Baja is still alive and building boats but where does the fabled brand go from here? Not only did Baja last but despite the rocky start, the brand was once the largest performance boat manufacturer in the industry, eventually acquired by industry giant Brunswick, only to be dissolved and sold.
Not many brands in the performance boat industry last more than one or two decades, yet Baja has lasted five.
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If it's got an hour meter on it be real careful if the hour meter says 500 or more.The story of Baja is as colorful and interesting as any story in the boat industry, which is full of entrepreneurs that have come and gone. Might give an indication of how much care the machine has received. Ask him what kind of oil he puts into the injection tank. Impeller condition might just lower the price also. If the tires are not new, along with the battery and gear case oil, this might be a good opportunity for negotiations. See if the tires are weather checked or not. Might be a good idea to jack up each wheel on the trailer clear of the ground and give them a spin and grab the wheel and check for looseness and quietness of the wheel bearings. When you come off plane the wake will typically backwash clear up to the vent under the ski hook if you slow down real fast. You should see 13 to 14 volts which will tell you that the charging system is working. If you can, throw your volt/ohm meter on the battery while the motor is running. The vessel should have a nose up attitude at speed. Should be able to get around 5000 to 5500 rpm out of it when wide open, it should run strong and steady. 4000 rpm should be a good cruise speed with just the back 3 feet or so in contact with the water. She'll porpoise around 25 to 30 but you can just throttle up to 35 or so and she'll skim right along. You should carry around 1200 rpm through the no wake zone without loading up(engine running rich) and once out on the open water, as you throttle up slowly, the bow will go up quite a ways but then come back down when the hull starts to plane. You should be able to start it right up, even if it stalls once or twice while cold, it should light right back up and idle smooth after a minute or so. A compression test would give some good indication of the condition of the engine. It needs to run really good and quiet, no sounds like a rock drummer padiddling on the high hat (piston ring rattle). For 4 g's it had better run like a Swiss watch and the bottom of the hull should be really nice. If you drop the front jack down all of the way, you can throw down a piece of cardboard and check out the pump under neath. PS, Don't be afraid to talk to Old DAD, and look right down there at the bottom left. Keeps them out of the boat but gets in the way of climbing back into the boat from the water. I've got a mount on the back for skis and boards that attaches to the tow hook. The reason that you are not going to find much info 'out there' is that they didn't make that many of them, either open bow or closed bow. Maintainence on the power plant is pretty easy stuff. Pretty easy to get into and out of the water, both the boat and trailer, and any passengers getting in or out of the water from the boat. You can tube and ski behind it but a larger skier who can dig into the corners will definetly pull the stern of the vessel around a bit. Get some chop going and it'll porpoise like Flipper around 25 to 30 mph. It's small and light and fits in a standard garage nice. She'll run in the 50's with passengers with the larger motor. Add a 175 (which I just happen to have available) Sport Jet in place of the 120 and she'll exceed 55 without breathing hard, you'll see mid 60's with the hull trimmed out right. Add three other passengers and explore the 35 mph zone. The 120 Sport Jet, in the open bow model, will put you in the 45 mph zone, with you only in the pilots seat.
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