Let's see your best rooster tail pics

[wickedrister]

Ok gang you know how fun it is to show off your mate by running past the local swimming hole, beach or hang out and kick up a big old rooster tail. I was thinking that it would be kind of cool if we could get a bunch of rooster pics together in one place so come on let's see your best rooster tail pics. I will get things started with a few rather poor quality shots from this week at the lake.

[wickedrister]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/wickedrister/July2006100.jpg

[wickedrister]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/wickedrister/July2006081.jpg

[wickedrister]

Come on gang, with all the hot rods boat on this site we can't come up with some good action pics?:needpics:

[wickedrister]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/wickedrister/July2006093.jpg

[JW]

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2047/blackboatmedium7uv.jpg

[wickedrister]

Nice pic JW love to see the new boat in action. Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Fred !!

[paedbo]

Best i could do, was driving alone just pointed the camera behind me blindly.

http://www.magnut.net/roostertail.wmv

[wickedrister]

Best i could do, was driving alone just pointed the camera behind me blindly.

http://www.magnut.net/roostertail.wmv Man that is one crazy vid Peadbo. It nearly made me sea-sick LOL LOL. You need a partner to shoot your pics and vids for you next time. My wife shoots the pics for me most of the time.

[JW]

Nice pic JW love to see the new boat in action. Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Fred !!

Not my new boat, this was our first checkmate. 1992 Pulse 171 with an XR6. I think I sold it in 1997 or 1998.........................

[85Predictor]

New to the Rooster Tail scene:
What is the best way to make one happen without damaging the motor?
I do not have a pressure gauge.

Thanks

[Boston Predictor]

New to the Rooster Tail scene:
What is the best way to make one happen without damaging the motor?
I do not have a pressure gauge.

Thanks
Just alot of positive trim. A chopper prop as well as the motor running high helps too. you wont hurt the motor unless you over-rev.
Ill be sure to get some good pics next time Im out.
Wicked, those are great shots. you're really on a roll here. keep em comming.:surf:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/checkmate414/NY238.jpg

[wickedrister]

Nice shot Boston the new boat looks sharp. Thanks for posting it for us. I want to keep this thread rolling because old or new there are so many cool members boats that I would love to see. Post one of the old boat if you can. Thanks Fred

[wickedrister]

New to the Rooster Tail scene:
What is the best way to make one happen without damaging the motor?
I do not have a pressure gauge.

Thanks Just run her along nice and easy at just over 1/2 throttle. Trim up to the point of throwing a small rooster just about as high or just higher than the engine then hammer down and hang on. I don't think any boat can run this way for long. When you start to pick up some speed the boat will become loose loose with the nose way up in the air. The big rooster is not made by running flat out at max speed. It's made by running a high trim angle at mid speed then lay down the power but just a few seconds. I do keep an eye on my pressure and RPM's when I'm fooling around and don't think it's a problem. I would think it's harder on the boat than it is on the engine. Fred

[Boston Predictor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/checkmate414/2003_0101Image0016.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/checkmate414/2003_0121Image0030.jpg

[hagerty1]

17' Checkmate tunnel on Lake Erie
Avon Lake Ohio

[wickedrister]

Boston I never noticed it before by looking at the small pic but looking at the big pic is see that you are totally blowing away a pontoon from view in the back ground. That's funny man thanks for the pics, Fred

[wickedrister]

Cool pic Hagerty and thanks for jumpin in. Do you have any shots of the Checmate in action?

[paedbo]

Man that is one crazy vid Peadbo. It nearly made me sea-sick LOL LOL. You need a partner to shoot your pics and vids for you next time. My wife shoots the pics for me most of the time.

my partners dont want to come and if they do i have to promise to putt around at just above idle speeds!

next time ill post a disclaimer telling people to take their sea sickness pills before watching hahahaha. Actually most of the video is out front so i could see and drive and have the camera going pretty steady, Was taking a vid of the river for friends. That part was just a short piece that i grabbed the camera and whipped it around at speed. When i saw the rooster tail topic i went and cut it out and posted it.

