I purchased my Checkmate new in 1997. After hearing too many comments about the "pink boat" and trying to tell everyone it's RASBERRY, I decided to make some changes.
A local sign shop made the decal to cover up the "pink". I tried to keep the blue but the lines wouldn't match up between the colors so we covered up both colors.
I had the gauge bezels done in the same gray color.
Seat upholstery was done by someone local and even had the Checkmate horse embroidered into the back of the seats.
I installed a tv monitor in the cabin to watch videos or viewing pictures you just took. Games too.
I also added a flush mount LED bow light. As you can see we ordered the boat without sst bow rails and put in pop up cleats.
Entire project was less than $1800. Quite a change from the day I bought her.
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A local sign shop made the decal to cover up the "pink". I tried to keep the blue but the lines wouldn't match up between the colors so we covered up both colors.
I had the gauge bezels done in the same gray color.
Seat upholstery was done by someone local and even had the Checkmate horse embroidered into the back of the seats.
I installed a tv monitor in the cabin to watch videos or viewing pictures you just took. Games too.
I also added a flush mount LED bow light. As you can see we ordered the boat without sst bow rails and put in pop up cleats.
Entire project was less than $1800. Quite a change from the day I bought her.
![009-Copy.jpg 009-Copy.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/68/68265-6eab4ffc1de8e463ab41ad5dd1faf49c.jpg)
![Checkmatebuild001.jpg Checkmatebuild001.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/68/68266-4e8f248249072bbc8c97004b6313ae10.jpg)
![Checkmatebuild003.jpg Checkmatebuild003.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/68/68267-5686e1ec9b0dcd6d91869400668d4652.jpg)
![004-3.jpg 004-3.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/68/68268-63067d9240a409ef3d70669a4d34971f.jpg)
![0023.jpg 0023.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/68/68269-5744417938e1639c886ed002ee362d60.jpg)
![Checkmatebuild002.jpg Checkmatebuild002.jpg](https://checkmate-boats.com/forums/data/attachments/68/68270-35559cf0524d7bac22a55fd4050a191d.jpg)
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