ABOUT KANSAI

Kansai Fishing Company vessel ALCHIRINGA ( 'world without time' ) started life as -

a stack of Coachwood marine ply, a number of planks of Vitex hardwood and the first drum of West epoxy imported into New Zealand in 1979 together with a used Ford marinized diesel engine and a set of Patrol rescue plans.

With a little help from a few friends when necessary and a desperate need to provide for a just started family … 8^th NOVEMBER 1979 ... a bottle of Champagne launched an era.

This vessel provided for and raised two daughters to adulthood, nourishing them with all the brainpower advantage that fresh fish gives and the money to support a privileged early life. The high value freshly chilled spiked ' Ike Jime ' Snapper for the Asian market bought export earnings back to New Zealand at the height of the markets from this vessel.

Today the renamed vessel KANSAI fishes as a troll line only catching method and works out of Whangaroa, Northland, New Zealand – this little unit is in a class of her own in this fishery.

Over time I have lengthened this hull twice, I have added a wave piercing underwater bow bulb coupling this with the second lengthening addition aft and it is now on to its fourth engine, a Chinese Tai-Dong 3.8 litre – it just gets better as it gets older as so many of us do!

The present wheelhouse electronics on board are equal to many superyacht bridges for navigation and fish finding. Starting from nothing in 1979 and graduating through to the present day upgrading all the time, the Furuno Black Box set up and Searchlight Sonar is all anyone could ask for.

This vessel is now, I believe, at the limit of improvement and warrants no further additions for efficiency.

I source and import my own choice of LURES internationally and I test and trial them on this vessel that is at its peak of catching ability thus I get a true idea of a lures performance and catching potential when trolling astern. This has put me into a world class of knowledge and experience.

With my ability and natural instinct honed, coupled with innovative, creative thinking that has developed over countless hours at sea, I have produced, and as far as I know, the only modern viable sail assisted commercial fishing vessel that is featured on this website.

The logical way to go forward with my vessel designs is to a super coastal troller that will work equally well commercially or in the big game recreational fishing market.

I have this vessel clearly in my mind’s eye, ready to go down on paper - if the interest is there and if the contacts come in.

So it is up to you WORLD, make the contact, let’s talk!

Best regards

Rodney Davidson

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