First Boat

[harleyherb]

I've got a topic, what was your first boat. Mine was a 16' Hydrasport with a 125 hp Mercury outboard I bought in '79. Orange and Brown metalflake with white interior. At the time, I thought it was a large boat, now I would hate to get on our lake on any weekend on a boat that small. Herb

 

[Dave Y.]

Mine was a CVX20 Glastron Carlson, copper metal flake, dark orange int., yellow bottom with a 235hp Johnny. It was the boat that Art Carlson drove for a bit. Still a bit of a Carlson fan (only the 80's and older 1's).

 

[Convincor283]

Great Topic,My first was a 8ft home made hydroplane with 5hp johnson, at 15 years old I thought that was the cats a@s.I payed $7 and sold it for $100 to buy a 14ft Glasspar with 50hp merc.

 

[F150GT]

I started out with an 18' J-CRAFT with 175 Yammi, it was an greate go fast ski boat.
F150GT

 

[175checkmate]

Started with a 16' Hobbi cat.
The first power boat was a 18' sea ray with a 135 Merc. Sold that to buy the checkmate. Had fun convincing the wife the the mate was not that much smaller. She would hardly notice. Oop, I was wrong on that part. But I really wanted to go faster than 45 mph. Got really tired of getting beat by a jet ski. So far with the mate I have not been beaten by one.

 

[Pat-MX15]

Started with 1930's wood sailboat, then 19' Reinell w/140 I/O, then a Hobbie Cat. Now I have a 17' SeaNymph bass boat w/48 Johnson and my MX15 with an unknown Johnson V4.

 

[sonoma]

1980 wrelancer some kind of checkmate replica 14 ft maximum hp was 35 but we had put a 70hp on the back great ski boat had it for over 4 years, outside was a blue metalic interior blue and white , I kept the engine and bought a brand new cutter 17ft bow rider was a big mistake a real peace of junk got ride of it and bought a 1988 19 ft starfire with a omc 4.3 litre now that was a boat but of course it a CHECKMATE !!! owned it for 5 years always regret seling it but ill get another one soon

 

[MrWick]

My first boat was a late 60's or early 70's Checkmate,don't know what model it was but in the 16 to 17 foot range.It had a 100hp Merc and have had 5 Checkmates all together.Loved them all.Three of the boats were used,all with Merc inline 6's and two new Mates both with Evinrudes.The Evinrudes ran much better than the Merc's but I guess it isn't fair to compare new with used.

 

[merc245]

FIRST,I GOT MY POSTION AT THE FIREDEPT. IN DEC. OF 89. THEN MAR OF 90. I PURCHASED AN EXPENSIVE MOUNTAIN BIKE THINKING IT'S GOOD EXERCISE AND CHEAP WITH RIDES LASTING ALL DAY. TWO WEEKS LATER I SAW THE 89 BLUE METALFLAKE SPORTFIRE FOR SALE. MINT CONDITION WITH OLDER 90hp. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE BIKE GOT PUSHED TO THE BACK OF THE GARAGE.WITH ME NEVER REALY THROWING MY LEG OVER AGAIN.I SIMPLY BECAME A WATER SKIER. LATER STUCK ON A INLINE 150hp.THEN YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THE STORY ON THE PICTURES CATAGORY.

 

[Eriktheviking]

A 78 16'BAJA with a 115 Johnson,Black and silver metallic,did about 58mph.Fun boat

 

[Bubba]

my first was a 1987 say ray 19ft open bow whit a 1988 225 yamaha, not a fat boat but a great all round boat

 

[senator-holland]

a sailing dinghy: a "optimist" did get it when i was five years old.

 

[Bubba]

its sea ray

 

[JW]

First boat was a 12' Crestliner aluminum boat from the mid-fifties, with a late '70's Merc 7 1/2 horse motor.

 

[BUKKAKIBLASTER]

1989 Checkmate Visions 221 bought in 1994 sold 1999 & bought 1997 ZT280.

 

[fastskipper]

First boat was a 21' Mirage Intruder with a 350 mag. Owned it all of six months before I saw a Checkmate Convincor for sale. Took me one week to sell the Intruder and the mate was in my driveway

 

[conv240]

family started with a 1970 Duo tri hull Then a 14' Mayflower sailboat . Sold that bought a 20' oday sailboat sold that ,bought a camp Sold the Duo and bought a 1974 carevelle tri hll . I then bought a 12' snark sailboat then a 1967 oday daysailer . sold the daysailer and bought a 23' oday . Traded the Caravelle on a new 1987 18' Ceebrity . Trade that in 1993 and bought a 23' Rinker Captiva . Traded that for a 1987 268 Sea Ray . Traded that in 2000 for a 1999 Mariah 238 . Sold the oday 23 and bought an Oday 25 . Bought a 1958 Chris Craft sea skiff ( still working on it ) a 1957 Crosby Capri w/ 196? 6 cyl Merc and a 1960 Oday Osprey sailboat and a 1974 14'Starcraft holiday . Drove to Georgia last spring and bought an 18' Hobie Cat , sold it in the late summer . Bought a sports pal canoe and traded the Mariah on the boat I always wanted ,2003 Convincor 240 w/ 6.2 l . Bought a 1974Cape Dory Typhoon sailbot in November . Still have all the boats from the oday 25 to the Checkmate .Also a row boat and a couple of dingys .

 

[illMATTic]

my first was a 72 15' sidewinder. it came with a 150 merc on it. it went like a raped ape for about 5 min. it then blew up. i was kind of upset because i had just put a new interior in it. i only lost a 100 bucks on the deal when i sold it. lesson learned. you can see the boat in the link in my sig.

 

[jkeiper]

Mine was a 1993 Crestliner Team 170. With a 93 Merc 115. This was a great boat as far as being reliable. Sold it and my 1989 Tracker FS 1800 with a 150 XR4 to buy my Checkmate.

Jim

 

[Will]

My first was a Checkmate with no hull numbers! I had a really hard time getting that thing registered, but I pulled it off. Lesson learned: Always inspect really really good before taking it home!