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02-06-2017, 11:25 AM
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Member
City: Sarasota
Vessel Name: It's 5 O'Clock Here
Vessel Model: Mainship 30' Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 12
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Just purchased 30' Pilot
Hi all,
My husband, who has been a sailor all his life, and I, who have been a motorboater all my life, came together and bought a 2000 30' Mainship Pilot. We are very excited to bring her home on Friday. She will be berthed in a marina in Sarasota and hope to take trips to the Keys, Abacos, Bahamas etc. Hopefully, we will be able to get some good pointers from being a member of this Forum. We would also love to meet new people with our same interests and possibly travel together. There's always safety in numbers.
Happy boating.
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02-06-2017, 02:49 PM
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Guru
City: South Florida
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,058
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Welcome. Pilot 30, great boat! Lots of ex sailors here, no worries
I'm jealous of anyone in Sarasota, Capt Brians Seafood Restaurant and Market is one of the best fish eating places in Florida. The seafood chowder is to die for and they often have hog snapper on the menu. Grouper Reuben is awesome too.
 
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02-06-2017, 02:54 PM
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Guru
City: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 5,438
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[QUOTE=Keysdisease;520537
I'm jealous of anyone in Sarasota, Capt Brians Seafood Restaurant and Market is one of the best fish eating places in Florida. The seafood chowder is to die for and they often have hog snapper on the menu. Grouper Reuben is awesome too.
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True that! Very good food.
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02-06-2017, 02:58 PM
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Member
City: Sarasota
Vessel Name: It's 5 O'Clock Here
Vessel Model: Mainship 30' Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 12
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Captain Brian's
We were there Saturday night. It's our favorite seafood restaurant.
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02-06-2017, 04:15 PM
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Guru
City: Satsuma FL
Vessel Name: No Mo Trawla
Vessel Model: Hurricane SS188
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 2,300
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Keysdisease
they often have hog snapper on the menu.
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Pray tell, what is "hog snapper"?
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02-06-2017, 04:38 PM
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Technical Guru
City: Wilmington, NC
Vessel Name: Louisa
Vessel Model: Custom Built 38
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,194
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Hogfish. Really in the wrasse family. To a spearfisher, it presents itself like a sheet of plywood. Easy to hit.
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02-06-2017, 04:49 PM
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Veteran Member
City: New Haven
Vessel Name: Chesapeake
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 95
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We bought a 2003 Mainship Pilot II the end of 2015. We love it and expect you will yours. Here are some pictures I posted in the General Discussion/Cruising photos thread. The Mainship has really opened up our cruising destination options in the North East.
Trawler Forum - View Single Post - Cruising photos
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02-06-2017, 05:02 PM
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Member
City: Sarasota
Vessel Name: It's 5 O'Clock Here
Vessel Model: Mainship 30' Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 12
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Thank you for sharing the pictures of your beautiful boat. We can't wait to start traveling with our new purchase.
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02-06-2017, 05:41 PM
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Guru
City: South Florida
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,058
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donsan
Pray tell, what is "hog snapper"?
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Hog Snapper or Hog fish is a troublesome species often part of "bycatch" or trash fish thrown back as having no value. Ugly too
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02-08-2017, 04:33 PM
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Senior Member
City: Fort Myers FL
Vessel Name: Hobie Kayak
Vessel Model: Passport 12.0, 34 Mainship Pilot, Mako 24,32 Regal Commodore, PT-41 Trawler, 33 Chris Craft Cavalier
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 284
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Our family has a one firm dinnertime rule when eating out at restaurants: "Hogfish. If its on the menu, order it!
All the best with your Pilot, have had mine about 2 years and love it!
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02-08-2017, 04:58 PM
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Member
City: Sarasota
Vessel Name: It's 5 O'Clock Here
Vessel Model: Mainship 30' Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 12
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Thanks we pick it up on Friday. Can't wait for our fist trip.
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02-08-2017, 07:20 PM
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Guru
City: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vessel Name: Gumbo
Vessel Model: 2003 Monk 36
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,882
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Welcome, Sarasota is one of our favorite stops too. We had never heard of Capt. Brian's it is now on the to do list.
Thanks!
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