The KR 7400
Kotare Kraft, a new manufacturer based in Napier is busy building two new Scott Robson Design alloy powercats.Â
The KR 5500, is a 5.5m X 2.4 m model, available in either hardtop or centre console.
The bigger KR 7400Â is 7.4m with a beam of 2.8 m and is available in hardtop, centre Cab or Centre Console.
The owner of Kotare Kraft and the other people involved in the new venture are very experienced sports fisherman and charter boat operators on the East Coast. The designs for the new models utilise the experience of 20 years of operating boats offshore in these fishing grounds.
This can be seen in boats cockpit, layout, storage and with the forward facing screen a standard option on the Cab models. Design by Robson Design, the hulls are based on the new series of proven catamaran hull designs developed and already in use in the USA and Australia where a normal days fishing is to go 60 – 100 miles offshore in rough conditions .
The first two boats are sold, with construction to start on the New Year.
