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jwws9999 03-03-2017 11:10 AM


Originally Posted by H TAYLOR (Post 4533994)
Ive been looking for a 283 or larger... Not May for sale.

just saw one come up on craigslist in kansas

MINK 03-03-2017 12:20 PM


Originally Posted by H TAYLOR (Post 4533994)
Ive been looking for a 283 or larger... Not May for sale.

Mine will be for sale in May if your looking for one with twins.

H TAYLOR 03-04-2017 05:25 AM

Thanks Jw, I emailed him for some pics.
Mink if you post a few pics when your ready to sell, I'll take a look .. Thanks

H TAYLOR 03-04-2017 09:19 AM

I wonder how one with twins would ride compared to a single? I had a 281 with a single and it rode really nice here on Erie. I like the way that boat rode and handled a lot.

jwws9999 03-04-2017 11:01 AM

I'm wondering how the twins are going to fit

H TAYLOR 03-04-2017 12:57 PM

It looks like the 350s leave a little more room to work but I'm thinking those will be real scarece?

MINK 03-04-2017 05:14 PM

big blocks with blowers are TIGHT lol

jwws9999 03-05-2017 07:57 AM

there's a 2000 288 up in the 1000 Islands (Bonnie Castle Marina) with twin 350 magnums with no pics of the engines. it looks like a nice boat. Hard to figure out the value of checkmates though

H TAYLOR 03-05-2017 08:36 AM

I've seen that boat listed.. It's been for sale for quite a while.. I'm probably going to have to break down and put in some road time to look at some boats. I guess nobody is going to pull in my drive with the perfect boat at the perfect price.. Ha

jwws9999 03-05-2017 09:12 AM


Originally Posted by H TAYLOR (Post 4534661)
I've seen that boat listed.. It's been for sale for quite a while.. I'm probably going to have to break down and put in some road time to look at some boats. I guess nobody is going to pull in my drive with the perfect boat at the perfect price.. Ha

i'm in the same boat (pun intended), constantly going back and forth on what I want. the problem I've got is the season is so short up here. But the checkmate boats are nice boats (I think better than Baja), but they don't seem to hold their value as well, have no idea why.

the boat up there, assuming it's in nice shape is attractive to me, because I like the small block package, but alot of people insist on big blocks. I like the small blocks because they are so much easier to work on, and I like keeping everything stock.


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