[175checkmate]

Here are a few pic's of the old trimate.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/checkedout/rooster.jpg




http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/checkedout/page3.jpghttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/checkedout/rooster2.jpg

[wickedrister]

Looking good Gus, real nice pics of the Trimate. I'm ready to see the reborn Trimate on the water now. How much longer do you think it's going to be before you test run that tricked out hull. I hope you worked through the paint problem ok. That had to stink after all the hard work of sanding and preping. Thanks for the wicked pics Gus, now let's see the rest of you hot rods jump in!

[175checkmate]

wicked, been to darn hot here to finish sanding the crap off. 95-100 during the day makes the garage a sad place to play.

[supergenius74]

Here's my starflite at about 70 mph with a little positive trim.

http://supergenius74.kicks-ass.net/boat/rooster.jpg

[supergenius74]

Here is a picture of Reed's trimate.
http://supergenius74.kicks-ass.net/boat/reed.jpg

[wickedrister]

Nice job Supergenius the boat is looking good. If you have any pics of the old boat in action we would like to see them as well. Thanks for pulling Reed's pic on over. Now we only have about 100 other hot-rod boats that we want to see. Come on gang let's see your pics:surf: Thanks Fred !!

[Reed]

Here is a picture of Reed's trimate.
http://supergenius74.kicks-ass.net/boat/reed.jpg
Rooster - I was 49mph on gps had a 70 lb sand bag in the nose lol thought I needed balest weight ( not ) I was a 8000 rpm in this pic ( found out , that the cause of the blow outs were the prop slipping on the hub, I'm sending it out for repair ) going to a 26 pitch cleaver tomorrow ( Shane thanks for posting my pic )

[wickedrister]

Chris do you have any action pics of your 170 Puls? Remember you are the one who started all of the madness:banana:

[Boston Predictor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/checkmate414/July30002.jpg

[wickedrister]

Thanks gang, I love all the pics you have posted so far. Keep it up!!

[wickedrister]

Do ya think Kip has a rooster tail pic or two that he will share with us? How about it Kip, we all enjoyed the "big air" shot that you posted. Do you have a few rooster tail pics for us to see?

Thanks Fred!!

[supergenius74]

Boy do i have a treat for you guys! check this out, its a video my buddy steve shot of me yesterday going by him at about 65, its only 11seconds long and i put it in a zip file to save space. -shane
http://supergenius74.kicks-ass.net/boat/starflite.zip

[illMATTic]

i finaly got a couple. these were on friday when i was out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/boombip/roost.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/boombip/roost2.jpg

[Boston Predictor]

Nice one shane! Thats a rooster tail alright:surf: :bounce: :banana:

[wickedrister]

Good job Shane thanks for the big old rooster vid:thumb:

[wickedrister]

Nice rooster Matt. I like the sun set in the back ground. You must have been going in for the day in that shot or was that really the sun rise and you were just heading out?

[illMATTic]

we were out for a couple hours after work on friday. this was at about 8pm.

[Rob'Z]

A shot of my neighbors' '92 Starliner.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Starliner11.jpg




A couple weak shots of my '87 Starflite.....will get better pics later this week.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Mate028.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/MyMate16.jpg

My tilt ram doesn't seem to be up to the task of holding the up the motor at WOT. It always gets pushed back onto the trim rams so i can't get the speed I'm after or a decent roost.... :(

[wickedrister]

Nice pics Rob, thanks for posting them. Now we need about 100 other members to jump on board. How about all you inboard owners. We want to see some pics from the I/O crowd. I know that yall have some good action shots to show us. How about the Checkmate jets. Do we have any jet boats owners out
there? We know they can spit the big old crazy tail at the drop of a dime.

