I was down at my neighbors garage one night and we were talking about boats. I used to own a 12 foot mini speed boat with a 50hp Mercury outboard. It was a blast to ride in! Then we started to talk about another boat I used to own. A Challenger jet boat with a 460 ford and a Dominator pump. Then we started to think, how cool would it be to get another small boat, put a jet drive in it and couple it to V-8 power? I started to look on Ebay and found this 1973 Checkmate MX-13. I won the auction and got it home.

Project goal - restore boat with Small Block Chevy 350 and Berkeley jet drive.

And so it begins.