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    450R vs. 2.6L 400R for Pulsare 2400

    This attached article sheds some light on what went into the design and engineering of the L6 Verado. Knowing it has some Porsche engineering prowess also helps. But one thing stands out. The L6 design started and finished with forced induction. The V8’s started as N/A and migrated to forced...
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    Current Caldwell Checkmate production

    Ask Pete if he is giving a discount for the in gel graphics delete and the piss poor fit & finish quality.
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    HOW FAST IS YOUR CHECKMATE? EVERYONE!

    For the props you're running, more testing the better, for the price point on those wheels. Nice work!!
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    HOW FAST IS YOUR CHECKMATE? EVERYONE!

    Congrats Bill !! Glad to see the old girl is still nice and frisky 🤟🤟
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    Hope to buy a new or used Pulsare 2400 BRX

    Pic of the knees and stern looking forward to show the tie in to the stringers. I have pics of the in gel graphics being taped and sprayed, in case caldwell needs some training material. I have complete progress build pics. Im thinking with that kind of providénce I could get even more $$$ than...
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    Hope to buy a new or used Pulsare 2400 BRX

    Balsa is wood? Really? I thought it was a space age material. 🙄 And the starboard side flake stripe, looks like a f’d up mess!! I can see why they gave up on in gel graphics, amateurs to say the least! Better get Maaco!!
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    Hope to buy a new or used Pulsare 2400 BRX

    The knee design was updated in 2014 when my model was built. Rigging was always good during the Hustler ownership days and should be expected, theres nothing special with that statement. And word on the street says overall quality and fit & finish is horrible, according to the dealer in FL that...
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    Hope to buy a new or used Pulsare 2400 BRX

    They are just a subcontractor for Iconic Marine Group, so it doesn't make sense to market those brands, that they don't even own. With the way Caldwell is butchering the Checkmate brand with build quality and with what seems as an overall lack of knowledge of boat building in general. Theres...
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    Checkmates on the Chesapeake 2023

    Will there be an option on the shirts for next year, to NOT have a rendering of YOUR boat on them? For $55 per shirt, a custom image of each participants boat should be the least you could offer. 🙄
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    Hope to buy a new or used Pulsare 2400 BRX

    So, between reselling rejected, reworked boats and painting hulls instead of producing in gel graphics, it sounds like the Checkmate brand, quality and offer is lackluster at best.
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    BRX 2400 500R Repower

    Whoever is working on your props is doing something very wrong to have that type of catastrophic failure to the prop and hub. Its either a severe out of balance issue or the modified geometry being applied is not correct.
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    2020 Checkmate BRX2400 with Mercury 300 Four Stroke

    Was this boat built in Bucyrus, Ohio?
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    Current Caldwell Checkmate production

    With high pressure die casting the process is quite accurate in order to minimize wasted material. The parts wont vary by more that a few ounces plus or minus definitely not pounds of material.
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