FrankRocks
New member
First time boat owner. Picked up a somewhat beatup 1975 Checkmate over the weekend, looking to make it a decent little project. I am definately here to gain some good knowledge of boats, and this checkmate, been browsing the forums for a good minute, and sounds like I'm in the right place.
I decided it'd be a good little project to get me into the boating world, I like a challenge. and for the price, couldn't beat it, even if it is junk. Knowledge is priceless.
As of right now, I don't know a whole lot about the boat to be honest, and, so far it's kinda hard to find the right information. here are the "hard facts" I have about it...
The dataplate is virtually indistinguishable. The HID is not readable. So, can only go by the previous registrations and hope it right.
SHOULD be a 1975 Checkmate... seems to be a Trimate, my guess Trimate 2. It's 16'3". Although, from the pictures I've seen there's some things that doens't add up... gauges don't have right placement (could be the model variant though)... just small things.
Has a 1977 Mercury 115 powertrim. Doing a compression test on it wednesday. Looks/seems nice from looks.
Been trying to find some manuals on them all... are watercraft manuals a top secret document, only to be held locked up at fort knox, or bought on ebay for $5... sorry, I'm somewhat of a cheapskate, free manuals are good manuals.
Anyways, ensure, you will probably see more of me the more I get into this project. I'm excited!
I decided it'd be a good little project to get me into the boating world, I like a challenge. and for the price, couldn't beat it, even if it is junk. Knowledge is priceless.
As of right now, I don't know a whole lot about the boat to be honest, and, so far it's kinda hard to find the right information. here are the "hard facts" I have about it...
The dataplate is virtually indistinguishable. The HID is not readable. So, can only go by the previous registrations and hope it right.
SHOULD be a 1975 Checkmate... seems to be a Trimate, my guess Trimate 2. It's 16'3". Although, from the pictures I've seen there's some things that doens't add up... gauges don't have right placement (could be the model variant though)... just small things.
Has a 1977 Mercury 115 powertrim. Doing a compression test on it wednesday. Looks/seems nice from looks.
Been trying to find some manuals on them all... are watercraft manuals a top secret document, only to be held locked up at fort knox, or bought on ebay for $5... sorry, I'm somewhat of a cheapskate, free manuals are good manuals.
Anyways, ensure, you will probably see more of me the more I get into this project. I'm excited!
