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10-26-2021, 07:14 AM
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Newbie
City: HOCKESSIN
Vessel Name: Blue Dolphin
Vessel Model: Mariner Orient 34
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 4
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Hello!
I am finishing up the purchase of a 2002 Mariner Orient 34. Boat will be based at the top of the Chesapeake. Will be doing a lot of upkeep and minor repairs over the winter with the goal of a spring launch and a busy summer poking around the upper bay area. Hoping I will be able to tap into the wealth of knowledge and experience that I see on the forum.
Thanks in advance!
Steve
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10-26-2021, 07:34 AM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 9,997
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Hello, welcome to the 'funny farm'. I do hope you brought lots of money when you bought your boat.
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The meek will inherit the earth but, the brave will inherit the seas.
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10-26-2021, 08:19 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 18,602
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Welcome aboard.
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Boat Nut:
If you are one there is no explanation necessary.
If you aren’t one, there is no explanation possible.
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10-26-2021, 11:42 AM
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Senior Member
City: Tampa
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 138
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Welcome, Lots of wealth of knowledge around here. A few dummies as well
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10-27-2021, 06:59 AM
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Newbie
City: HOCKESSIN
Vessel Name: Blue Dolphin
Vessel Model: Mariner Orient 34
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 4
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Good advice OldDan, I'm new to trawlers but not new to boating! Fully prepared to spend much more than any responsible person ever would!!
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10-27-2021, 07:23 AM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 9,997
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SLBrackin56
Good advice OldDan, I'm new to trawlers but not new to boating! Fully prepared to spend much more than any responsible person ever would!!
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SLBrackin, then you realize it will take awhile and lots of money to make the boat "yours".
Have fun. LOL
My boat, after about 5 years is still "almost done". I hope it will be completed by the end of the year before more things break.  
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The meek will inherit the earth but, the brave will inherit the seas.
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10-27-2021, 09:01 AM
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Guru
City: Southport, FL near Panama City
Vessel Name: FROLIC
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,637
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SLBrackin56
Good advice OldDan, I'm new to trawlers but not new to boating! Fully prepared to spend much more than any responsible person ever would!!
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You, sir are a force to be reckoned with!  Welcome aboard to the spendthrift forum.
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Rich Gano
FROLIC (2005 MainShip 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
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10-27-2021, 06:49 PM
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Guru
City: Centreville MD
Vessel Name: Resilient
Vessel Model: Helmsman Trawlers 38E
Join Date: Dec 2020
Posts: 1,225
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Welcome.
Great boat.
I'm just down the Bay in the Kent Island area. Boatless at the moment, but have a Helmsman 38 on order. If I have the family tree right, I think your boat is a cousin of the Helmsman line, which for the most part are the recent builds of what once were Mariners.
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10-27-2021, 07:33 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 9,997
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SLBrackin56
Fully prepared to spend much more than any responsible person ever would!!
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LOL Brackin. I refuse to keep count on how much I have spent and I know it will be more than $14K to finish the upgrading the electronic.
If the next owner doesn't like my cigar smelling boat, he can either clean it or pass on the boat or perhaps take up cigar smoking. 
With all the additional storage space I have made, he will just need to leave the dock, add fuel and start his/their dream. I'll even include new batteries, standard AGM batteries.
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10-27-2021, 08:01 PM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vessel Name: Xanadu
Vessel Model: Mainship 37 Motor Yacht
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,204
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I keep meticulous records of our boat and all our boat expenses, down to the cost of an LED bulb. I used the little "sigma" function in Excel once to calculate an annual total. I was so shocked I never did it again. Ignorance is bliss.
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10-27-2021, 09:30 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 9,997
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kthoennes
I keep meticulous records of our boat and all our boat expenses, down to the cost of an LED bulb. I used the little "sigma" function in Excel once to calculate an annual total. I was so shocked I never did it again. Ignorance is bliss.
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Aint that the truth.
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