iFloat is a Mainship 400. Built in 2004, she is 40 feet long, has a beam of 16 feet and a draft of 4 feet.
Mainship was not our first choice for a long-term liveaboard boat. However, as we conducted our boat search, we learned a lot about the different layouts, which eventually lead us to Mainship. In retrospect, it would have been a good idea for us to attend a Trawlerfest event before we started our search, but COVID made that impossible. In the end however, we ended up with a boat that we are very happy with.
iFloat is a sedan-style trawler, in which the lower helm is located on the starboard side, and is part of the interior salon. Basically one room serves as our living room, galley, dining room and as the boat’s helm. This is actually a nice layout for long trips in bad weather, but does result in wet floors if we are docking or locking in the rain.
Down below we have a main stateroom, a guest stateroom (which we use for storage), a head (toilet) and shower.
Our boat has a covered stern, which is kind of like our “back porch”, as well as a flybridge with a large amount of seating and a second helm. The flybridge is covered by a canvas bimini top, with a full camper enclosure.
In good weather we drive from the flybridge, and use the lower helm for bad weather and docking.
The boat is powered by a single Caterpillar diesel engine. We have a Kohler diesel generator which can power the boat at anchor.
We have a full galley with a refrigerator-freezer, a deep freezer, two sinks, an induction cooktop and a microwave. We have a portable air fryer (pampered chef) which we use as our oven. Our boat is air conditioned, although we usually just open the windows and our boat’s design allows for flow-through air flow. We have an 8 gallon water heater for washing and showering, and a large fresh water tank. We get our drinking water from this tank by using a secondary filter/UV sterilizer to sanitize it.
One nice feature of the Mainship design is the walk-around decks. These give us a lot of security around the docks, and help to keep our cat from sneaking away.
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