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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…

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 –…

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…

Currently the workshop is very busy. Have a look at what we’re working on at the moment.

Push 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…

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…

Designed 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…

Roomy, stable, comfortable and dry – what better features are needed for a day sportsfisher. This newest rig from the Kingfisher stable  has quiet economical twin 90hp Suzukis, double helm seat, extended deck platform between the outboards, a foredeck casting platform, specially housed icebin and, yes, a toilet! Of course not very Kingfisher 670 powercat…

Kingfisher Boats launched their series of Kingfisher minicats at the show. Four minicats and the larger Kingfisher 620 powercat were present. Sales were made and many follow ups have already gone to the next stage. Interest has been quite exceptional with visitors from the Pacific Islands and Australia commenting on their uniqueness. The purpose built pool allowed…

Our minicat range have sealed buoyancy in the hulls and polystyrene filled side decks. This 370 model had the bungs removed and water didn’t even cover the upside of the wingdeck when it settled. Water had to be pumped in until the boat was completely drowned as shown in photo. As a bonus, the outboard stayed…

Construction has commenced on a 10.5m Naiad Rib for a North Island Harbourmaster. The vessel will be powered by twin 370hp Yanmar diesels couple to Hamilton jets, complete with Blue Arrow controls. Launching is expected mid 2015. Visit the  Naiad website

We believe power catamarans are the future of boating and accordingly, have now completed a range of cats from 3.7m up to 15m under the Kingfishercat branding. The latest are the 370, 430 and 490 Minicat models, with the 575PC and 705PC having been released prior to August 2014. The 430 minicat pictured is powered by…