well i must say. the little i have personaly talked with joe and chris they seem like super nice guys.
then they come over to another boat company forum and give them compliments and hang out and shoot the crap with i peddy mate owners.
A++ guys for sure.
heres what joe had to say.
"The first performance boat I ever owned was a 16' Checkmate, from there my brother and I started Sunsation Powerboats and the rest is history. I have always had a passion for Checkmate, very glad to see Doug back at the helm of another sucessful company. Checkmate is top notch"
his hole thing can be seen here
http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=13951
then here is what chris had to say..
"Joe Sunsation mentioned that there is a great group of people over here on the Checkmate Forum so I thought I'd drop bye and say hello and thank you.
I owe alot to Checkmate not only are they responsible for having a hand in the start of Sunsation, Checkmate is also the boat that started the Hi-perf bug in my family. My Dad's first boat was a Checkmate that he bought to drag race (after getting to many tickets street racing) before I was even born. Later I went on and made a Checkmate Enchanter with a 200 Black Max my first boat as well.
Checkmate is on helluva boat with a great group of owners!
THANK YOU CHECKMATE! THANK YOU DOUG FOR KEEPING IT GOING!
Here is a pic of Dad's first Checkmate"
and it can be seen here.
http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=13988
both of them seem like great down to earth guys out to make a great boat and have a great time

to sunsation!!!!!
sunsation owners should have pride that there boats are backed by men like this