Sarasota poker run "Cat Killer" Fountain, got spanked
10-18-2008, 08:37 AM
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Ya, a Fountain !! LOL
Everyone knows. Not my fault he picked his most ineficient hull ( debateable I'm sure ) to do it with and then claims a "world record". Actually Reggie was delivering the boat to Mexico and being the marketeing genius ( debateable again ) he is, he turns it into a "world record" feat that stood from 2003. We did it just for the hellovit and had a blast. I had actually considered it to be a "soft target".
Thank you for the complimentary portion of your post.
Bob
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10-18-2008, 01:53 PM
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Heck, I beat him Key West to Cancun by 29 minutes !! We were both sanctioned.
You beat his time but you did not beat Reggie on a Race Course..... but still a credible feat.... I saw your boat at the 1000 Islands Poker Run.... Sate of the Art for 2008.... Care to remind the readers what Reggie made that trek in?
You beat his time but you did not beat Reggie on a Race Course..... but still a credible feat.... I saw your boat at the 1000 Islands Poker Run.... Sate of the Art for 2008.... Care to remind the readers what Reggie made that trek in?
10-18-2008, 07:52 PM
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10-18-2008, 10:22 PM
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Ya, a Fountain !! LOL Everyone knows. Not my fault he picked his most ineficient hull ( debateable I'm sure ) to do it with and then claims a "world record". Actually Reggie was delivering the boat to Mexico and being the marketeing genius ( debateable again ) he is, he turns it into a "world record" feat that stood from 2003.
We did it just for the hellovit and had a blast. I had actually considered it to be a "soft target".
Thank you for the complimentary portion of your post.
Bob
Everyone knows. Not my fault he picked his most ineficient hull ( debateable I'm sure ) to do it with and then claims a "world record". Actually Reggie was delivering the boat to Mexico and being the marketeing genius ( debateable again ) he is, he turns it into a "world record" feat that stood from 2003. We did it just for the hellovit and had a blast. I had actually considered it to be a "soft target".
Thank you for the complimentary portion of your post.
Bob
10-19-2008, 09:00 AM
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You folks must be young to rmember.... I remember watching with admiration Reggie in Champ boats with Bill Seebold and a host of other drives their a s s ses off..... when he was a younger man... then when he switched to Offshore boats he continued to dominate on the race course....in boats he designed himself and drove himself.... how many here can say that?
What perverse satisfaction you all get out of bashing a 70 yr old man who has devoted his life to promoting a sport you all seem to enjoy a great deal.... I got a news flash for you.... none of you are beating Reggie when you beat his product.... you're all kidding yourself if you think by beating one of his produscts you've done something to hurt Reggie.... I've meet the man twice in 30 yrs.... once back in the 70's at the Lake Havasu Outboard World Championships when there was really only one sanctioning body and one world champion per class.... and again last year at the 1000Island Poker run.... he was very gracious to my son & I, and a gentlemen to everyone around us.... you only make yourselves look like silly by denegrating a man that has the scars & honors in this sport that Reggie does..... what you have accomplished is not enhanced by deminishing what others have..... Adio Zapata
What perverse satisfaction you all get out of bashing a 70 yr old man who has devoted his life to promoting a sport you all seem to enjoy a great deal.... I got a news flash for you.... none of you are beating Reggie when you beat his product.... you're all kidding yourself if you think by beating one of his produscts you've done something to hurt Reggie.... I've meet the man twice in 30 yrs.... once back in the 70's at the Lake Havasu Outboard World Championships when there was really only one sanctioning body and one world champion per class.... and again last year at the 1000Island Poker run.... he was very gracious to my son & I, and a gentlemen to everyone around us.... you only make yourselves look like silly by denegrating a man that has the scars & honors in this sport that Reggie does..... what you have accomplished is not enhanced by deminishing what others have..... Adio Zapata
10-19-2008, 09:18 AM
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You folks must be young to rmember.... I remember watching with admiration Reggie in Champ boats with Bill Seebold and a host of other drives their a s s ses off..... when he was a younger man... then when he switched to Offshore boats he continued to dominate on the race course....in boats he designed himself and drove himself.... how many here can say that?
