402 Kaama
 

I bought the boat that there was a post about here 2 weeks ago. Boat was on www.traderonline, in Portland, Or. area. Was asking $43,900. http://www.boattraderonline.com/adde....html?46649664 .

This my first performance boat. I got a great deal on it! However I had to gamble a bit. The seller had never put the boat in the water in the 3 years that they had owned the boat. They were selling due to a divorce, I bought it from the wife. I did get to run it on the trailer. Seller had $18,000 in rebuild reciepts, work 10hrs ago(done in 1998). It's running 454s, twindisc MG-502 trans 1.54:1 gears, KAAMA Drives and Cleaver Props(22"pitch I think, they're stamped "K722" or does that mean 27"pX22"d). Overall the boat is in good condition. A few scraches in the gel coat. Vinyl is starting to come apart at the seams in a few places.

Trialed the boat after I bought it. Portside trans is no good. It gave up after just 10 minutes @ 4000-4500rpm. I have already found a replacement for $1,000. WOT was over 5000rpm, had to back off. The engines never missed a beat.

Was told by one mechanic that the engine/trans needs to be realigned after I swap-out the trans. Is this true?

Thanks,
Andrew

Man, that's jumping into performance boating with both feet!! Did you get my email? Good luck with her, and post some pics and numbers!:D

What does it say on the side of the boat?

Welcome! Keep us updated on that wave smasher. Love to see more pics if you have a camara.

I have posted a few pics of the boat that I took before I bought it. Check them out at http://photos.yahoo.com/ajd0421 . I have only made one trial run so far and did not have GPS on board that day, if I had to guess I would say we were around the 60+mph mark.

The side of the boat says "WAVEWALKER". I don't much care for the graphics. I will probably heat gun them off before too long.

I really appreciate all the replies and a special thanks to those who have offered to share manuals and info. Those KAAMA's are an odd item. I hope I don't have to find out what the inside of one looks like, any time soon. Pleanty of little stuff needs attention first.

I plan to swap out the tranny Wed. and get her back in the water for another run. Will Let you know how it goes.

I am sure to have some more questions, like how to trim this thing out. I messed with it a little, but didn't figure it out in the short time I had on the first run. The boat seemed to take a long time to plane out. I had the drives down but not the tabs. I am not new to powerboating. For the past 6 yr. I have had a 30' Flybridge that cruises about 30mph. It doesn't require much trimming though.

See ya on the water,
Andrew

ajd.

If you blow a kaama drive I'd be really suprised. (even w/1000hp). The only drive out there built that well is a SSM#6 or an Arneson. (there's nothing small or cheap inside the thing). Only item you really hear folks talk about is the boot, but, im going on 4yrs with no problems. I keep the boot clean and keep a good rubber protectand on it.............

I the trim. I run mine down to #5 (which is not at the max), hold it at 3000, wait............cook an egg.........when I'm on plane take it up to #2. (but mine is a cat, so get some input from cuda on his also).


And BTW.........I love the boat. (Always thought the 402 and 357's were excellent!).


Bob

Andrew, definitely set the trim tabs down. While out of the water visually confirm they are responding correctly to switch input. That will make a major difference. Russell

I plane off with the tabs down and the drives at -1.

Oops...........forgot..........tabs....yep....(min e has no room for them, I forgot all about em')..........sorry.




Bob

I haven't experienced it yet, but I was warned about tabbing too low and trimming too high at the same time. Some of the water to the props could be sheilded from the props.