Hayabusa
Well-known member
Well how do i put it, I've seen some 21 & 24 foot Checks some older some younger than mine with perfectly finished transoms, unfortunately mine probably was the black sheep on the assembly line that day in 2012 missing the attention to detail & TLC in a few areas, don't get me wrong i believe Checkmate makes a quality product but in my case the transom wasn't bonded properly to the deck leaving a 3/8 gap between the transom & splah well that was covered lightly with silicon instead of being glassed over then caped off with an aluminum trim piece that didn't fit quite right, so the 2 yrs it sat at a dealer in Alexandria Bay, NY, occasionally hitting the water, i bought it with 8 hrs on the hobbs in early 14', the water started to do it's thing creeping into the wood plus the year & 1/2 i've had it in salt water didn't help matters either, it softened the top left side of the transom & i fixed it as best i could with CPEC when i changed over to the 400R, yes it was flexing & now i know why I couldn't stop the porpoising on my high speed runs. So, from ideas & suggestion of an expert & friends hear i am reinforcing the transom to take it to the next level, test different setups in quest for more speed & stability, well that's it in a nut shell.....wow that was long ![Lol :lol: :lol:](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/images/smilies/lol.gif)
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