roshambowe
Newbie
Hello everyone! I'm a future Mainship 34 owner. Looking around the Seacoast and Downeast areas of Maine and New Hampshire for the right Mainship.
Found one in Nova Scotia that I might take an 8 hour drive to go see. The guy who owns it put over $60,000 into a 1982 Mainship 34 II trawler.. and I mean everything! Bow to stern, took off flybridge, all rails, recorked and re-balsa'ed the core, everything. New windlass, rebuilt engine with new turbo, new 5.8kw gen, repainted, reworked all the wood, new floors, new bathroom, windows. Not a single soft spot on her now. He finished the project only to find out that his wife doesn't want to be on the boat anymore and wants a motor home to be mobile on land instead of sea.
He's selling it for a decent price and I'm looking into logistics to cruise her back to Maine from Yarmouth, NS. Just wanted to check in with you experts to see if I'd be crazy to buy an '82 mainship for $40-$45k if it's in as good of condition as he says it is. I will definitely be doing a survey in any case however. Another one I'm looking at is in rough shape cosmetically (1979 Mainship 34), but solid mechanically and electrically for $21k.
Would love to get your input on it!
Found one in Nova Scotia that I might take an 8 hour drive to go see. The guy who owns it put over $60,000 into a 1982 Mainship 34 II trawler.. and I mean everything! Bow to stern, took off flybridge, all rails, recorked and re-balsa'ed the core, everything. New windlass, rebuilt engine with new turbo, new 5.8kw gen, repainted, reworked all the wood, new floors, new bathroom, windows. Not a single soft spot on her now. He finished the project only to find out that his wife doesn't want to be on the boat anymore and wants a motor home to be mobile on land instead of sea.
He's selling it for a decent price and I'm looking into logistics to cruise her back to Maine from Yarmouth, NS. Just wanted to check in with you experts to see if I'd be crazy to buy an '82 mainship for $40-$45k if it's in as good of condition as he says it is. I will definitely be doing a survey in any case however. Another one I'm looking at is in rough shape cosmetically (1979 Mainship 34), but solid mechanically and electrically for $21k.
Would love to get your input on it!
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