Denny Checkmate
Member
Reunited
I kept myself pretty low key here on the forum.
After many years with Doug Smith at Baja Boats, I aceppted the offer in MAY of 2010 to be reunited with Doug once again and assist Doug and Dean and take Checkmate Boats to build a new dealer and product development
progam such as we all did when we were together at Baja.
Those were good days. My boating history began with my involvement with Doug back in the middle ninteen eighties.
I left Baja a couple of months after the Brunswick-Sea Ray took over the company in 1995. Brunswick decided to bring their own people in from the Knoxville Sea Ray company to basicly run Baja. So It was time for a change in my life..
Quickly, I was hired by Powerquest Boats as their National Sales Manager and did some changes there to make it very sucessful with new dealers and new product like the 22 Razor, 280 Silencer, 300 Raptor, added stepped hulls and update the graphics designs.
Then in 2003, They also change ownerships and which was a huge mistake. Now you can see Powerquest is no more.
I spent a short time with Sunsation assisting them with new dealer development as their National Sales Manager along with lauching the 43 project. And then to Concept Boats.
My very first boat was a new 1979 Checkmate 21 Enchanter w/200 Merc Black Max and mostly boated on the Chain O' lakes back then.
When your surrounded with a great team of proven people, you will form a soild bond. Knowing you must deliver the finest boat product for all present and future Checkmate dealers and loyal customers. Were all one team.
Now back to work !
Thanks everyone.
Denny
I kept myself pretty low key here on the forum.
After many years with Doug Smith at Baja Boats, I aceppted the offer in MAY of 2010 to be reunited with Doug once again and assist Doug and Dean and take Checkmate Boats to build a new dealer and product development
progam such as we all did when we were together at Baja.
Those were good days. My boating history began with my involvement with Doug back in the middle ninteen eighties.
I left Baja a couple of months after the Brunswick-Sea Ray took over the company in 1995. Brunswick decided to bring their own people in from the Knoxville Sea Ray company to basicly run Baja. So It was time for a change in my life..
Quickly, I was hired by Powerquest Boats as their National Sales Manager and did some changes there to make it very sucessful with new dealers and new product like the 22 Razor, 280 Silencer, 300 Raptor, added stepped hulls and update the graphics designs.
Then in 2003, They also change ownerships and which was a huge mistake. Now you can see Powerquest is no more.
I spent a short time with Sunsation assisting them with new dealer development as their National Sales Manager along with lauching the 43 project. And then to Concept Boats.
My very first boat was a new 1979 Checkmate 21 Enchanter w/200 Merc Black Max and mostly boated on the Chain O' lakes back then.
When your surrounded with a great team of proven people, you will form a soild bond. Knowing you must deliver the finest boat product for all present and future Checkmate dealers and loyal customers. Were all one team.
Now back to work !
Thanks everyone.
Denny
