Builder introduction
Toshima Hirodori
shipbuilderBorn in 1961
1977-1984 Worked at shipyard
Yacht and boat restoration and repairs. Cruising Tateyama, Oshima, Izu Inatori, Niijima, Kozushima in a two-person dinghy.
Yacht and boat restoration and repairs. Cruising Tateyama, Oshima, Izu Inatori, Niijima, Kozushima in a two-person dinghy.
1985
180-day full-camping trip on foot in Hokkaido
1989: Joined the BBC Challenge America's Cup
1990: Participated in the America's Cup boat building team at Martin Marine, New Zealand
180-day full-camping trip on foot in Hokkaido
1989: Joined the BBC Challenge America's Cup
1990: Participated in the America's Cup boat building team at Martin Marine, New Zealand
In 1993, after working at a shipyard in Ise, he established the workshop Funatomu (Centum) and began developing and manufacturing the sea kayak Sedona at the request of Kyoryoku Shipyard.
In 1996, he began producing Shoreline, Feego, Paddle Coast, Zasa (self-designed), Nakiri (self-designed), Nagi, and other models for North Shore, UK, at the request of Mr. Yoshizumi of Paddle Coast, and continues to produce them to this day.
To date, we have produced over 1,000 yachts, boats, and sea kayaks.
In 1996, he began producing Shoreline, Feego, Paddle Coast, Zasa (self-designed), Nakiri (self-designed), Nagi, and other models for North Shore, UK, at the request of Mr. Yoshizumi of Paddle Coast, and continues to produce them to this day.
To date, we have produced over 1,000 yachts, boats, and sea kayaks.
I started on the path to shipbuilding at the age of 16, and have built many boats since then, from small rowboats for the park to large America's Cup boats, learning a lot from each one. As the boats I build carry lives, I will always draw a line that I will not compromise on and spare no effort in my efforts. A sea kayak is, above all else, a boat, and I will continue to build kayaks with pride in the skills I have learned from my predecessors as a shipbuilder.