Checkmate Event

[BayviewRick]

Hi everyone, just wanted to see who planned on attending my Checkmate Event on August 2nd. I'm just looking for a ball park figure so I know how much food and "wobbly Pops" to buy. Please e-mail me at broker@tds.net or give me a call at 920-430-7303 if you have any questions or plan on attending. So far I've got interest from people all the way from Georgia! Thats awesome! Thanks everyone, See you in August! Rick http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif

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[BayviewRick]

Hi everyone, just wanted to see who planned on attending my Checkmate Event on August 2nd. I'm just looking for a ball park figure so I know how much food and "wobbly Pops" to buy. Please e-mail me at broker@tds.net or give me a call at 920-430-7303 if you have any questions or plan on attending. So far I've got interest from people all the way from Georgia! Thats awesome! Thanks everyone, See you in August! Rick http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif

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[disturbed]

I know that I will be there for sure rick.Already bought new tires for the truck and trailer to make sure there are no mishaps along the 600 mile drive. And bill is going to buy my a wobbly pop, how can i turn that down. I hope that we have a big turn out. i can't wait. see you there.....

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[disturbed]

By the way , i need the name and phone number of a hotel close to the regatta were i can stay.It would be a big help. I need to get reservations as soon as possible.

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[JW]

I have it penciled in on my calendar, and I may bring along some friends or relatives. Is there a Hampton Inn close by?

Yep, I see my Hampton Inn is all booked up for the 1st and the 2nd. What's going on there that weekend????

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[This message was edited by JW on July 11, 2003 at 09:04 PM.]

[Bill]

I am staying at the Holiday Inn, City Center. That is where I always stay when I go up there for what ever reason. It is only 5 min. from Bayview. Better start calling now, places have been sold out up there for a while now!!

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[Bill]

The Holiday Inn's number is...
1-920-437-5900

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[Bill]

Hey Rick,
Here is an idea for you if your are among the living... Call the local hotels and find out what is available for the people who have not made reservations as of yet. I just checked the Holiday inn where I am staying and they are sold out. Next year you should block rooms for the event at the Holiday Inn and if you do it far enough in advance, you can get a pretty good discount! Of course, people with cuddy's can sleep on their boats in the Marina there.

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[disturbed]

I have a friend Herb That is bringing up his 1998 253, We have called all over the place there and everyone is all booked up. i guess we will be staying on the boat.(Pain in the a..)The holiday in said That the people staying in transient slips can use the pool and take a shower, that's pretty cool. We will be leaving KY at around 0830 on thursday and ariving sometime thursday night at the marina.Will there be anybody there to welcome us and get our boats in the slips? Hope so.

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[Bill]

Disturbed,

I will getting into Green Bay about noon on Thurs. The boat ramp is between Bayview and the hotel and from the ramp, it is about a 5 minute idle to the holiday inn down the river. You might want to get with Rick about staying in their marina, it would be more convient as far as parking ect... I would also recomend that you get Rick's cell pohone number to call him when you get close to town to meet up with everyone, especiall if it is dinner time.

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[Bill]

Hey Rick,

Have you come up with any sort of itinerary for the weekend yet? Maybe what we are doing when... Anything planned incase of bad weather ect...

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[BayviewRick]

The Days in is right across from the Holiday Inn, they have about 39 rooms left. The number is 920-435-4484.

The agenda... show N shine Saturday morning... then head to Longtail Saturday afternoon for an afternoon of sun and fun in the water.. come back to the marina for Dinner..

Sunday.. anyone interested, we take a 40 mile run to Wavepointe.. More to come http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif Rick

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[Z06]

Sounds like lots of fun http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Wish I could come down, but I don't think that will be happening. http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

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[Bill]

Wavepointe is absolutely beautiful. It is just south of Sturgeon Bay, just a beautiful resort, not to mention the ride there is amazing. Well worth the trip if you have enough fuel to make the 40 miles. You can fill up when you leave green bay, and fill up again if needed at Wavepointe. http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif

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[Bill]

Hey Rick... Are the factory reps still going to make an apperance?!?!? http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

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[Bill]

Hey rick, just an idea to throw at ya'... How about doing the show n' shine fri eve so all can sit around and have a wobbly pop and admire each others boats ans keep sat morning open for getting out on the water and playing around. Do not know if the Yacht club will let you, but have people park in the grass just outside the yacht club in that long stip of grass. I do not know about everyone else, but I like to get out on the water around 10-10:30 to get a full day out there. Again, just a thought.

