Top Speeds For Kaama Surface Drives

[cuposterchild]

Originally Posted by cuda

Nope, not yet. Apparently Archer Marine had a falling out with whoever was making them for him. I wish we could find out who it was.

Cuda,
Isnt one of the weissmann drives using the same boot as the kaama? Are they still using that style boot or having them made?

[BOATMAN302]

Rubber Tire Patches On The Inside Of The Boots Works Great,if Needed.

[RiverRat311]

The boat is an 1987, I bought it from the original owner 8 years ago. It was lift kept and is damm clean for an '87.
Here is a picture of the boat. I am trying to downsize a pictureof the drives so I can send it.

[RiverRat311]

Drives

[RiverRat311]

Try again.
I can send a picture of one drive [file is too big].

[cuposterchild]

River That is just damn cool! Was '87 the last year formula offered Kaama's as an option? River, you seem to have what looks like a gimbal or plate that cuda doesn't have....anyone know what the reason is for this? If there were more boots out there for these drives I would think about a kaama boat in a heartbeat.

[RiverRat311]

The Kaama drive evolved over several years with several improvements. I think '87 was the first year to offer the tear drop shaped transom plate that I have, earlier models used a round assembly. With the tear drop assembly the trim cylinder has a mounting boss at the top of the transom plate. I have a set of spare drives and I can see that the main housings are a little different, again showing changes through the years. I know that they talked about a plug in style transmission to eliminate the set of "U" joints inside the transom but I have never seen this.

[bck]

The Weismam guys father designed the Kaama. I believe he is a member here. Yes, they had a drive model that used the same boot. Appearance of drive is completely different, but it incorporates the same boot. They say they are working on getting another boot made. Archer claims they are also working on it. They both seem very confident they will succeed. They have been confident for over a year. I haven't checked with them lately. Another member was going to try to help (Glassdave maybe), but I haven't heard anything. I have much bigger problems than the boot right now, but I will be really pissed when I get to the point where that piece of rubber becomes a problem.

[cuda]

I wish Archer would just tell somebody who made the boots. It's been over two years I've been wanting one.