I had a Checkmate 259 Convincor. I loved the boat and it would hold it's own in the rough for it's size once full hydraulic steering and HP trim tabs were installed. I would set the drive to neutral and slightly drag the HP tabs in ****ty conditions and would fly level and steady.
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Yeah this is the 283 convincor, looks very similar, but a few feet longer, the one im looking at is actually the original owner, really well maintained, but does not have hydraulic steering or anything

Checkmate or velocity or apache doesn't mater how good the boat is built if you go out in rough water at speed you will tear the boat up, period. Recommend you find some better water and keep the velocity.

Skip the checkmate…

Yeah well some are true rough water boats and some aren't. I've had both and it's a huge difference...huge.

I'd have to agree, while their all great builds and manufacturers, and Apache is a very different boat than a checkmate.

I thought that Checkmates we're good in the rough water? They have deep-V hulls

I haven't been in a Check but one of our friends that we'd run around with had a Pantera, my buddy said it was no comparison between his old Check and the Pantera. Again no personal experience with the Check but friends with both did.

We are just playing with you. The VR1 sucks. No one likes’m. I’ll give you 12k if on a trailer. :) :wink lol

It depends a lot on the model. If you look at a 253 vs a 251 it's super different.
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