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[Bill]

Just a little infor for those of you traveling to GB next week... If you are coming in on 43 from the South and you are like me and try to tow with as little gas in the boat as possible to save weight, When you get off of 43 in Green Bay, turn left and there is a nice gas station with lots of room for a boat and truck. They have a pretty good convient store and also a do-it-yourself car wash if the rigs get dirty from the tow. That is about the only gas staion aroundn ot to mention the most accessable. When you are done there, just go back the way you came from, pass 43 and pick up on the directions to Bayview.

Just a friendly reminder for trouble free towing (hopefully) Grease those bearings, inflate the tires, tighten the lugs and top off the brake fluid if you have brakes. I sure hope there is a good turn out, so far I have only seen Disturbed to be the other definate, other than Gslinger who lives up there. Maybe this will be the first annual Checkmate Party!

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[disturbed]

Bill,
Iv'e got a friend of mine(Herb Martin) coming up with me with his 253, so thats four of us that will be there. The number keeps growing.More wobbly pops for us!!!!!!!!!!!

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[Eriktheviking]

Too far for me.Have fun guys,drink a couple extra pops for the Northeast Checkmate owners who couldn't make it.Don't forget your digital cameras.I wanna see some good pictures!

[Kip Combs]

Hea guys.....how many people are going to this deal?......I'm planning on coming up with a friend of my he has a Convincor 270...but i'm not driving 9 hours if there is only going to be 4 or 5 boats there! Lets figure this out and get some boats up there i've never been to Green Bay i would like to go! KC !!!!!!

[gslinger]

There are about 6 checkmate owners around here and I would think that they would attend.

[JW]

I just checked that Days Inn, no availability...What's going on up there this weekend???

Anyway, there's room availability at the Sleep Inn in DePere (south side of Green Bay) in case anyone is still looking. Go to www.sleepinn.com (http://www.sleepinn.com) and you can find it there. We won't be making it this year, what a bummer.

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[This message was edited by JW on July 28, 2003 at 07:41 PM.]

[Bill]

Hasn't anyone ever heard of Northern Wisconsin Tourism?!?!? Lots of people from Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Vacation up there plus Packer Traing camp has started. You guys must be traveling rookies! http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

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[Bill]

For those of you who do not know, Green Bay up through Door County is some of the most beautiful boating in the country. Many boaters and tourist alike travel to this area in the summer to do up through the Door penninsula and through the islands. Nortern Wisconsin has year round tourism business, so you must plan ahead whe traveling up there. Better luck next time guys! http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

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[disturbed]

I must be one of the lucky ones. I got a hotel room right across from Bayview at the Holiday inn. 49.03 per night. See you guys friday morning....

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[disturbed]

How is the weather forcast looking for the bay area. All i've seen is rain and thunderstorms the whole time. I've already got to much money invested in this trip to call it quits though. I'll just have to boat in the rain. Bill what time are you going to be there? Wish i was leaving today. I can't wait.

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[Bill]

Disturbed, I will be getting there about noon on thurs. Do not worry about the forcast, it will change 2-3 times by the time we get there! Just cracked the first beer to get ready for the trip!! http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif

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[JW]

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/54303?lswe=54303&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared

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[disturbed]

I wish all of you on the forum would have been able to go to the checkmate regatta this past weekend.The weather was less than nice the whole time,but you know us powerboaters, not much stops us from getting on the water. I arived thursday night, and of course slept because of the 13 hour trip. Friday morning Herb and I went over to bayview and met Bill and Stephanie( Awsome boat with the metal flake in the Graphics). We went out for a cruise of Green Bay, and then friday night met up with Gslinger and his wife Allison.( very hospitable people).( Awsome 280 ).Saturday went pretty well to considering the weather. We got to raft up and drink a considerable amount of wobbly pops,ok scratch that statement we probably drank all that greenbay had in stock. Any way kathy and i decided to stay Sunday and got to boat aferw hours before this horific storm came through and washed us out.I hate to type so i will leave the rest to Bill when he decides to get on here and post all the pics of the regatta.And i want to send out a big thanks to Larry at Bayview for making it all worth the trip.

