Chasin' Dreams
Well-Known Member
Just because WestWinn bought Renaissance has nothing to do with who is building them. I researched it big time when I bought my Weldcraft.And who do you think owns Renaissance Marine Group?
Kingfisher is made in BC by WestWinn and Renaissance makes the Weldcraft, Northwest, and Ducksworth in the USA. They have never changed anything about the structure/materials of the three boats mentioned. Byron ownes it on paper but that's the only relationship there.
Kingfisher isn't anywhere near in the same category of boat. It shouldn't really even be mentioned in the same sentence. A big reason they keep the cheap build design of the Kingfisher going the way it is. Spend a lot on marketing and not a lot on structure and design on the boat. They have considered changing the hulls but it never happened. I heard that right from the horsed mouth a few years ago when I got rid of mine....A lot cheaper for them to put bow thrusters on all of them and get free publicity from fishing shows by letting production crews use the boats for free.....Like comparing apples to oranges.