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I can see myself in one of those someday. Looks great!

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ck thread.... 42 Drive By.... :D

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Rush...

Good looking 38. Looks like Randy took good care of you. :drink:

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Was your 38 white with the red stripe ? If so , I stopped the guy towing it near Waynesboro Va to ask where it was going , he said Lake Cumberland .

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Own 99 42' has all kinds of structural problems ie lack of bonding plexus
between stringers and cockpit, also has one of ventilated steps misplaced,
turned and offset, ISO hull specs are so far off the boat lays down on left
going down lake, has been to Fountain twice, once for a year and half, no
change, est to repair 20,000 been this way since new all documented. Jeff
Harris says I am to particular. This boat dangerous. My sixth new Fountain
should have been given a new boat, Fountain does not care! No response

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i voted 47 for my neighbors boat... :D

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Thanks, Yes they did.

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Yes, this is it,I do miss it.

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Totally blown away with that. So sorry for you man.... Can you get an independant survey, a good attorney and sue?? Call it a danger etc.??

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I believe Reggie Fountain Is responsible for all this on this 99 42'. One of the other builders spoke with wyatt fountain at a boat show re: problems with this boat. His response was well they probably lost a customer, how-
ever it did not matter. The other builder was dumbfounded. Of course one of the folks at Fountain " told me that jeff harris was told that he should just replace the boat it was unrepairable, jeff said I was to forward, he did not like my approach, he was'nt going to". Would like the opportunity to Make Reggie, and Jeff feel the way they have made me feel. I have Junk

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of course they have already got their money and do not care.
Personally I would like my money back, they wont ever have
to worry about me promoting their product at the lake of the
ozarks again. It wont ever happen. I would just like the chance to make reggie feel as I do. I ordered a new 2001
with stag 575's. Asked for no bimini top, no gps puck on deck,
no latches on rear ladder cover. Flew down to the factory as my dealer said there must be a problem, they had agreed to the previous mentioned changes, no problem, guess what
they can't follow their own agreements. The bimini fixtures were installed on top of the gunnels, then removed and #10
powder coated screws installed, the GPS puck installed in middle of deck, however they managed to not put slides on
ladder locker, I stated do not send the boat. I willnot have a patched boat, they went ahead and sent boat to Raymonds.
It is unbelieveable that this company does not care, and they are above the law. I suggest Hustler or Nortech for this kind of money at least they care about their customer. If Mercury wants to back a company like this God Bless. Come on Fountain, I have all the documentation as you well know back
your ISO crap up. Hey Guys if you want the info as well as hull
graphs email me at [email protected]. Reggie get a grip
on life you can't jerk the buyer around and make the trip. What goes around comes around. It is us common people that have put you where you are, have you forgot where you came from???????????? Gary Binkley [email protected]

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It seems like all of the builders have a few that slip between the cracks. I've heard similar horror stories involving Donzi and Cigarette, although I can't say that I've ever heard of Outerlimits treating someone that way.

I guess the one way to avoid this happening would be to only buy boats that you have taken on sea trials. While you may not uncover all the problems with a particual boat with a test ride, you sure would have known that it rode sidewise. But I guess that would preclude you from ordering a new boat from the factory.

Btw, how much does Fountain require as a down payment when you order a new one from the Factory? The only new boat I ordered was a Checkmate and I think I only put like 5K down on a 75K boat, and gave the rest after the boat was finished and sea trialed. How does Fountain work new boat payments?

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Based on your comments that the boat is dangerous, Fountain could have some huge liability issues if the boat is ever in an accident. If that happens they will wish they had listened to you and resolved the problems.

I haven't heard of Cigarette treating customers in this manner. My dealings with Cigarette (Craig Berry) have always been positive. He was honest, striaght to the point and Cigarette always did what they said they would do.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune.

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There was a fellow OSO member on the boards here not too long ago who had purchased a new 42 cig with 1075's. He had a gazallion problems with the 1075's and Cig wouldn't stand behind them - they kept saying it was a merc problem. The bottomline was that he had a fortune in a new Cig that he couldn't use all season and he blamed Cig because they sold him the boat and (according to him) didn't fix it.

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Interesting. You were correct as Cigarette has plenty of issues as well when I did a search.

If these problems are from the manufactures they should be bending over backward to fix them, especially if the problem is a safety issue.
PR and safety is crucial in the power boat business.

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still got her 98 42 classic deck side by side 500's. I ordered this boat new in Feb98 took delivery june98 and have had 7 yrs of nothing but pleasure from this boat, havent had one problem. this is my second 42 and i loved the first just wanted to go faster.

later

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New 42 OL 700k this year with fuel tank leak....had to cut the floor open to fix it :eek:

I'm sure custom builders with 20-40 boats per year will be better to their customers in general.

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Went from 29 Powerquest to 35 Fountain this year. I LOVE it...great handling, fun to drive, takes the water in Lake Michigan very well. My wife is suffering without a fridge or a microwave or headroom like the last boat...so I'll probably be heading for a Formula or (hopefully) a Cig in the next couple years. Love this bad boy, though..it's really easy to pick out in group Poker Run pictures!

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You can get all that good stuff on a Fountain too, and have the handling and speed!!

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Well almost...

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I still got my little 24CS lakeboat.

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yeah, headroom is not an option.... :D

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I would love to see pictures.... Can you post?

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not mine, just another bad as@ beak boat that loves eating all these other so called 100 mph boats.










SSSSSSTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVE

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:evilb: :evilb:

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how much do you want for it? are they blower motors?

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is it white and purple wtih 800's, full stagger? if it is look out . that thing has some handling issues, and i believe johnny red used to own it

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maybe , but it did have yellow , the engines were yellow and purple, full stagger as you sai but look out. what a handleing nite mare.

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Whats the prob with it??

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I Like Fountains! Have had the 27, a single 29, a twin 29 was a super boat, and now have a35 Lighting. always put at leat 200+ hours on them.

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i drove it a few times trying to dial it in after a partial re-rig. oh- my- god. at speed it is a hadful. and a person not ready to , or not used to, running a boat like that will get hurt. i feel it has a high c,g because of t he extra deck height , therefore tends to rub rail, but also other tweeaky things that are hard to explain.

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Interesting ... Thnx

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Is this thing stuck?

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Dont forget about the older 40's :D

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love my 38 fever built 1989 365 mag ...................... 65mph

1995 mayfair b&m 250 blowers gills 525hp..................... 78mph

2006 merlin heads& block MSD CMI XR'S 650hp ...........?? mph(waiting)

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100+
for sale due to making some big moves... looking for race boat and smaller pleasure boat.

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Put me in for 2 -35' Fountains 1 executioner (95 2- 720's) 1 supervee ( 110 2-525's) still dailing. Have driven a lot of boats the last 2 years, Fountains #1. The 38' sport deck mentioned previously is still available, drove it and it was uncontrollable, Eric replaced the gimbals and housings and it's a kitten. runs 82- 84.

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My 2001 35' Fountain 35' w/ 500EFI'S. Which is currently for sale. $116,900 takes it.

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30ft. pleasure boat last time and then i saw the light now a 35 lighting and i'm never looking back :evilb: :evilb:

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2000 35 Ex :D