The New Twin O/B 26' Checkmate
 

dropped off my sun lounge cushion at the Checkmate factory for them to repair where the hood scoop was, on my Convincor project and did some snooping while I was there.

They had this new model at the Miami show.

I quizzed the boys at the factory about the reported 85 mph top speed.
They laughed and said when they get time to finish dialing it, they expect to see 90.

Has Merc 300 V-8's on it and were the first Ive seen in person.
They are GINORMUS! I bet they're 7' tall.

Anyhow, thought some of you might enjoy seeing this new beauty being built 45 mins from my house.

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300 V-8s. Theyre huge!
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Looks like the deck is designed for options maybe including rear seat delete which would yield a huge deck.
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Interesting idea for steps, integrated into the sliding cabin door.
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Opposing settees.
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Center section opens independent of base.
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Very nice cabin for a 26' boat,
lso had a 24' Open bow w/a 400r Verado that was gorgeous!

that thing is cool. i really dig the larger OB offshore boats.

Nice looking boat, except for the junk trim tabs they put on it.

When is it going to Kellys?

Interesting they chose that mold for the project. Isn't that the mold they acquired from Baja several years back?

Nice looking boat, I didn't know checkmates where still being made. Hard to keep up with some of the changes.

Nice boat! Glad to see closed bow go fast boats are still a thing... Gotta have a place to shag the gf! On their website they have this boat with an I/O Merc racing 565 as an option also!!

Sweet....thanks for sharing.

Hustler bought Checkmate a couple of years ago.....

But made in ohio again?????