The design was done for a complete kitset build. The hulls were built in aluminium at Claytons engineering shop in Auckland and then brought down to the Kinetic Boats workshop in the Bay to be assembled to the deck. 

The deck was made using light weight balsa core infused panels made by Innovation Lamination www.innovationlamination.com and then computer cut to suit the kitset method. The deck was built on a jig while the hull was under construction in Auckland. When the hull and deck finally met they fitted perfectly together, showing that the kitset method works when you are building two components in different locations to be joined together at a later date. 

The first vessel was focused on being a prototype for the final production run. The production run will still use the aluminium hulls and have a complete fiberglass gel coated moulded deck liner. 

The interior features a large double berth cabin, a separate full head room shower and toilet. A large galley and a dinning table that folds down to a seat or berth. 

The aft deck has slightly higher gunwales for the family oriented market. The vessel design is a compromise between living area, and aft deck space, while still fitting into the "Tow-able " size vessel. With a beam of 2.5 the cat is legally tow-able anywhere in NZ. Clayton tows his cat with a Nissan Patrol with ease. 

This cat proves that a cat with a 2.5m beam is still very stable at speed and at rest. The performance of the hulls with twin 175 Verados are achieving top speeds of 45 knots. Smaller engines could be fitted to the production models. 

After showing this vessel at several boat shows in NZ, and receiving feed back from customers, has lead the production model design to be flexible in layout for the owners. Although the design has one layout, we now custom design features to suit the individual owners request. 

This vessel is available for viewing and demos. For further information contact Clayton Bunning - www.kineticboats.com

Clayton is now planning a range of models along the same lines as the 8.6m cabin cat. The next on the drawing board is a complete aluminium 7m cabin sport fisher to ad to his range. Please direct any interest in having this model built in NZ to www.kineticboats.com

For further design information on layouts, and features, please contact Noah Thompson through our contacts page on this site. Please use the design number EC154.