78 Enchanter rebuild

[2benchanted]

Here is my project.I bought this from a friend with no floor and a bad transom. I went to the army composite school for aviation. I am using balsa for coring in transom and kevlar for reinforcement.was also wondering on how to post pics.

[175checkmate]

Welcome to the board and congrats on the boat. Here is a link to eveything you ever wanted to know about posting pictures. Have fun and keep us posted.

http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5425

[2benchanted]

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here you go it is the project started the beggining of this summer

[2benchanted]

here is the floor to start withhttp://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n1/2benchanted/TECH0188.jpg

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here you go just have to finish the floor and glass it inhttp://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n1/2benchanted/100_0943.jpg
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[captainmorgan]

ive got a 85 enchanter with a 75 4-stroke merk turning a four blade beaver, i mean cleaver, and i cant seem to get beat by a 3litre. im tired of waiting to go fast, and getting embarrased by this 75 hp motor on my check. my 21 foot check wont chine on flat water, and only goes faster when more friends get in the back seat. only thing holding the motor on is a 10" jack attached to whats left of the bodyfiller. its not a checkmate, its a crackmate. im ready to sell it cause its too much fun, wont throw a rooster tail, wont chine walk, and only goes as fast as the motor cover says. nobody speaks to me or thanks me for the 3 minute ride anymore, and they sit there and bang their knees together and claim they cant find their landlegs. felt guilty after i knocked my friends sunglasses off with his eyeballs. thought that damn 4stroke would do better than a gallon a minute, and i still mixed oil. thats what i get for not spending big money on boats. damn cover cost me a hundred dollars. and somebody bent the edge of my prop and caused it to
grab more water and slow my rpms to 7400. im so embarrased.

[2benchanted]

Hey on my enchanter about a foot behind the driver seat is a big steel angle support just wonderiong if it was a custom piece It is onlt on one side.:brickwall:

[aaronmt]

Thats going to be a nice looking boat, man I wish my boat was metalflake. My first boat was boy do I miss that flake. What ya gonna put on the back. Aaron

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[Boston Predictor]

Looks nice. Great color!

[2benchanted]

I took it out for the first time yesterday and it ran good.I needed to adjust the idle because of the hoot foot.I had it doing 55 according to the speedo not bad considering I was only turning it to 4500.Boat On:bigthumb:

[2benchanted]

Took out the enchanter and had five people on board gps said 55.3 at 4500. not bad.:thumb:

[sawcat]

Sounds like the work is paying off . Nice ride.:cool: :thumb:

[DRILLER]

that big black thing back where the outdrive belongs is the biggest damn trolling motor i ever saw ,, nice picks ,, and the boat looks good,too

[2benchanted]

I picked up a nice 21 pich prop and havn a friend cover the custom swim platform with a 3 inch pad should look nice.:brickwall:

[Surfer]

Great looking boat, I just went through an enchanter resto, 200 merc, the boat flys...I'm curious how strong you think the deck is, my bost feels solid, no rot in core ect. but the deck has "jelly deck" when you hit a wake hard. Please post your thoughts after you run your boat. You seem to be the glass guy that would have some good ideas in that direction.

[2benchanted]

The deck does move when hitting a wake but I walk on it all the time with little to no flex.The deck should not be that week they are cored and have a nice size rib running the length.If you have some flex make a template of the bottom and make a stronger rib down the middle and glass it in.:thumb:

[2benchanted]

I took it out after doin a toon up on it mixed the gas at 50:1 now that break in is done and it did 68 no problem rev. to 5600 rpm and took of.I had a friend out on his jet ski it is only a 750 and I could walk away from the start so good whole shot and nice drivable top end.:drool: