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Furuvagen 01-28-2010 02:33 AM


Originally Posted by kreed (Post 3029280)
Hey, I was just teasing Checkmate128. When we went to buy my Cigarette, the previous owner told us that the Checkmate hulls were not built very well and would never compare to a Cigarette. He told us its only a production hull, not a hand built hull like a Cigarette. Checkmate128 was about to kill this guy! He was actually very rude about it....small brain, big pockets !! Ive owned Checkmates and always had great luck with them! Great boat.....

OK, I get it! Thanks for the explanation! My question about hand built hulls remain though. My own guess would be that the reason some hulls are hand built is simply that they come from small scale productions, where the low output doesn't justify an automated production. Whether this is good or bad I don't know, but I'm sure that the hulls built more by hand should be at least as good as the productions hulls. (Just guessing here...)

And Kreed: Thanks again for the explanation! I would have taken the opportunity too!

kreed 01-28-2010 06:49 AM


Originally Posted by Furuvagen (Post 3033244)
OK, I get it! Thanks for the explanation! My question about hand built hulls remain though. My own guess would be that the reason some hulls are hand built is simply that they come from small scale productions, where the low output doesn't justify an automated production. Whether this is good or bad I don't know, but I'm sure that the hulls built more by hand should be at least as good as the productions hulls. (Just guessing here...)

And Kreed: Thanks again for the explanation! I would have taken the opportunity too!

No problem. Just havin fun with Nick. Nice boat you have there. Any pics??

Old Navy 01-28-2010 05:42 PM

Checkmates have never been "chopper gun" boats. They are hand layed up and rolled out by hand. I have a 283 with no stress cracks and I like it, but I mostly run it on inland lakes and rivers, so my big water experience in it is limited.

Furuvagen 02-12-2010 12:56 AM


Originally Posted by kreed (Post 3033271)
No problem. Just havin fun with Nick. Nice boat you have there. Any pics??

I have lots of pictures, but I think my type of limited membership status doesn't allow me to post them here on OSO. Sorry!


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