I love the look of the MTI Concept.

I was thinking something like inverting the red and black of the 009:
Center deck stripe, not offset.

I also love the G3 ZRC.

There is a reason why there are only a couple ZRC's with different colored decks / hull sides. It's tough to pull off because of the lines of the boat, especially in the back.

The G3 boat pulls it off with complimentary colors. There is another Silver boat that has a white deck and Donzi lettering in Red. You'll notice on that boat the painter pulls the silver way up high in the back well past the rub rail. The two different color scheme will almost always not fit quite right when looking at the back of the boat, especially the 3/4 rear view of the boat.

I had a 27 Checkmate that I sold to a couple on our Lake. We became great friends with them and I got to ride in it many times over the years until they sold it. That was great. I've never seen any of my other boats again.

Some before and after pics on cutting down the engine scoops - and a pic of Mike's boat from yesterday's Sarasota run.

Looks great Mike.

That hatch and the scoops look way better cut lower, is jamie going to stagger them?....looking good

Mike's boat is the one I was talking about with the sides painted higher than the rub rail. Whoever painted it knows what they are doing for sure. That boat is a sex machine.

Thanks. Did you see the pics from Pete B's thread? I cannot post pics otherwise I would. I think they really show how cool the old school Donzi paint scheme looks.

Yes I did, it looks great - did you go with the white deck for heat purposes? Did Nortech paint your boat?

I'll copy and paste them here later.

Here you go. Looks like it is set up well. Who designed the paint?

Nor-Tech designed the scheme and painted the boat. They also did the interior and changed the exhaust from tractor headers to thru-transom. The setup is exactly the same as it was when it raced. We ran 94.2 with a full fuel load, and I saw 98 when I first bought the boat, light on fuel, just me, and a different set of wheels that were not nearly as friendly planing off, etc. as the current set.

The best part is that we ran that number starting pretty far back in the pack of boats, meaning, through wakes and crud. No bobbles; pure freight train, and it does that in the rough too. The ZRC is truly amazing, and I swear, it feels like it can easily handle another 20 mph. You are going to be so happy when yours is finished.