Trophy 2359 with Outboard Conversions.

[Aquaholic]

From a Facebook Trophy 2359 page, here are some outboard pod conversions. The one with twin 150's is definitely intriguing. The Suzuki is a 300.

 

[Capt_Ed]

God I wish my power train was old and a piece of $hit so I could warrant putting a couple 140 suzukis on my Trophy because what a great project that would be.

 

[Aquaholic]

God I wish my power train was old and a piece of $hit so I could warrant putting a couple 140 suzukis on my Trophy because what a great project that would be.

would you really do the twins? No kicker I assume if you did.

 

[dmurph]

Tempting for when I have to repower next. So much easier and cheaper to just put a new inboard and drive in though

 

[Aquaholic]

Video of the 300 Suzuki pod running.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1241064186443990

 

[Aquaholic]

Tempting for when I have to repower next. So much easier and cheaper to just put a new inboard and drive in though

There were some large lease return motors this year for substantially less than new.

 

[noluck]

Video of the 300 Suzuki pod running.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1241064186443990

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too much trouble to clean the bilge first, lol

 

[Capt_Ed]

would you really do the twins? No kicker I assume if you did.

We ran twins on my fishmaster boat at the lodge and I would definitely do it again , more is always better right. Not sure there would be room for the kicker but I would like one. I'm pushing 70 and only put about 100 hours a year on a main 5.0 MPI that has about 550hrs on it. So I'm pretty sure that it will last the rest of my fishing and boating career. I think I'll try and keep the Telegraph Cove program going till I'm 75 and then sell and just make a couple lodge trips to different places till I can't reel or stand up anymore. This is all assuming DFO let's us fish another 10 years or so.

 

[Maxpri]

We ran twins on my fishmaster boat at the lodge and I would definitely do it again , more is always better right. Not sure there would be room for the kicker but I would like one. I'm pushing 70 and only put about 100 hours a year on a main 5.0 MPI that has about 550hrs on it. So I'm pretty sure that it will last the rest of my fishing and boating career. I think I'll try and keep the Telegraph Cove program going till I'm 75 and then sell and just make a couple lodge trips to different places till I can't reel or stand up anymore. This is all assuming DFO let's us fish another 10 years or so.

Well the good news is its an I/O so it could blow up tomorrow! I know all too well.

 

[Aquaholic]

Some newer pics from the Trophy 2359 Facebook page. Notice the good fiberglass work to fill in the doghouse opening vs doing an aluminum checker plate cover.

 

[Brando]

Looking at most of these I don’t see many structural improvements but maybe I missed those pics? I have done a few bayliners now and the transom area outside of where the drive was mounted is not very thick i think they really should get some more core and glass added or use the existing motor mount locations and add bracing. I can’t seem to find any other photos of the finished work but this is what I’m referring too..

 

[Aquaholic]

I only saw one open bilge photo, and the clean up wasn't done yet so maybe there was more work after it was taken?

 

[Brando]

I only saw one open bilge photo, and the clean up wasn't done yet so maybe there was more work after it was taken?

I hope so but I do think it gets overlooked.

 

[brutus]

Video of the 300 Suzuki pod running.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1241064186443990

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That bilge make me want to vomit

 

[Aquaholic]

That bilge make me want to vomit

Which one?

 

[Capt_Ed]

Some newer pics from the Trophy 2359 Facebook page. Notice the good fiberglass work to fill in the doghouse opening vs doing an aluminum checker plate cover.

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I love seeing all these outboard conversions but I'm surprised these boats sit in the water on the same angle as the I/O . I wonder if the pod were full transom width if they would ride higher. If I ever did it I would like to put 2 140hp suzukis so more weight.

 

[Aquaholic]

More joy.

 

[SpringVelocity]

Yah Larry builds good pods. Did good job on mine.

 

[Whole in the Water]

I have always liked the design of this boat. You get a decent enclosed cabin, cuddy and decent dance floor. Wish they made more designs like this. Podding these boats is the way to go with a boat like this IMO.

 

[Aquaholic]

I have always liked the design of this boat. You get a decent enclosed cabin, cuddy and decent dance floor. Wish they made more designs like this. Podding these boats is the way to go with a boat like this IMO.

Absolutely, shore power was an option too, they were great pocket cruisers too. Bayliner reintroducing this in a pod outboard version would be sweet.