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34' Mainship Aft Cabin Motor Yacht 1997

New to the Market! This is a 34 Mainship Motor Yacht that is priced to sell and in great condition.  

Built on a solid fiberglass hull with a wide beam, this moderately priced family cruiser is aimed at those who want the absolute maximum living space possible in a small motor yacht. Topside, lounge seating surrounds the center console with space for at least three behind the helm and seating for at least six more around the perimeter, helm area on bridge for easy visibility especially when docking, and a walk-through in the forward bridge area provides easy access to the large foredeck. Additional features include an aft deck wet bar with small fridge, hardtop, molded steps to the bridge and swim platform, molded-in side boarding steps, and a radar arch. No ladders to wrestle with on this vessel. The spacious accommodations below deck show how well space is used on board. You've got a wrap around booth style galley table set up. The galley is set up as a down galley, with a Black & Decker coffee maker, Proctor Silex microwave/convection oven, fridge with freezer, and ample counter space for a 34 ft motor yacht. The carpeted salon makes for a more quiet ride and has two comfortable bucket chairs for relaxing and viewing the entertainment area with a Vizio Flat screen, as well as easy access to the engine room. There are two spacious sleeping quarters aboard the vessel, one being forward and one aft, both with full heads.  

She's ready for a trip! Call today for a showing and be out on the water in no time!

Specifications

  • Price USD: $ 76,900

Aft Cabin Motor Yacht

Charleston, south carolina, united states, power yacht.

  • LOA: 36 ft 6 in
  • Display Length: 34 ft
  • Beam: 13' 9"

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  • Water Capacity: --
  • Fuel Capacity: 300 gals
  • Engine Details: Yanmar 6LPA-STP
  • Engine 1: 1997 2300.00 HRS 315.00 HP
  • Engine 2: 1997 2300.00 HRS 315.00 HP
  • Engine Fuel: Diesel
  • Days on Market: INQUIRE

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This well taken care of 1997 Mainship has a few other things aside from the before mentioned fittings:

Full canvas enclosure for bridge area, allowing the bridge to become another entertaining space in all seasons

Inflatable dingy with the davit system to haul it

Large aft deck with hard top for entertaining, with room for table and chairs to dine and relax

Auto pilot is ready to be used on those longer hauls 

Depth Finder: Standard Horizon Digital

VHF: Standard Horizon Explorer

Chartplotter/GPS/Radar: Garmin GPS Map 740, 36 mi. Radar

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The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

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1997 Mainship 34' Aft Cabin Motor Yacht  | Picture 1 of 32

New to the Market! This is a 34 Mainship Motor Yacht that is priced to sell and in great condition.  

Built on a solid fiberglass hull with a wide beam, this moderately priced family cruiser is aimed at those who want the absolute maximum living space possible in a small motor yacht. Topside, lounge seating surrounds the center console with space for at least three behind the helm and seating for at least six more around the perimeter, helm area on bridge for easy visibility especially when docking, and a walk-through in the forward bridge area provides easy access to the large foredeck. Additional features include an aft deck wet bar with small fridge, hardtop, molded steps to the bridge and swim platform, molded-in side boarding steps, and a radar arch. No ladders to wrestle with on this vessel. The spacious accommodations below deck show how well space is used on board. You've got a wrap around booth style galley table set up. The galley is set up as a down galley, with a Black & Decker coffee maker, Proctor Silex microwave/convection oven, fridge with freezer, and ample counter space for a 34 ft motor yacht. The carpeted salon makes for a more quiet ride and has two comfortable bucket chairs for relaxing and viewing the entertainment area with a Vizio Flat screen, as well as easy access to the engine room. There are two spacious sleeping quarters aboard the vessel, one being forward and one aft, both with full heads.  

She's ready for a trip! Call today for a showing and be out on the water in no time!

If you are looking at yachts for sale , thinking about selling your yacht or need service for your yacht , it is always wise to have an experienced broker from Atlantic Yacht and Ship to represent your interests.

