Pete B

and I don't see this being a SBI/APBA thing....OSS had only 2 SV's this year and they were Fountains....so if we take the same rules as OSS has...Reggie could change anyting on his hull to make it faster any time he wanted...[/QUOTE]

That sure seems like a lot of money would have been spent to move up one class, doesnt the Traffic light boat have 750's?? they run Class one!


Agree, This was not directed at any organization directly,
and Fountain working to make his boats faster, I truely understand that, Its just unfortunate that other manufacturer's dont place a big emphasis on a race program, but banner thier company around accolades of many years gone past.

MANITIE

I think it shows that Fountain has put in the most money then any other Manufacture has in Vee bottom boats and it reflects on how many SV race boats he is selling they have sold what about 7 or 8 in the last 3 years campaired to Skater and Outerlimits....

Pete B

I only know of the 4 under the current design:
Miccosukee
Yachts
Predator
and King of shaves,

OL has two boats

And Skater has built 4, and Skater is known for Cats but his Vee bottom design has been on the mark as well!
Original Spiderman
Spiderman 2
Lucas oil
Honey party


No other Maufacturer has had a proven design that wins, year in year out!

MANITIE

Acually it was not going to cost that much at all....even if I only got 12k for each of my 525's with only 53 hours on them and say 12K for both ITS, I already had a sponsor set up for the #6 with me paying a little...

Yes Traffic light runs 750's in P1...thats why we would look at what speed the Dragon would run at 6300 rpms...I wanted to run all year with the motors and not have to mess with them...but also wanted the option to do some things with the C.G. with some speed runs with the motors wide open....

MANITIE

Thats just with the new design....
You had the 2 Shogren boats( or spelled somthink like that) and the Miccosukee boat that cought fire...

Plus with Skater your going back to the 1 st Spiderman boat that was what in 03 in Key West....till current not saying there is not other builders...look how many of them boats are compeditive today....

Pete B

From My understanding, the 750 are pretty cheap to rebuild, as many have stated unless you use Mercury.

the OTC guys seem to do well, running against them, I dont recall them ever breaking out of their speed bracket.

Pete B

The early Shogren boat were not from the same design as the current Yachts, Micco, etc Fountains has refined the aerodynamics with the cut down sides, as for the CAT killer, that is more of a engine test vehicle than a hull design, although I would guess they have to right on the bottom as well at the speeds it hits.

Again the Skater has always performed well, when Scot Conrad and Ken Bowen ran it the only way it was beat was when they had a mechnical failure.

Even Rick Trumel had the boat winning in Reggie's backyard.

Pete B

Thats just 2 mph from the Kilo.

Wahoo ATV

It wasn't stock

Ryan Beckley

It wasn't stock, reliable, or at legal weight.....