to build a outboard well in the back of the boat, can it be done.

Has any one ever tryed a golf cart motor They seam to have alot of power. most run on 36 volts and use three batteries. not shure what the HP is but it seams like it would be enough to get you in and out of the marina.

It came with a genoa and main in great shape. I found a good runing A4 for $1000, but I like the idea of a simple outboard setup and the aded storage space where the motor used to be.

I bought hull #227 for $640. The boat has solid decks but the atomic4 is shot.

The water jacket rusted out and filled the crankcase with salt water, it's toast. The hull number is 227 built in 1961. I bought it in baltimore MD.

Hi. new to the forum I just bought triton #227 Lively Lady on ebay. The boat is in good shape but the atomic 4 is shot. I was thinking about an outboard and was wondering how well they work on this boat. This is a great forum with a ton of imformation.