Jonesyfxr

I'm looking for any and all information on a 270 Convincor. I'm wondering how well it rides, handles, and how well the deck and cuddy is configured? Would this be a decent intro into the powerboat scene? Would this be a decent boat to take out, say five people for a ride to the local hangout?

Any input is appreciated.

Knot 4 Me

The biggest issue will be porpoise at cruise unless the boat has K-planes or similar style tabs. That is my experience with the 259/270. They have a nice layout in terms of cockpit and cabin for that size boat. The glass/gel work is second to none. 5 people to the local hangout will not be a problem.

Gimme Fuel

The porpoise on my 253 was mostly eliminated at all but barely on plane speeds by running a hydromotive intimidator prop. I never use my tabs. run it above 35 mph and no worries.

People run a lot of bravo one props on them, personally I hated every one I tried. Rev 4 prop was fast but had even worse handling and bow steer.

Jonesyfxr

And yet again the OSO members come through....thanks for the insight guys!!

AE Stream

Jonesy take a look at the 283/300 checkmates as well. If you can make it work size wise. It is not that much heavier than the 259 but is a much bigger boat. With a single stock hp500 you will see high 60s. You can pull with a half ton pick up. It does not have the mid range porpoise issue. And it is alot bigger boat, it will span the waves on Erie and ontario and be a much more comfortable ride. There is a lot of room on that boat for its size, trust me it was hard to replace. Good luck with your search. I owned a 283 and rode in a few 25s. if you have questions I'll shoot you my number

RGPIII

I love my 270. With a little seat time you learn to get rid of the porposing very quickly with dropping the tabs or trimming down some.

82predictor

Jeremy is right about the 283/300 being the better choice if you can go that large (not sure if you are trying to stay in a certain size). Find one with a single (twins the engine compartment is very tight). The 283/300 will have more cockpit space and cabin room and is a big boat for its size with lots of freeboard. If you can find a 300 with the full notch transom that is supposed to be good for another 3-4mph.

I had a 253 (almost same as 270) for 5 years. It was a great boat! The porpoise on mine could be controlled with just the trim if 2 people were in the boat (or the throttle) with more people in the boat you had to run a small amount of tab at slower speeds (under 40mph). I had a 502mag and it would run 64-65 any day with 4 people and fuel. The only thing I wish it had (besides more hp) was k planes and hydraulic steering. The gel coat and mold work on checkmates is amazing with not a ripple down the sides and they are built solid. The rigging leaves a little to be desired but is expected at the price point.

One thing to consider between the 253/270 and the 283/300 is that 253/270 boats are liner boats. Not sure what year the 283/300 changed to liner but they had the wood floor with carpet into much later years than the 253/270.

Let me know if you want to talk about them and if you are looking at a specific one, I would spend a little extra coin and get the 283/300 like Jeremy said if you can for going on the big lake. Jeremy's ran pretty good with no tabs and the throttle pinned

BIGBREW

What are you guys running for props? When I had my 270 I also saw the porpoise issue, I was running a Bravo 1 at the time. My boat had a 1.65 drive and I was running a labbed 28. Bravo is a bow lifter. Buddy of mine had a 28.5 Hydromotive that he let me try, I fell in love with it right away, took a lot of the porpoise away (Hydromotive is a stern lifter) my wife even noticed a difference in the way the boat rode. You have to use more trim with the Hydro but I loved the way my 270 rode with the Hydro prop on there. One quirk about the Hydro prop, when I would power down it would cavitate, I would have to come to almost a complete stop and power back up again. I took the large round anode (cavitation plate) out, prop never lost bite again, actually I think it pulled a couple hundred RPM out at wot.

RGPIII

I have run a 23 rev 4 which was terrible with proposing, I switched to a bravo 1 26p which runs awesome on the boat. I just bought a 25 hydromotive that i've run one time so far. i will need some more seat time with it to see how it compares to the bravo.

uluru

Anyone know anything about this Checkmate 270 Convincor advertised on Kijiji Ad# 1232618104 from Quebec
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