Tri-mate 2 over haul.

[175checkmate]

No real updates, been working to much. I have managed to get a little DA time in. Bottom is in great shape for a 29 year old boat. I have some scratch's to fill, it looks like they where from the trailer. All in all not bad.

1975 Checkmate Tri-mate 2, 2.4 200+ / Sky jacker 6" plate / 25p Laser 2 prop, Currently the boat is undergoing overhaul.

 

[supergenius74]

Hard work does pay off. Here is a before and after pic of my MX-15.

1973 MX-15 RE-PAINTED IN '03
'75 JOHNSON 135 V4 REBUILT '02
50 MPH ON GPS AT STOCK SETTINGS

 

[175checkmate]

Very nice. Mine is getting there, spent the morning sanding. The bottom is now completly sanded. Got up to the bow and found that my anchor/trailer eye had broken the fiberglass around where it is mounted. So I had to crawl under the boat and remove it. Got the first layer of glass on the crack and reinforced it on the underside. Ran around with some duraglass to fill in the scratchs.

1975 Checkmate Tri-mate 2, 2.4 200+ / Sky jacker 6" plate / 25p Laser 2 prop, Currently the boat is undergoing overhaul.

 

[supergenius74]

are you going to re-paint the boat? if so, what color?

1973 MX-15 RE-PAINTED IN '03
'75 JOHNSON 135 V4 REBUILT '02
50 MPH ON GPS AT STOCK SETTINGS

 

[175checkmate]

Yes the boat will be painted, 2 tone, black and ???. Its the great secret.

1975 Checkmate Tri-mate 2, 2.4 200+ / Sky jacker 6" plate / 25p Laser 2 prop, Currently the boat is undergoing overhaul.

 

[checki]

Yellow !!!

 

[175checkmate]

Not going to let the cat out of the bag just yet. But I do like the looks of your boat checki.

1975 Checkmate Tri-mate 2, 2.4 200+ / Sky jacker 6" plate / 25p Laser 2 prop, Currently the boat is undergoing overhaul.

 

[senator-holland]

pink?

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Checkmate senator special edition V8 5.7L-260HP
info@oost-west.nl

 

[bdusted440]

How about hemi orange or artic cat green.

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CHECKMATE'S AND MOPAR'S GOTA LOVE EM
77 trimate merc150xr6
84 ambasador v8 i/o project

 

[senator-holland]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 175checkmate:
Not going to let the cat out of the bag just yet. But I do like the looks of your boat checki.
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the cat is gonna be hungry. has to go to the bathroom too!

just curious...

 

[175checkmate]

Well another day spend sanding, filling, sanding some more. Getting the strakes streight and cleaning up all the edges. Filling in all the scratch's that happened over the years. Its getting there. Slowly.

 

[bdusted440]

I here ya bro it's taking a while on both our boats.Just be ready in july.LOL

 

[175checkmate]

I'll be ready. The bottom is almost done except for the pad. I have not started on that just yet. Getting all the strakes to a knife edge is taking longer than I thought. What a pain, but it should pay off in the long run.

 

[175checkmate]

Update:
Well the sanding continues. Bottom was not as smooth as it looked. The strakes where really rounded. They are not anymore.
Nice and sharp now. Still sanding down the high spots and filling in the low spots. Oh the joy. Guys if i ever get a wild hair and deside do do another project like this again. SLAP me.

 

[175checkmate]

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[175checkmate]

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[175checkmate]

Last one for now.

 

[supergenius74]

hmmm, not seeing any pictures, just a red "x"

 

[Z06]

Press refresh until they load. Works for me

 

[175checkmate]

Not sure why its not working. Bummer.