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Recent content by GAMBLER

  1. GAMBLER

    1993 Starflite Restro

    OUR OLD BOAT This use to be my sons boat. I am so happy to see you doing such a great job on her. He had wanted to restore her but never was able to get the time to do it. The back seat you got with her when you bought it, was a Christmas present I gave him one year, for the restoration. His...
  2. GAMBLER

    Yellowfiero's playmate resto!

    WOW, did you bring back some great memories. My first speedboat was a 13' GW Invader. Looks a lot like this checkmate. She had a 90 on her when I bought it. I got rid of that, and put the biggest motor merc had back in the day, which was a 150. That thing was dangerous. At full power she would...
  3. GAMBLER

    What did I just buy???

    I had a 13 foot, GT Invader, was built to take a max of 65HP. we reworked the transome, and put a 150hp MERC on her. darn thing would jump out of the water, she was a real hand full to keep right side up, but when she ran, she would fly. I still have some 8mm movies of her on the servern river...
  4. GAMBLER

    Not bad for a thirty year old boat

    I had one just like this. lost it when my wife and I broke up.
  5. GAMBLER

    500 memebers

    All I can say is.... HEY, AM I THE ONLY MEMBER IN MARYLAND,,,, I am if you check the names of members and were they are from... We need to find more members in Maryland... I think My son and I are the only CHECKMATE boat on the bay...???
  6. GAMBLER

    New to the board....Convincor 253 vs competition

    lANCE, i FOUND YOU NAME ON THE SITE, i WAS LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER CHECKMATE OWNERS IN MARYLAND, MY SON AND I HAVE A 21' STARFILTE THAT WE PICKED UP A MONTH AGO, OTHER THEN YOUR NAME, HAVE NOT FOUND ANY OTHERS FROM MARYLAND THAT HAVE A CHEKMATE, DID YOU EVER FIND A BOAT TO TEST? IF YOU GET ONE...
  7. GAMBLER

    Where are you from?

    DANIEL SWANSON AND PATRICK SWANSON BOTH FROM MARYLAND. WE ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING MORE PEOPLE WITH CHECKMATES IN OUR AREA, PLEASE E-MAIL ME. GAMBLERR@HOTMAIL.COM THANK YOU.
  8. GAMBLER

    1992 Starflite, 1988 Merc Laser XRi 220

    NO, NO... What he meant to say is, That is a friend he would like to work ON... HA HA.
  9. GAMBLER

    1992 Starflite, 1988 Merc Laser XRi 220

    IF YOU GO TO A SITE, WWW.SCREAMANDFLY.COM YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF PICTURES IN THE PICTURE SECTION OF HOT BOATS, AND HOTTER GIRLS.. MY PHOTOS ARE UNDER THE NAME, GAMBLERR... NICE SITE..LIKE THIS ONE IS. THESE ARE ALL WOMEN THAT GUYS LIKE US HAVE SENT IN, NOT MODELS. SOME OF THEM ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO...
  10. GAMBLER

    1992 Starflite, 1988 Merc Laser XRi 220

    My God, does that rear end shot look great, and the boat's not bad either... HA HA. Nice boat guy, I love the Checkmates, I know the guy that use to own the boat, he was a real cheap SOB, glad that someone that will take the time to get her to looks like she use to. He ran the thing into the...
  11. GAMBLER

    1992 Starflite SPEED

    My son and I just got a 1992 21'starflite, we have a 1988 220HP XRI merc on it, This engine had a new power head put on it in 2000, it seems to run very strong. We have not had a chance to do anything to the boat yet, as we just got it a couple weeks ago. he has the motor bolted to the back of...
  12. GAMBLER

    1992 STARFLIGHT

    My son is buying a 1992 Checkmate Starflight, it has a 88 Merc on it that had a new 225EFI power head put in it from the factory OM 2000. The owner has been running a Quicksilver 21P prop on it at the moment, he does not have a jack plate or a setback on the boat. With this combination of motor...
  13. GAMBLER

    1992 STARFLIGHT

    My son is buying a 1992 Checkmate Starflight, it has a 88 Merc on it that had a new 225EFI power head put in it from the factory OM 2000. The owner has been running a Quicksilver 21P prop on it at the moment, he does not have a jack plate or a setback on the boat. With this combination of motor...
  14. GAMBLER

    GELCOAT

    My son is buying a 92 starflight, and we took a look at it last night, The boat is very sound, but it has some fading and kind of hazy white on the deck, what is the best product or best method of getting rid of this, short of having the gelcoat redone. Im sure we will have many more questions...
  15. GAMBLER

    GELCOAT

    My son is buying a 92 starflight, and we took a look at it last night, The boat is very sound, but it has some fading and kind of hazy white on the deck, what is the best product or best method of getting rid of this, short of having the gelcoat redone. Im sure we will have many more questions...
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