One of the first Yanmar BY installations is to power a new sports/fishing boat built by Kingfisher Boats of Falmouth.
Kingfisher’s displacement hulls are largely used for fishing but they also customise their basic range to meet a variety of other uses including patrol boats, inshore workboats, diving, survey, leisure fishing and charter vessels. The Kingfisher Sport Explorer 35, is fitted with the new Yanmar 6BY 260hp stern drive engine. The boat is based on the tried and tested Fastcatch hull that has proved to be an exceptional sea boat. Kingfisher are always striving to improve upon their range and their choice of Yanmar engine for the Sport Explorer is the first time that the company has specified Yanmar engines. "We chose the new Yanmar engine as it was ideally suited to this type of boat offering a lightweight and compact option," commented Ron Coote, Owner of Kingfisher Boats.