"HK" wrote in message
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Luhrs Mainship has a lovely 34' trawler with twins it has been making for
some years. It's another boat on my list. With or without flying bridge.
Really nice salon for a boat this size.


http://www.mainship.com/models/34trawler/34T.html



You will get a kick out of this.

The guy who is buying my 40' Mainship Sedan Bridge currently owns an older,
34' Mainship trawler.
During our initial discussions we kicked around the idea of a partial trade.
I lost interest in a trade deal however, because his is a single screw, plus
he admitted that he had some problems with soft exterior decks that needed
to be repaired.

Turns out it didn't matter. He and his wife checked out my boat, liked it
and made an acceptable offer without any discussion of a trade.

I think the older Mainship trawlers were not as well made as the newer
models. It's probably because Mainship has now focused only on trawler
models and no longer build cruisers.
I've looked at Albin's and a couple of others, including Sabreliner. The
new Sabreliner's are unbelievable, but so is the price. When it comes to
enduring quality in older models, it is hard to beat a Grand Banks. There
is something to be said about sticking to a design and focusing on yearly
improvements over the years.


Eisboch