Here's my rationale for nominating the Mainship 34 as one of the 10 most outstanding trawlers of all time: Back in the fuel-starved 1970s, John and Warren Luhrs had the right idea when they asked designer John Cherubini to draw the lines for a classic-looking, down-east-style flybridge sedan cruiser in a semi-displacement hull that embodied the spacious accommodations and fuel efficiencies more common to long-range diesel cruisers. More than 1,300 Mainship 34s (and Nantucket 34s and Mainship II Motor Cruisers) are testimony to the wisdom and foresight of the Luhrs brothers. --Georgs