The latest photos of the Kingfisher 820 Powercat rigged with the new Honda BF250D engines with drive by wire control system. This boat will be on display at the Auckland On the Water Boat Show 3 -6 October.
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The 4th addition of the Kingfisher 1200 Displacement Powercat has been launched. Powered by 230hp FPT engines. This extremely efficient hull design makes for economical cruising.
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This Kingfisher 1200 just needs outboards and electronics and could be put to work. Large cockpit means suitable for charter fishing, crayfishing, sightseeing or general workboat. Price on application. Hull Length 11m, LOA 12.3m, beam 4.1m, draft 1.0m with outboards down Dry weight 6000kg with 350hp outboards Hull bottom 6mm Hull sides 5mm Keel doublers…
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Alloy Cats design and build aluminium boats from 3.7m minicats to 18m luxury pleasure craft – and the demand has never been higher. New boats in the minicat range are leaving the yard one after the other right now while larger designs by both Kingfisher and Roger Hill have floor space stretched to capacity. There…
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This 10m Kingfisher powercat is powered by twin Yanmar 315hp diesels with outdrives. It is highly specced with and set up for fishing with Garmin electronics, multiple electric reel sockets, livebait tank, tuna tubes and gamefishing accessories. The vessel has a custom Kingfisher alloy launching trailer. The Nissan is not the normal tow vehicle –…
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Destined for Auckland, this cat is powered by twin 270hp Hyundai diesels giving a top dispacement speed of 25 knots. These 6 cylinder engines are much quieter and smoother than the 4 cylinder versions powering the first 12m launched, though speed and fuel consumption are very similar. The interior is more highly specified with mahogany…
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Currently the workshop is very busy. Have a look at what we’re working on at the moment.
Read morePush biking home from the beach shop by Ohope Top Ten holiday park I was reflecting on how my exercise campaign was not really working. We were on our summer holiday at Ohope Top Ten Holiday Park. Rochelle commented rather too often that I had beefed up a bit over the Christmas period and she…
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On our passage from Tauranga to Auckland to display at the Auckland On the Water Boat Show the economy cruising figures of the Kingfisher 12m displacement cat were as follows: Distance travelled: 125nm Average speed: 17.6 knots Time taken: 7 hours Diesel used: 275 litres Litres per nautical mile: 2.2 Cost at 90 cents/litre: $247…
Read moreDesigned and built by Alloy Cats, the 15m gamefisher Double Hooked, has successfully sailed the 1600nm ocean passage to her home port of Pago Pago in American Samoa. With extra fuel in a large cockpit tank, the planing cat took just under a week to reach Tonga but then had spend 10 days waiting for…
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