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    Props for sale!

    Chris.... do you still have the predator.....
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    Just bought a 1979 Checkmate Predictor

    Hemi....... yea... I drove up to Lake Chatuge the other day... it looks full and there was no boat traffic on the lake at all... same as Lake Burton. Hope to have my boat back next week. If you plan a trip, let me know.......
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    Just bought a 1979 Checkmate Predictor

    Seems like there are more guys with Checkmates on Lake Lanier than I thought. We should all maybe exchange email addresses so that we can get together on the water???? I did not have time to work on my "79 Mate so I took it over to Bobby at First Mate on 306 to get her water ready for me. My...
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    Just bought a 1979 Checkmate Predictor

    Hey Hemi... are you a mechanic at Bolling Bridge? I have gotten busy and don't have time to work on my Mate and I want to get a few things done. I have been taking my boats to 1st Mate on hwy 306. Pretty good guys there.......... The Charleston ramp extension is under way. Hammonds web site...
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    Where are you from?

    Hey ... this is hmbuilt in Georgia.... also ... joined as a donating member a couple of days ago. Did that transaction come through? Thanks for "checking"....... Kurt
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    Just bought a 1979 Checkmate Predictor

    Yes The tidwell ramp is open for now. . It sux pretty bad though and only has a foot to go before it is cloosed. And sense it is the only one of two ramps on the entire 690 miles of shore line open on Lanier, it can get crouded on weekends when the striper fishing is hot. Anyway, check the...
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    Just bought a 1979 Checkmate Predictor

    Hey Man !........ I just bought a 1979 Checkmate as well. It is a 21 foot entertainer I think. Bow Rider. It has a nice running 235 johnson on it and new floor and perfect transom. Enterior is good. The jel coat is shot but it is a 79........ ! Anyway, I paid 1500 for her. Boat motor and...
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    Props for sale!

    Hey Chris... I don't plan on doing much in the way of skiing ond such. I would like to have pretty good performance in all ranges but would like to be able to hit 70 no problem. I really need to get the boat out and see what the performance curve is like now. Which of the two props would...
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    found another deal on craigslist

    Hello everyone.... there is a 17 foot 1981 Checkmate Diplomat with a 200 Merc and trailer in great shape in the Atlanta area. Look at 530139453@craigslist.org for photos and a phone number. This guy is Asking 2500 bucks. I found my 21 foot Entertainer on craigs list last month with a 235...
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    Comment by 'hmbuilt' in media 'October 2003'

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    Comment by 'hmbuilt' in media 'February 2004'

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    Comment by 'hmbuilt' in media 'June 2004'

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    Props for sale!

    Prop question Hello ......... Could one of your props possibly add proformance to my 1979 Checkmate Entertainer. It is a 21 footer and I think she weighs 2500 lbs. She is still sporting the origional 235 Johnson "looper" motor and the origional aluminum prop. I haven't run the boat sense I...
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    Boat ramp in Ft. Myers, Fla

    Dog... I forgot something......... when you tie up at a dock....... remember that the tide changes 3 feet. If you tie up at high tide and do not take that into consideration, you boat will be hanging up by the cleats. It is kinda funny as long as it is the other guys boat up in the air...
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    Boat ramp in Ft. Myers, Fla

    Hey Dog........ my name is Kurt. I have boated and fished in the Fort Myers area sense 1992. Learned some lessons the hard way there. I trailer my boat there twice a year from North Georgia. Spent 18 days there on the water last June and July fishing and spear fishing. Mostly inshore...
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