What perverse satisfaction you all get out of bashing a 70 yr old man who has devoted his life to promoting a sport you all seem to enjoy a great deal.... I got a news flash for you.... none of you are beating Reggie when you beat his product.... you're all kidding yourself if you think by beating one of his produscts you've done something to hurt Reggie.... I've meet the man twice in 30 yrs.... once back in the 70's at the Lake Havasu Outboard World Championships when there was really only one sanctioning body and one world champion per class.... and again last year at the 1000Island Poker run.... he was very gracious to my son & I, and a gentlemen to everyone around us.... you only make yourselves look like silly by denegrating a man that has the scars & honors in this sport that Reggie does..... what you have accomplished is not enhanced by deminishing what others have..... Adio Zapata
What perverse satisfaction you all get out of bashing a 70 yr old man who has devoted his life to promoting a sport you all seem to enjoy a great deal.... I got a news flash for you.... none of you are beating Reggie when you beat his product.... you're all kidding yourself if you think by beating one of his produscts you've done something to hurt Reggie.... I've meet the man twice in 30 yrs.... once back in the 70's at the Lake Havasu Outboard World Championships when there was really only one sanctioning body and one world champion per class.... and again last year at the 1000Island Poker run.... he was very gracious to my son & I, and a gentlemen to everyone around us.... you only make yourselves look like silly by denegrating a man that has the scars & honors in this sport that Reggie does..... what you have accomplished is not enhanced by deminishing what others have..... Adio Zapata
Good post. I agree. Most of you have never met the man, driven his boats, or raced against him, yet you pile on and bash him and his products. Would the sport be better with or without Fountain? I for one think it is better. I drive a Fountain and love it. Many of my friends own and drive Fountains and they all love them. I wanted one since I started in boating many years ago. I would buy another. That is the best testament to a great product. How boring would this sport be without him? Who would you have to bash?
10-19-2008, 09:47 AM
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Without a doubt, the sport is better because of Reggie. He has made many great accomplishments.
However that still does not change the fact that he went to a poker run with full race gear and a helicopter to film his boats blowing by all of the cats. It just didn't turn out the way he wanted.
However that still does not change the fact that he went to a poker run with full race gear and a helicopter to film his boats blowing by all of the cats. It just didn't turn out the way he wanted.
10-19-2008, 09:48 AM
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That is a very accurate statement, it is also the main reason posts like this get started. Watch the CatKiller video and the CatKiller Returns video and then say the others accomplishments were not diminished by Fountain Advertising. Fountain's have always been one of my favorite performance boats, it's just the other stuff that makes me cringe.
10-19-2008, 09:56 AM
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I just have to say this.
Offcorse there are cats out there that are faster then the cat killer.
But reggie has more hours in a raceboat racing then most of you have standing next to a boat.
And his boats are the fastest V- Bottoms out there ,without a doubt.
If some of you (which i dont think ) have ever been in a v-bottom going over 140 MPH then you can start bashing about Reggie.
That leaves about ,,,,,,,,,what ,,,,,,maybe 6-10 people on this planet.
Just had to say this. LOL
Now all be happy and see ya in Key West.
Offcorse there are cats out there that are faster then the cat killer.
But reggie has more hours in a raceboat racing then most of you have standing next to a boat.
And his boats are the fastest V- Bottoms out there ,without a doubt.
If some of you (which i dont think ) have ever been in a v-bottom going over 140 MPH then you can start bashing about Reggie.
That leaves about ,,,,,,,,,what ,,,,,,maybe 6-10 people on this planet.
Just had to say this. LOL
Now all be happy and see ya in Key West.
