Nakatani Family                                          

Kat built his boat over a 4 year period in the backyard of his home.

The vessel has a fiberglass hull and is 34' in length.

This boat is only about 7 years old, all fiberglass and stainless steel.
34' x 10'
The Asakaze is very seaworthy and modeled after a classic Italian Fishing Boat.

Kat loves to take 3 and 4 day trips alone out into the Southern California Offshore Waters in search of tuna,.... particularly albacore tuna.
He has his boat berthed in San Pedro California, in Los Angeles Harbor.

The boat cruises 8 knots and it holds 150 Gallons of fuel. It only burns about 2 gallons of fuel per hour. Kat built and made everything on this vessel including all metal components which he made of stainless steel.

The boat is powered by an Isuzu 6 cylinder diesel engine. Model 6DB1 - 128 Hp @ 3200 RPM
It has Borg Warner 2.5:1 Transmission between the engine and the 4 Blade propeller.
It has a 3 kw Kubota diesel generator for electric ac power.
It also has a Wesmar Commercial Side Scanning Sonar for finding those elusive fish.
For safety it has a 48 Mile Raytheon Color Radar, a Benmar Auto Pilot, 2 Vhf radios, Direction Finder.
It also has Dual Steering Stations, 3 Bunks, and a small Galley.

 

To help keep the catch fresh, it has an insulated Fish Hold.
A 12 Scoop Aluminum Bait Tank keeps enough bait for days.
The boat also has several rod racks for Kat's toys.
For making things easy when he is by himself at sea, it has a fully automatic hydraulic anchor system and remote control for the steering system.

 

 

 

 

1999

Kats Nakatani of Pico Rivera, a talented craftsmen if there ever was one, built his own boat from scratch and named it Asakaze, or Morning Breeze. These days, Nakatani, 71, enjoys taking himself and. his 34‑foot vessel on solitary fishing trips. On a recent adventure as captain and sole mate, Nakatani went to Butterfly Bank about 75 miles from San Pedro Light and caught these albacore., He went back out again a week later and had similar success 15 albacore and two bluefin tuna. "That morning, I just didn't have the stamina, so I went back to Pyramid Cove for the night's rest," said Nakatani. "These fish were caught mostly on cedar plugs no baits were used."