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[Bill]

One thing to add to Disturbed, I think we drank Wisconsin out of beer http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/Eyecrazy.gif http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif. I would also like to thank Larry, his wife Lori, Gregg(gslinger) and his wife Allison for doing all that they did. Disturbed, you and Kathy are AWESOME! Also while out on Sat, we all saw a nice funnel cloud come out of one of the storms around us. You all can see by some of the pics I will send to Chris, We had some great weather too. http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif

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[Bill]

gslinger and disturbed, I sent some pics to Chris, hopefully he will get them up. Disturbed, I am still wiped out from sunday night, you should have stay gslinger, it got wild in the hot tub and pool! http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/xxrotflmao.gif http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/lol.gif

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[gslinger]

Hey Disturbed- I heard you might be making an appearance up in Iowa soon. Email me with your email address at gslinger@sbcglobal.net. Just have a couple questions for you.

[Chris]

Here are the pics from the Checkmate event. http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif

http://www.checkmate-boats.com/images/memberpics/event1.jpg Disturbed on the bay on Fri.

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[This message was edited by Chris on August 08, 2003 at 10:09 AM.]

[Chris]

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On the Bay Fri, Disturbed on the left, Disturbeds frien Herb on the right, they boath came all the way from Kentucky!

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[This message was edited by Chris on August 08, 2003 at 10:10 AM.]

[Chris]

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Herb on the left, Disturbed in the Middle, Gslinger on the right. We were all on the way to dinner on the Fox River Fri night.

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[This message was edited by Chris on August 08, 2003 at 10:11 AM.]

[Chris]

http://www.checkmate-boats.com/images/memberpics/event5.jpg Disturbed showing us up at the show-n-shine on the back side of Long Tail on the Bay Sat afternoon.

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[This message was edited by Chris on August 08, 2003 at 10:12 AM.]

[Chris]

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[Chris]

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Bill on the left, Larry from Bayview in the center, and Disturbed on the right, this was Sun, probably the worst day for weather, but we still made it out for almost a full day.

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[This message was edited by Chris on August 08, 2003 at 10:14 AM.]

[Chris]

http://www.checkmate-boats.com/images/memberpics/event9.jpg Sunday night after a long day of wobbly pop's on the water, more at and after dinner, more to come in the hot tub and pool!

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[This message was edited by Chris on August 08, 2003 at 10:16 AM.]

[Chris]

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Disturbed... use your imagination!

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[This message was edited by Chris on August 08, 2003 at 10:18 AM.]

[Chris]

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Storm cloud in the distance on fri night during sunset.

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[This message was edited by Chris on August 08, 2003 at 10:18 AM.]

[Bill]

from top to bottom on the pics:
1. Disturbed on the bay on Fri.

2. On the Bay Fri, Disturbed on the left, Disturbeds frien Herb on the right, they boath came all the way from Kentucky!

3. Herb on the left, Disturbed in the Middle, Gslinger on the right. We were all on the way to dinner on the Fox River Fri night.

4. Disturbed showing us up at the show-n-shine on the back side of Long Tail on the Bay Sat afternoon.

5. Bill's ZT on Sat on the back side of Long Tail again. The cover was on because we though it might rain.

6. Bill on the left, Larry from Bayview in the center, and Disturbed on the right, this was Sun, probably the worst day for weather, but we still made it out for almost a full day.

7. Sunday night after a long day of wobbly pop's on the water, more at and after dinner, more to come in the hot tub and pool!

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[Bill]

Whoops, hit the post buttom by mistake... Here is the rest!

