Originally Posted by PURPLE HORNET (Post 2722916)

More wood, less wood I don't know but whatever Checkmate does they need to keep it that way. It is rare to see stress cracks in a Checkmate. If it does it was abused, not taken care of or heavly over powered and not reinforced.

I don't see them giving you any extra hardware, have you priced a new boat. The reason why Checkmate sold boats with less bling and goodies was to keep the price down. But their was nothing that was not avalible when you ordered one. And most of the time it was up to the dealer that ordered the boat what it got. Like the standared engine on a 28 foot Convincor is a 350. I have only seen one Convincor that was over 22 foot that had a 350 in it. Yet that was up to the dealer or a special order.

I think people need to read some of the older boat flyers before they comment on what Checkmate did not put on the boat they bought. Because I can make a list of stuff that I wish I had on my Convincor but I have to suck it up because I am not the one that bought it new.

Originally Posted by Keytime (Post 2722984)

On this subject... so far, the only thing on my 1999 Convincor that I would really like (but don't have) is cockpit lighting. Was this an option that year? I think the rest of the boat is equipped really well. But, like you said, it depends on who ordered it.

Originally Posted by checkered (Post 2723013)

Over the years I've owned seven Checkmates, and three of those I ordered new, 2 of them since Doug took over. I also have alot of the old catalogs.

-Craig

Originally Posted by PURPLE HORNET (Post 2723139)

Not sure what you mean here in the cabin lights or as you stated cockpit lights.

Originally Posted by Keytime (Post 2724315)

Cockpit lighting. Hard to see around the cockpit at night... only instrument lights. My cabin has plenty of lighting.

We even have a '78 18' Cobalt that has some lights right near the floor in the cockpit to help see inside the cockpit at night.