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Checkmates NEW 40 footer

onthehammer said:
If you don't know the whole story please do not speculate on what is going on. The whole story will be available soon but as of now it will be kept behind closed doors. The second boat, which has nothing to do with Checkmate, will not be a Checkmate or associated with this build or boat. For the people spending a lot of time and money on this project please respect this.

Jeff
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Are you calling me a lier? Or are you calling Kip a lier? Do you have any money in it? Didn't think so.

This is an open forum where people are voicing opinions. You have yours, and I have mine. Problem is, I am only repeating what I was told from Checkmate. The last time I looked, this is a site about Checkmates.
 
They are a great looking boat. I had never been up close to any boat that size until the one being built at Cmate. The amount of materials and the size of the components just inside the floor is amazing. The stringers in this boat are almost knee high!
 
keith4216 said:
Come on Red, You started this crap storm
What you got?:popcorn:
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Superboaters link sums it up good enough, You want my take here it is, that boat is probally in the 400 thousand rage. If I was going to drop that much cash for a boat being made from a Chief mold it sure would not be built by Doug Smith it would be built by Bob Saccenti. I always wondered why the Chief/Apache boats never took back off. The boats were wave crushing tanks and it took real big power to move them.

Be very intresting to see how the boat pans out, atleast its not made from a cut up Baja mold. :bigthumb:
 
Big Red said:
Superboaters link sums it up good enough, You want my take here it is, that boat is probally in the 400 thousand rage. If I was going to drop that much cash for a boat being made from a Chief mold it sure would not be built by Doug Smith it would be built by Bob Saccenti. I always wondered why the Chief/Apache boats never took back off. The boats were wave crushing tanks and it took real big power to move them.

Be very intresting to see how the boat pans out, atleast its not made from a cut up Baja mold. :bigthumb:
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Not sure why Doug Smith rubs you wrong but from what I can see he has brought new and modern boat building techniches to CM. Yea maybe he used some Baja molds, but if he improved the design and brought it up to CM stds thats all we can ask for. And remember Baja was a brunswick marine product. Now, I havent been a CM owner as long as most on here but I have had experience with cookie cutter boat builders and let me tell you when corporate bean counters get their hands on a brand only the name ends up being all that remains. It seems to me a large number of CM's built before Dougs reign have had many floor and rot issues and most of those were very well taken care of, I would like to see if that changes with Doug's ownership of CM.
Please keep in mind CM is one of the few non corporate owned boat mfgrs left and if one day they do end up like the rest have then we all will have alot to complain about.
 
RNGRDVE said:
I heard it's a Chief mold, built at Checkmate with Baja engineering that will say Sea Ray on the side with twin 700H.P. powerplants and a 5H.P. kicker on the front for bass fishing.
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What part of be quiet, didn't you understand
Just go ahead and tell all now:rof:
 
Big Red said:
Superboaters link sums it up good enough, You want my take here it is, that boat is probally in the 400 thousand rage. If I was going to drop that much cash for a boat being made from a Chief mold it sure would not be built by Doug Smith it would be built by Bob Saccenti. I always wondered why the Chief/Apache boats never took back off. The boats were wave crushing tanks and it took real big power to move them.

Be very intresting to see how the boat pans out, atleast its not made from a cut up Baja mold. :bigthumb:
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I agree 100 % but non the less it will take big power to push that Slug and i hope for the sake of the new owner that Check makes changes in there layup schedule utlizing all materials or composites from fabric to resin along with vaccum bagging , building a lighter , stronger , and faster boat . Just my 2 cents from an old fart who has been in this industry or business for a long ................time
 
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boatman4021 said:
Are you calling me a lier? Or are you calling Kip a lier? Do you have any money in it? Didn't think so.

This is an open forum where people are voicing opinions. You have yours, and I have mine. Problem is, I am only repeating what I was told from Checkmate. The last time I looked, this is a site about Checkmates.
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I guess I would be, I do have the whole story and who's money do you think is funding it? Mine, Not yours! I have put my entire life on hold for this project. I understand when you have nothing invested it is easy to voice your opinion, just make sure you do so on facts. I am well aware that this is a site about Checkmates as I live and breath it everyday as the largest dealer they have. So with that being said you will have the whole story soon.
 
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