New Checkmate Boat Pics
 

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Im partial to the red :D

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Looks great. Like the cup holders in the back of the bolsters.

Are these some of the first boats manufactered by the new owners?

Yup ... :cool: I spent last Friday on one of the last boats manufactured by Combs and Co and it was pretty cool too :cool: I definitely enjoyed the ride and how it handled.

Wow, they look great. I really think the new bolsters look great, definately an improvement. Interiors look alot better. Still need to do something with the dashes.

Wild Willy looks like you can stay in the family, looks like tehy are making some family open bows and some mcobs.

Agree. Interiors are looking up with the exception of the dashes. Very dated. Need to lose the riveted-on plastic trim piece that hides the unfinished edges. I assume the mold/gel work is top notch as always. I would also like to see a fairing option as the windshields are so low profile they might as well be a fairing.

Looking great, nice to see a 40 year old company improving with the times. Looks like the new owner is paying attention!

Good catch, definately lose the windshield and do a fiberglass faring with a plasic windscreen like the outlaws.

Keep the thoughts coming guys .... :cool:

now this is red picked it up last week workin on it now, how you doing dawn see you in ocean city . bruce

Yep they are looking damn good except for the dashes. That is the one thing holding them back, they need to go to an insert or something to make it easier to change layout, add gauges, etc. The vinylwork looks awesome, definitely the bee's knees.

I didn't see it at first but that top one is a step hull it looks like!! Or its a reflection...

one of only a handful made for racing. bulkheads all over an lightweight, needs some tlc . shoul be fun for a season, until i find a nother toy.

It is more like a notch or a very very small step. My 99 ZT 280 has one. If I am not mistaken all larger ZT hulls are made this way.

Bruce ... looks awesome!!! Lookin forward to seein the boat and you in OC! :cool:

Jersey Devil- I wondered who bought that boat. My brother and I were talking about buying it when it was listed on SF. You got a hell of a cool boat for the money. How fast does it run?

I agree the new interiors are an improvement for CM. But I still like the molded dashes. Any company can mate up a pre-fab dash to a hull (aka Baja). It's a Checkmate "look". Just my thoughts.

still sanding it down for paint and messing around with a back seat, was told it runs 80 on gps when we tested before purchase first run was 77 with so so props should be fun.

That is great looking!


Are they making any yellow ones? :D

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Huge improvement already! Kudos to the new owners. No one could ever question their hulls and gel work but I hope they step up in the rigging department also, especially in the smaller boats where a lot was to be desired. Looks like Checkmate is definatley on the right course. I've been eyeballing the 24 Pulsare OB but I wish they'd also get rid of those stinking transom wells and go with a flat transom and hang the OB off an integrated platform bracket like Stainless Marine or B-Bracket. The wells are such a waste of space.
I've noticed the web site has finally been updated with new pics also. Great job Checkmate!!!Keep it up!

Agree totally on rigging of the smaller boats. One of my better friends bought a 2007 230ZT bow rider and while the mold work was flawless, the rigging was really awlful. Poorly secured from engine compartment up to the dash area and everywhere in between. Where wires were tied and secured no flex tubing to harness them was used. We pretty much went thru the boat and fixed the grade school look rigging job they did on the boat.
Other areas that need to be addressed with that model would be a cup holder location for the Driver, a real fiberglass cockpit liner, and some decednt padding on the bow seating, that they use now is horrendous.

I love the Checkmate look and the boats as a whole but was really really dissapointed in some simple stuff, from design to rigging. They deserve much better forethought.

A big thumbs up on most of hardware though. The sundeck hinges and design was tough stuff and done right.

here's some pics of my 87 convincor.
http://s216.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/jdinvt/

Very Nice!!

Any updates on how the new owner(s) are doing?

:DFantastic to see new ideas applied to the original design. Still has the great Checky lines and beautiful finish. Agree with the fairing idea... How about some egine bay and outdrive shots? Presume the hull is still as solid - any details about construction available?