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Mainship 34
What the published record establishes about this model, what owners report,
and the questions worth asking while a boat is still a listing. This page is about the
MODEL — a specific hull always gets its own homework.
Two unrelated boats share this name — know which one you're pricing.
"Mainship 34" is not one boat. The 1978–1988 hull and the 2004–2009 hull share a name and almost nothing else — different engines, different era, different money. Confirm the year before you compare prices or parts.
How to read this: 🟢 Fact = confirmed against a document, spec sheet,
or owner. Everything else — Claim, Pattern, Question, Context — is not yet
verified: things to check, not settled truth. Sources are linked where published.
Which boat is this?
CONTEXT
"Mainship 34" covers two unrelated boats — check the year first.
The 1978–1988 and 2004–2009 hulls share the name only. They differ in engine, systems and market value, so a price comparison across the two is meaningless.
src:
Can I Loop? ledger — verified
Your move: Confirm the model year before comparing this boat's price to any other "Mainship 34".
Builder and support
CONTEXT
Luhrs Marine Group / Morgan Industries filed Chapter 11 (District of New Jersey) in April/May 2012; Marlow Acquisitions bought the Mainship molds, tooling and branding rights in August 2012.
The original Mainship that built your Mainship 34 is defunct: its powerboat operations ceased in January 2012 and the parent filed Chapter 11 that spring. The brand name, tooling and branding rights were acquired by David Marlow (Marlow Acquisitions) in August 2012 and live on as "Marlow-Mainship" / "Marlow Pilot," built in Alachua, FL — but Marlow re-engineered into new upscale Pilot models (31/3
src:
SEC / PRNewswire and Boating Industry Canada (Chapter 11 announcement, April 30 2012); Soundings Trade Only / TradeOnlyToday (Nov 2012, Marlow acquired Hunter+Mainship assets); Yachts International (N
Reading the boat
CONTEXT
It's a trawler: the range figure only holds at trawler speed.
Run it faster than its efficient cruise and the range math collapses. Plan Loop fuel at the slow number, not the brochure's top speed.
src:
Can I Loop? ledger
Air draft
QUESTION
What is the actual air draft, and what comes down?
Listings often DO print an air-draft figure — what's missing is a confirmed one, and the number is frequently the builder's brochure rather than this hull with its actual antennas, arch and dinghy. Measure the tallest fixed point with everything up, and do it with the boat LIGHT: she rides highest with empty tanks, so that's the worst case you have to clear.
Your move: Measure the tallest fixed point yourself with the boat light, then identify exactly what folds and how much each one gains you.
Engines
The engines research — factory options, tested performance,
and the engine-specific questions our members' dossiers carry — is part of the
full profile inside the product. It travels with every dossier and survey brief
built on this model.
Looking at a specific 34?
This page is the model's story. The product reads an actual listing against it —
your requirements, the hard gates, the record cross-checks, and the questions ready
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