Looks like a Mate but it Ain't!

[Mark]

Last summer I docked beside what at first I thought was a Starflite and then saw it was a Concord. These boats are still being made in small numbers and look like Checkmate's first cousins.

http://forums.screamandfly.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31259&d=1056560728

http://www.buzzsmarine.com/vehicle/item/441/

[cooperider]

It would be more like second cousins. Concord is a spin off of Baja. One of the founders of Baja started the company many years ago.

[Mark]

Now that you mention it they do look more like an 80's style Baja. Still.....nice looking boats. Apparently they only make 25-30 a year in Little Rock, Arkansas. I was surprised to see one way up here in Winnipeg.
http://www.concordboats.com/index.htm

[cooperider]

I'm kind of liking this one.

http://www.concordboats.com/images/mach1OB.jpg

[Mark]

Yup, looks suspiciously like the Baja 184 Sunsport. A neighbour has a 184 with one of the nicest metalflake gelcoats I've seen. Four different flaked reds! A very handsome boat. I saw a Mate with a similar treatment somewhere in the photo gallery....not as many shades though, but very nice.

[Chris]

Good find fellas! :)

[Dwayne]

They still build a few of these in Sherwood arkansas I know the owner Brian that builds them and when I got my mate he said I had a great boat.

[AQUAholic]

They still build a few of these in Sherwood arkansas I know the owner Brian that builds them and when I got my mate he said I had a great boat.


Hello.

I'm on my 2nd Concord and had toured their factory back in 1996 or 97. The owner at that time was Fritz Hawkins. I see you posted a different name, is he relation or did the company sell since then ?

Thanks.

Randy.

[JW]

Hey Randy, where you been hiding? :cheers