40 years!
 

Just wanted to let yal know the upcoming 2003 model year will be Checkmate's 40 th year in the performance boat industry!!!! Not to bad for alittle family owned boat company in the middle of nowhere, Ohio!! Thought maybe we could get a thread strarted on your first/and-or best"Checkmate" boating experience? What do you guys think? ..........My first was sitting in my brothers 15 ft race boat at the age of 4 ....My best (G Rated -To Date) would have to be G.L.O.P.R.A offshore race several years back i which me & my bro had the smallest boat (23' EnforcerO/B) and smallest engine single 2.4 Merc and finished 4 th overall .....had a blast!!!................. I'm sure you guys have some good stories to tell!? I'll have to think about the R rated best!!:cool:

With buying first checkmate zt280, which is my first boat period. I would have to say the best memory would be the first time I turned over the motor and knew that it was my boat.

I had a 1974 MX-13 with a 100 h.p. mercury short shaft
engine.That boat would scare the hell out of you!!!
That was my first Checkmate and i am now on my 4th.
Checkmate,even the name is cool!!!-----------Joe

My first checkmate experience was in my 95' 216 convincor. The ride of the 24 degree dead rise got me hooked. I have bought two more since it.

My best experience in a checkmate, although I have gone faster in the newer & bigger checkmates I have had since, was hanging with the big dogs at lake erie with the 216!!!

My first Checkmate got me sold,
Had it for 6 or 7 years and never had a problem with it. Wish I never sold it.It was a 1988 22 ft vision.

My 229 is the first Check I've owned. I have had other boats but none were built better. This boat is solid and looks new after many years of use. I went to look at it not really serious about buying it. When we pulled up to the boat my wife said you're going to buy it, she was right.

229,
My wife said the same thing.

We were looking at a 24 Baja outlaw, when we saw this boat, took a look at the lines, and the dealer gave me a great deal. Too bad that there is not a Checkmate dealer is the Syracuse area anymore. Hey CONVINCOR 300, any plans on having a dealer here anytime soon?

Slapshot
 

What happened to boat house?