Full Details

This well taken care of 1997 Mainship has a few other things aside from the before mentioned fittings:

Full canvas enclosure for bridge area, allowing the bridge to become another entertaining space in all seasons

Inflatable dingy with the davit system to haul it

Large aft deck with hard top for entertaining, with room for table and chairs to dine and relax

Auto pilot is ready to be used on those longer hauls 

Depth Finder: Standard Horizon Digital

VHF: Standard Horizon Explorer

Chartplotter/GPS/Radar: Garmin GPS Map 740, 36 mi. Radar

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

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1986 Mainship Sedan Mk III

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This 34' Mainship Mk III Trawler is nicely equipped with a low 2575 hr, 200 hp Perkins, Westerbeke 6.5 kw generator, fly-bridge, underwater lights, GPS chartplotter, large cockpit, transom door, air conditioning, upper and lower stations.  Her accommodations include one forward stateroom, large salon, spacious head with separate shower and fully equipped galley. Island Time has been continually maintained and updated. full enclosure new 2012, Lofranz Windless new 2012, Simrad Robertson Auto Pilot new 2011, bottom paint April 2014, Isotherm 12v/110v refrigerator/freezer new 2010, built in microwave and toaster oven new 2013.  

If you are in the market for a quality well equipped yacht for coastal cruising, offshore fishing,  the circle route, Bahamas,  liveaboard or just weekend getaways, this is is one you must see!

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Starting at the flybridge, the helm is forward with seating for the captain and first mate and an excellent view for maneuvering the vessel. There is a bench seat aft for guest and a large bimini that can be fully enclosed overhead. Below is a large cockpit with room for fishing, relaxing, or entertaining. There is transom door access to a swim platform with boarding ladder. Enter the salon through a large sliding glass door, large sliding windows port and starboard, windshield forward provide a light airy feeling to the salon. To starboard is a small folding table with chairs aft and the lower helm station forward. The electric panel and generator controls are along the starboard wall with the steering station and engine controls forward, engine gauges and VHF overhead. There is a linear settee to port that converts to a bed with storage below and fishing rod racks tastefully mounted to the coach roof above. Continue forward in the salon along the port side there is a cabinet with counter space that doubles as a navigation station. Moving forward and down two steps to port is the large U-shaped galley. There is a large stainless steel sink with hot and cold pressure water, ample counter space, a stainless steel 2-burner stove, toaster oven, microwave oven, full size stand-up frig/freezer and overhead cabinets for ample storage. To starboard is the head with vanity, sink and separate shower stall. Continuing forward is the large V-Berth stateroom with two hanging lockers and drawers for storage.

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$39,990 | stafford, va, description, specifications.

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This fresh water boat is just listed and ready for fun on the water

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The Silverton 34 Aft Cabin has all the immensities of most 40ft Motor Yachts but in a smaller version that is easier to handle and berth. A great layout for weekending at the dock or cruising local coastal waters. Features two cabins and two heads both with shower stalls. There is a full galley with a stand-up refrigerator and a large dinette that will seat six. The Kohler 6.5Kw generator with only 582 hours. Cruise at 21Kts with 28Kts at WOT. The boarding ramp for easy access. Don't let this one pass you by, also can make a great liveaboard.

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The 34 Luxury Crossover offers functionality and comfort for everyone aboard. Transformational aft seating allows guests to find their individualized place for optimal relaxation, while the centerline walkway leads to additional seating in the bow. Dedicated marine storage, a well-equipped galley and private head allow for a full day’s worth of enjoyment.

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Mercury® propulsion offers power and performance both Captain and guests are sure to appreciate. Integrated electronics and Garmin® Marine Navigation Systems complement the package, providing intuitive and functional ease of use.

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Orcas Sink 49-Foot Yacht in Mystifying Trend Around the Strait of Gibraltar

A pack of orcas dubbed "gladis" sank another yacht, the latest in a four-year-long string of attacks that's befuddled experts..

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An unknown number of orcas sunk a sailing yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday, according to Spain’s maritime rescue service. While orcas are typically peaceful, this is the latest in a string of attacks that have hit the region in the past four years.

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Reuters reports that a 49-foot-long vessel, named the Alboran Cognac, carried two people and encountered the high social apex predators at 9 am local time on Sunday. The passengers reported sudden blows to the hull and rudder before the water started seeping into the ship. A nearby oil tanker rescued the two onboard and transported them to Gibraltar. The yacht was left to sink into the ocean.

Experts believe the orcas involved to be a subpopulation of about 15 individuals given the name “Gladis.” This group of juvenile males has sunk several yachts in the Strait of Gibraltar over the last four years, but experts are somewhat baffled as to why. While typically peaceful animals, the Gladis pod has plagued the small strip of water separating Europe and Africa for years.