[jkeiper]

Here are a couple of my boat during the "Upper Midwest Power Boat Assn." races.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/fastboat60/DSC_0026.jpg

Hole Shot Pic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/fastboat60/DSC_0025.jpg

[jkeiper]

And one more.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/fastboat60/DSC_0017.jpg

[wickedrister]

Nice set of pics "J" the boat is looking good. Thanks for posting:thumb:

[wickedrister]

Ok it's not a Checkmate but it's worth a quick look. This is my friends 454 jet doing a fly by last month. I know they are not way way fast but they sure look and sound so good. I think my next project needs to be a jet. It's going to be hard to find a Checkmate jet. I wonder if I could convert an I/O boat to a jet? I found 2 on E-bay this month but one is much to nice and only 5 miles away. The other is a perfect project boat but to far away.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/wickedrister/July2006004.jpg

[wickedrister]

:needpics:

[Rob'Z]

Not as good as the pic above but here are some more pics I took today. They aren't the best but it's all I got when I'm alone. I'll try to get a passenger to take pics for me before I head back to Arizona at the end of the week.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Lake033.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Lake014.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Lake012.jpg

[Rob'Z]

Not a pic but it's still cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQQcQAK-jLI

[captainmorgan]

the cover fit my 2.5 nice, and its fooled some fools, and weve had fun with it. heres my 85 enchanter with 10" jack turning a 4blade cleaver, throwing the sunset rooster.

[wickedrister]

Let's see that pic captain I know the one that you are talking about. I also want to see some shots of the tunnel!

[MikeSW]

Oh you poor poor outboard boys with you inadequate rooster tails. LoL Just stirring the pot. It not a checkmate. But I sure could throw a mean rooster with it 1050hp.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/MikeSW214/scan0003.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/MikeSW214/scan0005.jpg

[supergenius74]

HaHa! thats great!!!

[WILDMAN]

Two motors make it easier

[wickedrister]

Oh you poor poor outboard boys with you inadequate rooster tails. LoL Just stirring the pot. It not a checkmate. But I sure could throw a mean rooster with it 1050hp.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/MikeSW214/scan0003.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/MikeSW214/scan0005.jpg Mike tell me about your jet. Is it a flat V or is that a tunnel? Does it have a blower? Is it Ford, chevy or olds powered? Berkley pump or some tricked out job? Looks like a big boat is it over 20'? Thanks Fred

[wickedrister]

[quote=WILDMAN]Two motors make it easier[


Wildman your Liberator pics are just crazy. What a wild ride they must be at "wot" Thanks for posting!

[MikeSW]

That was the same Dave Adems Liberator as Wildman's 21'ers. Just a jet form.
Mine had a custom built blown 509 Dart (chevy) Block /heads pushed 1050hp. The pump started Life a a berk G that had a lot of help from MPD that thing ran hard. Love it. I sold the boat to a guy down in AZ and I put a 502/502 in it. The motor was sold off in parts so it is long gone. Now I just have my 251GTX
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/MikeSW214/paula1.jpg

[wickedrister]

Thanks for the info Mike. That is one bad azz jet boat you had. I bet that beast could run in the triple digitus any time you wanted it to. Nice pick of the new boat as well. I think the new boat may use less gas than the old monster motor but I could be wrong. You just never know what may be under the engine hatch of a Checkmate :banana:

[wickedrister]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/wickedrister/July2006007.jpg

[captainmorgan]

coming from tangeir island after fixing peoples heat. only a fool would be out there in the winter time. only a redneck would have been doing it for the past 20 years. believe me, my whole face was red too, not just neck, and the ice had thawed making it easier to pull the boat up. the crab meat was good too, cause i dont risk it for nothing. and it dont take me an hour to get there. down to 5 minutes in tunnel, but i dont make much on the service call cause it took 15 gallons of 89 plus oil/ one way. still, theres no better way to go to work.:lol:

[Rob'Z]

A couple weak shots of my '87 Starflite.....will get better pics later this week.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Mate028.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/MyMate16.jpg

My tilt ram doesn't seem to be up to the task of holding the up the motor at WOT. It always gets pushed back onto the trim rams so i can't get the speed I'm after or a decent roost.... :(


Alright I have an update. I made extensions for the trim rams so now I can hold the motor where I want it. Does it look like I'm packing some air now? hehe.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Flyin6.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Flyin3.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Flyin5.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Flyin4.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Flyin2.jpg

Look at that baby fly! :)
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/RobZ90TT/Boat%20pics/Flyin1.jpg

[Boston Predictor]

WOW big diffrence!!!
Any diffrence in top end?

[wickedrister]

Rob that last pic is cool as hell :bigthumb:
Looks like the entire hull is out of the water :bigthumb:

[groucho]

This is fun post. Great pics and GREAT BOATS by all.

