Rippem

Mike, do you have any awareness of a 2003 38 Lightning 525's with victory paint in Tampa? It's on MSO at dealer has 15 or so hours on it...served as a paceboat a couple times?

Blume gave me the 411 for the most part, just lookin' for any additional info..

RaggedEdge

Well now this has peaked my interest. Shopping "Beakers" are we??? The inquiring mind of the "Old Sage" needs to know.

FeverMike

Funny you mentioned that boat because I saw it here in the classifeds. I like it a lot and love the victory graphics. My 29 Fever than the same graphics but different colors. It's not at my local Tampa Fountain dealer though. Isn't Blume in Texas? The classified add said Texas.

For me I would only buy local because of service and warranty work. I've learn my lesson years ago about buying a boat from a dealer not near ...never again....and now my neighbor bought a Fountain from Shogren and needed service work done and he has a hard time getting service in Tampa. My local Fountain dealer Sports USA Marine has excellent service after the sale. They have really done me right.

My local Fountain dealer has a used 2006 38 with 600's for sale but they want way too much money for it. They are asking $265K and only want to give me $180k for my 2006 38TE with low low hours.

So for now that is where I'm at so I will keep my boat.

Rippem

If I remember correctly, Blume said it's at a dealer in Tampa that sells mostly fishboats?

FeverMike

I called my dealer and sent him the link for the boat for sale here on OSO and Blumes name. This is the only dealer in the Tampa area that sells Fountains and they know nothing about it, however they are checking on it they said.
There is a Formula dealer in town and I went by just too see. They have ZERO 353 or 382 Fastechs. The have a lot of bowriders and cruisers and I heard they are not into performance boats...too bad because I fit in a 353 or 382.

Have a good weekend...see ya! Mike

Rippem

maybe I don't?

oh well, I'll call Blume again if it reaches the "next level" of interest.

Rippem

RaggedEdge

Be the job big or small...do it right or not at all. [/QUOTE=Rippem]


Performance Boat Purchase Done Right = Fountain ?
The inquiring old mind of the old inquiring Sage must know.

axapowell

We only went 100mph that day. It was another day with MV

Still not Your boat...remember...apples to apples. PS...Thanks MV.

Keep this in present time and I thought that the engines in the Velocity were stock? And if that is what you wanted to do...Fine! I never saw it on GPS, nobody that I ever talked verified it on GPS. Not saying it didn't do it, but it was never verified. Again...old school speedo with a pick-up tube. If you have got some video or a picture of a radar gun or a hand held GPS in the boat.....Not, I passed so and so an he was doing x mph.

I wouldn't say that was the "high point" of my boating experience. It WAS the fastest I've ever been in a boat, but a much more memerable expierence would have been the week that the Mrs. and I spent traveling almost 600 miles in comfort in our Formula!

I thought I thanked you for the ride that day (and Mark L. as well).

This seems one sided to me. You seem to dish it out to everyone else, but when it comes time for a rebutle, hmmm, let's see. Oh yeah, change the subject and bring up several invalid points to confuse the original issue!

That's the way I see it. No harm meant, just an observation. Go back and read MY original post.

Dave

axapowell

Thank you for the thumbs up on the project.

I meant to post this first...160hp (you have said that you are at the TOP end of Merc's HP500 +-10%) extra. 630-550=80 per side.

I thought that the Fountain single step hull came out in 1994 or 1995? With my math skills, that's only like 12-13 years old. Not decades?? Formula started their hull design in 1996 on the 419 I think, and is still using the same design. Just some thoughts...

Dave