There have been nearly 700 interactions between orcas and ships in the Strait of Gibraltar region since May 2020, according to Reuters. At the time, it seemed like one of many dystopian things going on in the world during the global pandemic. But the trend continues today, and we still don’t have much more of an explanation as to why this happens.

In 2020, photos of the Gladis pod revealed several injuries on the orcas’ bodies, possibly indicating previous run-ins with fishing boats. In a 2023 interview with NPR, director of the Orca Behavior Institute Monika Wieland Shields said we don’t know the motivation, but this could be a defense behavior based on previous trauma. It’s possible the orcas had negative experiences with a fishing boat, so now they see all large boats as a threat.

“I definitely think orcas are capable of complex emotions like revenge,” she told NPR. “I don’t think we can completely rule it out.”

However, Shields doesn’t completely subscribe to the “revenge” hypothesis. There have been plenty of other times when orcas around the world were targeted by boats, and they’ve never responded in this way before. Further, it doesn’t seem that this behavior is spreading to other orca pods.

Another theory is that ramming boats is just the latest orca fad, according to Renaud de Stephanis, president and coordinator at CIRCE Conservación Information and Research, a cetacean research group based in Spain. He told NPR in 2022 that “this is a game” for the orcas, and when they “ have their own adult life, it will probably stop. ” As orcas grow older, they have to help the pod hunt for food and have less time to play with sailboats.

Director of Bay Cetology, Jared Towers, told NPR that fads like this come and go in the orca society. Towers said some orcas in the Pacific in the 1990s would kill fish and swim around with it on their head. Now we don’t see that anymore. Hopefully, the boat ramming phenomenon will come and go like any other trend.

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Orcas Sink 49-Foot Yacht in Mystifying Trend Around the Strait of Gibraltar

A n unknown number of orcas sunk a sailing yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday, according to Spain’s maritime rescue service. While orcas are typically peaceful, this is the latest in a string of attacks that have hit the region in the past four years.

Reuters reports that a 49-foot-long vessel, named the Alboran Cognac, carried two people and encountered the high social apex predators at 9 am local time on Sunday. The passengers reported sudden blows to the hull and rudder before the water started seeping into the ship. A nearby oil tanker rescued the two onboard and transported them to Gibraltar. The yacht was left to sink into the ocean.

Experts believe the orcas involved to be a subpopulation of about 15 individuals given the name “Gladis.” This group of juvenile males has sunk several yachts in the Strait of Gibraltar over the last four years, but experts are somewhat baffled as to why. While typically peaceful animals, the Gladis pod has plagued the small strip of water separating Europe and Africa for years.

There have been nearly 700 interactions between orcas and ships in the Strait of Gibraltar region since May 2020, according to Reuters. At the time, it seemed like one of many dystopian things going on in the world during the global pandemic. But the trend continues today, and we still don’t have much more of an explanation as to why this happens.

In 2020, photos of the Gladis pod revealed several injuries on the orcas’ bodies, possibly indicating previous run-ins with fishing boats. In a 2023 interview with NPR, director of the Orca Behavior Institute Monika Wieland Shields said we don’t know the motivation, but this could be a defense behavior based on previous trauma. It’s possible the orcas had negative experiences with a fishing boat, so now they see all large boats as a threat.

“I definitely think orcas are capable of complex emotions like revenge,” she told NPR. “I don’t think we can completely rule it out.”

However, Shields doesn’t completely subscribe to the “revenge” hypothesis. There have been plenty of other times when orcas around the world were targeted by boats, and they’ve never responded in this way before. Further, it doesn’t seem that this behavior is spreading to other orca pods.

Another theory is that ramming boats is just the latest orca fad, according to Renaud de Stephanis, president and coordinator at CIRCE Conservación Information and Research, a cetacean research group based in Spain. He told NPR in 2022 that “this is a game” for the orcas, and when they “ have their own adult life, it will probably stop. ” As orcas grow older, they have to help the pod hunt for food and have less time to play with sailboats.

Director of Bay Cetology, Jared Towers, told NPR that fads like this come and go in the orca society. Towers said some orcas in the Pacific in the 1990s would kill fish and swim around with it on their head. Now we don’t see that anymore. Hopefully, the boat ramming phenomenon will come and go like any other trend.

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