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    First Run: August 19, 2017

    I finally got the boat running and in the water on August 19, 2017. It was a totally new experience for me, driving a boat that required full throttle to get on plane with some delay. I was actually a little precautious in that I didn’t commit the first couple of times, as I was afraid something was wrong. On the 3rd time I put all the weight I could forward, just hammered down and sure enough she got over the hump and took off. My dad was driving our Ski Nautique as a safety chase boat, and it was quite thrilling to pull away from him, as he topped out at ~40 mph (straight inboard).

    However, my first joy ride was short lived, as after just a couple miles the motor started to lose power and die. My dad had to tow me the rest of the way home. I was guessing it was likely fuel related, and sure enough the fuel filters on each carb were dirty. After some cleaning, running a direct line straight to the pump (removing quick connect), and using a different tank, she was back up and running. I had a blast driving that boat for the rest of that week. I had to pull her out of the water on August 26 because I had to head back to campus the next day for my junior year of college. It really killed me that I only had a week to enjoy it. I was able to swap the boat to the MX-15 trailer, which is a much better trailer, albeit a rather ugly color.

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    Thanksgiving Run: November 23, 2017 – November 24, 2017

    I had a rather spontaneous decision to put the Checkmate in the water when I was home for Thanksgiving break, as the weather was decent, given the time of the year (low 50’s and sunny in northern IL). Since I last ran her, I had also purchased another small ear chopper, a 28p (I only had a 24p until this point). Here you can see how much wetted hull I was running, as I had no trim pump installed yet. At this trim position, the 24p put me around 55mph, while the 28p got me around 60mph.


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    And, is it done??

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