Bring me a couple. I have a few blank spots on my tool box at home where teambajamarine stickers used to be! :eek:

Get your ass back down here. We can party with or without Jason. Lots of Coors Light on me...

I seen this boat in the mold a couple of weeks ago, it was tough to tell all the exacts - VERY NICE!! (Great Pics)

Back in "the era":cool-smiley-027:, under all that metalflake, wasn't it tough to tell them apart??

Speaking of which, while I was at the Checkmate factory, they were building some new boats with metalflake stripes, and they looked pretty cool.

It wasn't intended as a shot at you just used your post as a quote. They are discussion boards but people can draw their own conclussions and dont need to be told why they should like a certain product.

I like the new checkmate as it is an old Baja. If they would make a 25 OL with checkmate on the side of it I would probably buy one.

This is gonna hurt so read at your own risk.

Truth of the matter is Checkmate sales have fallen drastically (not only under Doug's reign but also long before Doug took over). The Checkmate styling is very niche oriented. The "hardcore-oldschool" Checkmate guys were buying a boat or two a month. That boat or two each month is not enough revenue to keep the doors open in the plant. They (Checkmate) are trying to chase boat sales just like every other builder in the country. The new stuff is going to help those doors stay open. The upshoot is as long as the doors are open you'll still be able to buy that "oldschool" Checkmate that you all love.

Anybody offended here, catch up with me this summer and I'll buy you a beer.

:ernaehrung004:

Exactly, as long as the doors are open you can still get the olds school boats. Now, the customer base just got a little wider, which is always good.

Adam,

I want to say "well written", but Im a little offended so I'll take the beer this summer. Thanks in advance! :drink:

I was down there in Nov or Dec, it was a total blur as usual.

You need to drag that 252 up here to Baja Country! Have the boys at XT redo that cockpit, and I'll buff it top to bottom. We'll make it look like a new one!:ernaehrung004:

PH,

I have nothing but respect for the passion you have for your boat. Heck, none of use HAVE to buy these boats. They are a purchase that is driven only by the passion for the lifestyle, and the product. It's a matter of seeing a boat that you like, then you buy one, and then you love it. As long as you allow the BECKMATES to raft off of your classic Checkmate, I'm cool.

Now bring-on some Blow Boaters so we can do some bashing!

XT:cool:

If it will get me a free beer..... I can be offended:drink:

I wasn't really offended but since you are buying if I am ...............HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT YOU SUMBICH!!:evilb:


Oh yeah and WELL SAID..

So thats where the H2X mold went???? I know a 39 mold was misplaced some where, hope it turns up, I heard it was very nice.

WILL:drink:

The truth has never hurt me or someones opinion or them telling me what I can do with mine.

Checkmate does have some really cool looking new upgrades but for some reason nobody seems to get to see them because their advertisement sucks.

And come on I like old school and the H2X is no spring Chicken, And you can buy me a beer also but your going to have to catch up with me because I am in a old school Checkmate

It all depends on what the women look like in the Beckmate and how well the owner takes care of it. I cant stand scratched up boats or people that dont use bumpers or people that beach their boat.

Tell me how upset I need to act for a 24 pack and I'm in. :ernaehrung004:

I think in this market if the company can diversify it's better for all involved.

Ask anyone that has seen any of my boats, if they had even one scratch in it......no way!

I hate the people that ask to tie-off and you say OK, then they throw over these little white 3" fender looking things....and I say "Are those them ther extra large tampons, or what?" :eek:

XT:cool:

Just save me a seat at the bar then...:drink:

That's the truth you speak. The worst boat I tied up to was a cabin cruiser. The dumb as$ decided to run a generator. I did not know it till I loaded my boat but it had black gunk all over the boat. Man it took me 2 washings to get that crap off. I was pissed and did not tie up for a month after that.

Gitty up a seat is always saved. :cool-smiley-027:

I beach mine all the time. As a matter of fact, I beached it today. Guess you don't like me. Oh well...

Dude, that is so tempting. I need to redo the interior, but it would probably be cheaper for me to fly the guys down here rather than towing all the way up there. If you're available to buff it down here, let me know.

Purple Hornet, aka Big Red has been bugging me all day to post his review over here. So here ya go Big Red Purple Hornet, enjoy.

LOL! I have to admit that is pretty amusing!

I am glad you did find it funny I created it to be funny. But TEAMBAJA thought he could use that against me so I would bow down to him. I called him out and said go ahead and post it here. I did not personally ask him to post it

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Ummm, dont you want them to read it or something? Maybe I will post your nice little review over there for them to laugh at since you like the copy and paste method.

Well its amusing in that I'm taking it as you did it as a joke to poke a little fun. If you are doing it to belittle the new boat, those that built and those who like the new boat, then that's another story. I like it the new boat, I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen in it.

Why all the negative comments. Can't someone for once see the big picture. A guy bought a company that probably would not have lasted much longer and is trying to keep it on the map. He is keeping people working and trying to move foward and make a product that sells and appeals to more people.

Give them a chance and be happy that Checkmate is still building boats.

Where is the 'beating the dead horse' smiley???

I guess he don't have a since of humor

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On the review

No way! The bills from the Channel Mark, The Beached Whale, The Cottage, and the Lani Kai would break you!:drink:

should be the other way around:evilb:, guy down the street had one of there 25s back in 1990 we all had the same power back then stock since my buddy own a baja dealship Iwent with the 24 baja, I don't know if it was drivers or boats but he could not beat us 3 bajas two 250 and my 240 and my baja was handlaid up no chopper guns my buddy owned a small cm and went to ohio with his dad and uncle and bought a baja Dealership over cm cause they felt after riding in bought the baja gave a better ride, and they had a few other boats also years before so they new a good boatco mine is getting up dated after 21years, so far the stringers are good transom good, I had a problem with the bulkhead in front of the motor , I use it mostly in the oceanI hope the new owner does well it looks like a nice starter boat.

now thats true:ernaehrung004: I had or my fathers 1st boat was a cm 14ft back in the 70s, I always thought CMand baja were good boats not cheap but my baja was in 88 24,000 from my friends place I was 2nd owner in 90 my other friend sold it to order a new boat with his new wife in late 89 it was the new 250sport, I don't like built in swimplatforms looks euro. it seems old CMs like in 88 to mid 90s had sq back like mine then they had the built in swim p and I thought it looked bad at least baja stayed with the ol thats all I like thats me.and hate windshields cause when they break you get cut up bad at I did thatys why I went to a ol faring. so I think this boat is like the CMs out there with the windshields and built in platforms. old shool is sq back with a add on. I hope they do well its not like outerlimits used a 24ft baja mold, then I would be sissed if I owned a ol.faja and ch are on the same class. both were built by hand laid not chopper, I think the new bajas tryed some cold mold 2piece cabin that didn't work as well as they though and reggie is back to handlaid.good luck and hope to make it to loto for a kilo run in the 24 class with the new DEAN GELLNER BLOWER MOTORand small pulley if needed to break the record. so good luck to both co. art

you are a good soul:ernaehrung004:, but I'am not:grinser010::ernaehrung004:

I actually spent an a$$load of money at each of those places this past Saturday. You're right, it would probably break me...

but what a way to go:ernaehrung004:

PS. You guys are still invited.

The Checkmate ZT is the one with a built in platform the Convincor to this day does not have a built in platform

thats kool then I hated it when I saw one with the zt I quess.:p