While everyone agrees roosters are cool and impress the daylights just about any spectators on the shore ( or anybody who just happens to be gawking at that those really sharp boats) the most impressive rooster tail to me is guy who has one that shows me that his boat is dialed in and he's not wasting any power on a shower of water going up in the air behind the transom. Too much trim angle and just watch the "R's" go up and the speed go down. But everybody cheers at your rooster though.

Based on what I've looked at both iLLMattic and Jkeeper have rooster's that are flat & solid ( no froth) and pushing out as much water as that prop can handle .... which is when it's hooked up right can spit out. That's doing your homework.

" Can you say very nice set-up work ??"

Groucho

[Rob'Z]

Rob that last pic is cool as hell :bigthumb:
Looks like the entire hull is out of the water :bigthumb:


Yeah it pretty much is. ;)



groucho, I agree that a big rooster is not ideal for top end speed but that's not the title of this post. ;) My Mate (and all Starflites/Starliners) requires a lot of bowlift to achieve max speed. As you can see from my photos I am getting quite a bit of lift with a large tail. My record speed with this boat (last season) is 62.8 on GPS. That was with a 13.5" 23p 4 blade Renegade Bass spinning 6200 or so. In the pics here I am running a 14.25" 24p 3 blade Raker at 5400. I saw 58.8 on GPS during these photos. I call that a small difference in speed for a nice show. :)

But yes, in general a smaller tail is faster/more efficient.



Rob

[F150GT]

Not my best roost but the only ones on philm

[F150GT]

What a day in October:lol:

[fiftyp]

Latest one anyway..

[merc245]

Heres all I Got!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emjSxQ5_89U

[claupie]

Heres all I Got!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emjSxQ5_89U

good vid...no sound ??

[merc245]

cheap $100 camera

[merc245]

Cheap $100 camera

[claupie]

Cheap $100 camera

merc 245....put back your starflite photo in your avatar..it looks so much better :)

[stclairriverblaster]

fifty p i know that horizon..

your on lk st clair arent you.

umm. north western side.
a mile or two out west from the north channel

or am i wrong.

[fiftyp]

fifty p i know that horizon..

your on lk st clair arent you.

umm. north western side.
a mile or two out west from the north channel

or am i wrong.


That's the one!

[ryanscheck150]

http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/customprofilepics/profilepic15189_1.gifHow do I make this picture larger??? My favorite thing to do on the lake.....MAKE ROOSTER TAILS!!!!!!!!

[stclairriverblaster]

hey fifty p hows the water over there. ?? i havent boated down there in forever.. too scared to..
unless its like seven or more feet i dont bother.

[WILDMAN]

Here's a couple roosters in videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHt-3sd7wzY#GU5U2spHI_4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0192iq_8RZI

http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentId=261221

[175checkmate]

That 30 cat look huge. What where the speeds like in that monster?

[fiftyp]

hey fifty p hows the water over there. ?? i havent boated down there in forever.. too scared to..
unless its like seven or more feet i dont bother.

Trim her up and on't stop, and theres no problem....

[Great East Predictor]

:D

http://www.imagetex.com/albums/userpics/10165/normal_Picture_363.jpg

[WILDMAN]

That 30 cat look huge. What where the speeds like in that monster?


It's really loaded with extras like a full front cabin, so it's no lightweight. I'm still trying props. Right now it runs 90mph. Go to my website, there's a few more videos on the boat including some real pimpin lighting at night. http://liberatorfl.tripod.com/id17.html

[ryanscheck150]

Its sad when this is all I want to go out and do all day!!!
If I can't keep up, I'll just spray up!!

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff228/ryanscheck150/roostertail.jpg?t=1193632773 (http://javascript<b></b>:void(0);)

[ryanscheck150]

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff228/ryanscheck150/newaldyn1017.jpg?t=1193632898
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff228/ryanscheck150/newaldyn1014.jpg?t=1193632928

[ryanscheck150]

http://http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff228/ryanscheck150/?action=view&current=boat064.flv

Another video with my brother driving...

http://http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff228/ryanscheck150/?action=view&current=boat066.flv