A year and a half ago I missed a sale of a gorgeous Allison craft Classic by 45 minutes on Craigslist. Was pissed, very pissed. Not to be destroyed I pannicked and kept looking for it or another. Ran across this 16' Checkmate for FREE. Despite the dead Fox skeleton, his fur, a plant emanating from the cabin floor and 30 or so earthworms, I felt confident this was a good bones boat. A year later I have installed a new subfloor structure and transom core. The transom is now buttoned up and water tight. That was the easy stuff...now the details, powerplant, steering system, max power recommended for this boat when new. My plan is to have a relatively fast boat, no water skiing, no going surfing, just hauling fast on "the great south bay". Can get choppy, its no lake...I have googled everything I can think of and find nothing. So here I am...hope this works.
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Saving another 16' Predictor on Long Island...(I think)
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I have lots of sequential images, just have to resize them...The sub floor is all in, Coosa, the transom is now all sealed up, also all coosa. Was able to save the relief or sculturing as I went in through the outside skin rather than from inside the hull.
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Hi, My name is Rick. How is the Checkmate Restoration going? Nice job with the Coosa stringers and transom. I just picked up a 1989 17' Checkmate Spectra 171 Resto project. Not as big as yours. The transom is rock solid but needs the floor and stringers. I was able to save the Gelcoat after stripping yellow paint off the red. A lot of wet sanding but now it shines like new. Anyway, I live near you on Long Island. I go out of John J burns Park in Massapequa. Maybe we get together and compare notes.
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caliburn
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Nice job