8. Disturbed... use your imagination!

9. Storm cloud in the distance on fri night during sunset.

To those who actually showed up. Thanks! You made our trip truly one to remember. How about next Aug, meeting in Lake of the Ozarks or Kentucky!?!?!?!?! To those of you who stepped up to bring this together, we thank you for the hospitality and generousity!!!

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[disturbed]

Yah Larry thanks for stepping up and making this event one to remember!!!

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[Chris]

I inserted the comments under the pics fellas! It looks like it was a good time!

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[Eriktheviking]

Yeah,Nice pics,It looks like you guys had some fun.So who had the quickest boat?

[disturbed]

That would have been Bill at 63 or 64 on GPS, Gslinger and i were right at 60 On gps and Herb in the 253 Was right around 56 or 57.

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[Bill]

Thanks for the editing Chris http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif!!
gslinger and disturbed, can't wait to see ya'll over Labor Day!! http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/bounce.gif

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[gslinger]

It should be a good time. It will be checkmate regatta part II.

[disturbed]

I just hope that ms. disturbed can get off work or it will be a no go for us. That's gonna suck to cause i hate to miss anything that involves boats and wobbly pops!!!!!!!!!

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[gslinger]

I hope you can make it too. I sent you a e-mail
about where we are staying down there. The place has a hot tub, from what hear and see you enjoy!

[Bill]

Checkmate owners, pools and hot tub, wobbly pop's... What a great combination!

Hey gslinger, if disturbed makes it, the turn out will be just about as good as Green Bay! http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/lol.gif http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gif

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[gslinger]

The wife and I are very excited about the weekend. Disturbed, I got the sticker yesterday thanks. Bill how hot is it down there. This should be one of the best weekend weatherwise and I have dinner tonight and a party on sat. and sun. So no boating for me which SUCKS!!!!! http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

[Bill]

gslinger,
hot, hot, hot! 94 today, 95 tomorrow, and a cool down to upper 80's for Sun and Monday. It is still normally HOT here for Labor day and the water runs anywhere from 80 to 85. It is 84 now on the river! No boating?!?!?!? Man, that sucks! http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

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[harleyherb]

It's another beautiful weenend here in Kentucky, temps in the 90's and plenty of sun, but this is my weekend to work midnights, so the Checkmate is sitting in the driveway. Wanted to let everybody know we had a good time in Green Bay until we almost flipped the boat and Debbie bounced all over the back seat. We hope the next event will be better weather. Herb

Herb Martin

[Bill]

Herb,

Glad to you you made it home safe! I hope you guys had a better trip in Lake of the Ozarks! It was a pleasure meeting you guys, look forward to boating down in your neck of the woods soon!
Bill

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[JW]

Yikes! Anyone get a picture of the almost flip?

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[harleyherb]

Nobody got pictures, Bill and Disturbed were infront of us, gslinger was behind us but it happened so fast they couldn't get pictures. We got hit by double wakes (one from a large cruiser and then we rocked into Disturbed's wake) Then when we shut down and BAHAHAHA almost hit us from behind. Needless to say, that was the end of the day's boating. My wife, Debbie was pretty shook-up and the daughter was scared. It takes a big wake to rock a 253 that bad, I thought we were flipped. The only other time we hit that big of a wake was behind the river boat the Delta Queen (a paddle wheeler) I would have hated to have been in a small low profile boat. Later....

Herb Martin

[gslinger]

No, but the wife and I saw it! I'm amazed that the boat didn't flip. It was funny it the sense that after it happened, herb wife who got thrown around ask if we got it on video.

[disturbed]

Deb said that in 23 years of marriage that was the first time that herb tried to kill her. Glad that you found the forum herb, Welcome to the family.

"I LOVE THE ARMY"Where else can you travel to beautiful places, meet foreign exotic people an KILL EM !!

[harleyherb]

http://www.checkmate-boats.com/6/ws/,s,8626072361/Graemlins/thumb.gifDebbie was hoping someone had filmed the rocking we took that afternoon so we could send it in to some TV show and maybe we could win a bundle on money on our miss-fortune.

Herb Martin