I recently purchased a Kevlacat Ocean Trek 4100 and can not seem to get any
technical information from the factory in Australia.  It is a 1998 43' twin
Cummings 370 HP, Levi surface drive sport fisherman with 3 staterooms and 2
heads.  It looks like a sister ship was sold in Australia under the MANTA
logo.  I have sent several E-Mails with out a response to the sales contact
listed on their web site.  I would like to find out what these boats sold for
when new and any other technical information about them.  How many were
manufactured and how many of them made it to the US market.  So far it looks
like I have the only one in the US.  If anyone is familiar with this vessel I
would be interested in any information (good or bad) that you would like to
share with me about this boat.
Regards, Rick Blake

I live on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and know the Kelvacat yard;
however I am not aware of them ever making a boat in this range nor am I aware
of them using the "Ocean Trek" brand. Kelvacat make a number of models but
under their Kelvacat brand mostly outboard powered but they do make a nice 46
ft cruiser!!
Does the boat have a manufacturer's label on it? The boat should have a hull
number on the inside of one of the hulls at the stern, with that you should be
able to trace the history!
There used to be a yard here that made a line of Cats under the "Ocean Trek"
name; however they went out of business in the early nineties I think! They
had a range of Cats from the 40's to their largest being a 52 footer. There
are a number of Ocean Treks around here on the used market; however many are
getting on in years! Quite of few of the Trekkie's were modified in later
years mostly through hull extensions to make them longer. Check your boat out
carefully!!
There was a yard in Western Australia that made the odd Cat under the Manta
label but I haven't seen much from them for a while. There was also a Manta
made in Vancouver, Canada, but I haven't seen them around for a while
either!!
There are a number of yards in Australia that have made various Cats over the
years almost all are custom designs. The only major Aussie yards with real
production Cats are Kelvacat, Noosa, Markham, Voyager, Power Cat, Scimitar,
Cougar (with new owners), Perry, and Venturer. There are a number of others
that generally build custom designs or to order, such as Judson, Brava, Norman
Wright, Innovation etc.

Hope this helps!!
Cheers!
Lloyd

----- Original Message -----
From: sharkbyte2@juno.com
To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:51 AM
Subject: [PCW] Kevlacat Ocean Trek 4100

I recently purchased a Kevlacat Ocean Trek 4100 and can not seem to get any
technical information from the factory in Australia.  It is a 1998 43' twin
Cummings 370 HP, Levi surface drive sport fisherman with 3 staterooms and 2
heads.  It looks like a sister ship was sold in Australia under the MANTA
logo.  I have sent several E-Mails with out a response to the sales contact
listed on their web site.  I would like to find out what these boats sold
for
when new and any other technical information about them.  How many were
manufactured and how many of them made it to the US market.  So far it
looks
like I have the only one in the US.  If anyone is familiar with this vessel
I
would be interested in any information (good or bad) that you would like to
share with me about this boat.
Regards, Rick Blake

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