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Hey! Back into boating and new to the forum!

I just acquired a 1986 Checkmate 21' Starflite with an '86 225 Johnson VRO and a Chariot bunk trailer. I'm hanging on to the boat and trailer, selling the engine. The boat needs some work before it will hit the water again and I'll re-power it at that time.

Here are a couple of pics as she sits:







I'll detail the resto as we go!

Cheers!

Drewski

Welcome to the site!

The boat looks in pretty good shape for the year.

Thank you, it's so very good to be here!

Ya, it's apparently been a 'trailer queen' most of it's life. We'll see once we've had a more detailed inspection. It's going to get a pretty thorough once over this winter.

Welcome to the site.
Good looking Checkmate, always liked those.
Good luck with the refurb.

Nice! welcome

Cool, welcome....I know where there is a nicely broken in 20" 260 ROS for sale.

Thanks for the welcome guys! I'm pretty excited to be working on this rig!



My only other previous rig was the old family runabout.

Me in the wetsuit circa 1982:





I restored the '71 Winner Cobra, ditched the '71 Evinrude 100 and hung a new Merc 125 on it. It was an education to restore and a lot of fun to drive, but seriously limited in terms of versatility.

After the resto 2004:

So, enough about the past! On to the future!!

Should be a nice project when it's done.
Spring is not far away, when your working on a project.

Get 'er done!

Welcome aboard! Lots of friendly folks here if you run into questions.