I am looking at a 1983, 34' Mainship III, and was wondering if anyone has any info about the boat that would be useful. It has a single 200hp Perkins and cruises 8 knots at 2gph and 14knots at 6-7gph, which should qualify it as a trawler. I would be most interested in comments concerning its seaworthiness. It only has 1100 hours on the engine and seems to be in good condition, most of its life was in fresh water. The interior is dated and needs significant upgrading. Any ideas about how to go about this, or who would be a good source in Florida to contact? Maurice Marwood aepmem@bahamas.net.bs

At 08:59 AM 6/8/99 -0400, you wrote: >I am looking at a 1983, 34' Mainship III, and was wondering if anyone has >any info about the boat that would be useful. It has a single 200hp Perkins >and cruises 8 knots at 2gph and 14knots at 6-7gph, which should qualify it >as a trawler. I would be most interested in comments concerning its >seaworthiness. It only has 1100 hours on the engine and seems to be in good >condition, most of its life was in fresh water. The interior is dated and >needs significant upgrading. Any ideas about how to go about this, or who >would be a good source in Florida to contact? >Maurice Marwood >aepmem@bahamas.net.bs ================================================ The upgrading is easy. A friend of mine went through this on the same boat. We made a teak park bench that went completely athwartships on the fly bridge for extra and more comfortable seating, and inside it was just new carpets from a local remnant store for $150 installed. Ready made drapes from JC Penny and about a days work on the wood trim and repainting the black trim in between the side windows on the outside. We also did some improvements in side, easier discussed by phone. AL . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email - CaptainAl@Juno.com Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain