Fountain Reliability?
04-27-2009 | 09:30 AM
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Wake up........ there have been at least 2 others on this site alone including a 42 a couple of years ago on a poker run or race.
Whats with you Fountain guy's are you in some kind of denial and need professional help.
Now that we settled that how about the other FACTS come on don't be shy answer all of them.
Whats with you Fountain guy's are you in some kind of denial and need professional help.
Now that we settled that how about the other FACTS come on don't be shy answer all of them.
04-27-2009 | 10:09 AM
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Got your YO YO hangin. No hijack here I was just giving a Baja brother some facts about Fountains before he went to the dark side. I have yet to hear 1 of you Fountain guy's dispute what I claim other than you think your Fountains are faster and Baja's are junk.
FACTS:
1. They do have a history of sink at the docks= undisputable
2. A 35 Fountain has 30' of hull in the water= undisputable unless you stick the tape measure up a tall pipe our call the beak part of the hull in the water which would work if it sunk at the dock.
3. No freeboard= undisputable and one of the reasons they sink at dock
4.No cockpit room for the size of the boat compared to Baja= undisputable.
5. Cabin is made for midgets= Undisputable
6. In the 11 years I have run my Baja in the downriver area I have only been beat by 2 Fountains....both were race boats.
I put my stock power in a 35 Fountain the first year I owned my boat and yes the Fountain did run 2 mph faster than my Baja but when we rafted off my 32 Baja makes the 35 Fountain look like a 30.
FACTS:
1. They do have a history of sink at the docks= undisputable
2. A 35 Fountain has 30' of hull in the water= undisputable unless you stick the tape measure up a tall pipe our call the beak part of the hull in the water which would work if it sunk at the dock.
3. No freeboard= undisputable and one of the reasons they sink at dock
4.No cockpit room for the size of the boat compared to Baja= undisputable.
5. Cabin is made for midgets= Undisputable
6. In the 11 years I have run my Baja in the downriver area I have only been beat by 2 Fountains....both were race boats.
I put my stock power in a 35 Fountain the first year I owned my boat and yes the Fountain did run 2 mph faster than my Baja but when we rafted off my 32 Baja makes the 35 Fountain look like a 30.
FACT! EVERY ONE OF THE CHARACTARISTICS OF FOUNTAINS ARE ALL TRUE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2 AND 6. #1 has two many variables to be listed as a fact( year, model, engines, service issues,etc). #6 is a fact if you say it is none of us where there so who are we to argue.
#2 a 35 has 30ft of runnning surface
#3 they do have very little freeboard on most of the older models not the new ones.
#4 Yes cockpits are very small because most are staggard engine set-up.( can't have a fast boat and a jon boat at the same time)
#yes the cabins are made for midgets. They are coffins!
You are right and many on here would agree so why the rants about how your Jon boat is so superior. Now ones cares and 4 out of the 6 of your so called facts are true! They are facts so I guess you really showed us! Leave it to the braniacs to point out the obvious to the rest of us less knowledgeable boaters on this board. Only truely ignorant people can educate us on what we already know.
04-27-2009 | 10:56 AM
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Runafever nice turn around in 2 post from all fiction to all facts and you call me ignorant........what a douche. By the way both 2 and 6 are facts and if you Fountain guy's could read my boat does better than 68 MPH I was joking for reaction and got it.
04-27-2009 | 11:24 AM
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Wake up........ there have been at least 2 others on this site alone including a 42 a couple of years ago on a poker run or race.
Whats with you Fountain guy's are you in some kind of denial and need professional help.
Now that we settled that how about the other FACTS come on don't be shy answer all of them.
Whats with you Fountain guy's are you in some kind of denial and need professional help.
Now that we settled that how about the other FACTS come on don't be shy answer all of them.
you can't ever reason with you....You put your hopped up motors in a FOUNTAIN, and the FOUNTAIN went faster than you Baja, enough said.
You just told us the FOUNTAIN was faster than you Baja with the same power. DUH !!!
Simply the fastest, and safest, V bottom boat, period.
04-27-2009 | 11:35 AM
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I am so glad for you that your boat will do better than 68. Even my "96 POS Baja with stock 454's would hit 70. I have owned a Baja and it was not very good quality. Quit fixating on size. Most boats are measured from bow to stern, with or with out a swim platform. If you buy a boat for cabin size, get a Black Thunder. I wouldn't even justify answering your idiotic facts. You mean a Baja has never sunk? Are you related to Triple Digits. Sound just like him. Probably running a super secret Alpha drive. Bring that Baja over to Chicago for the poker run and lets see how well it can run in big water. I know the organizers and sponsors. I am sure I can find 1 or 2 Fountains to let you run with them and see how you do. Come on down and play with the big boys in big water. After all this is an Offshore boat site. Let's also hear the racing heritage of Baja.
04-27-2009 | 11:43 AM
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[QUOTE=gerritm;2853485]I am so glad for you that your boat will do better than 68. Even my "96 POS Baja with stock 454's would hit 70. I have owned a Baja and it was not very good quality. Quit fixating on size. Most boats are measured from bow to stern, with or with out a swim platform. If you buy a boat for cabin size, get a Black Thunder.
My 47 Sport Cruiser actually has a larger cabin than the 46 Black Thunder. (they were next to each other in the showroom when I bought my boat).
I had always wanted a Fountain but almost changed my mind when I got in all of the boats there because the cabins were so small, and I wanted a boat that I could overnight on.
I wound up with a much larger boat than I set out to buy but have been very happy with the boat. It has been a great performer so far and very little trouble.
My 47 Sport Cruiser actually has a larger cabin than the 46 Black Thunder. (they were next to each other in the showroom when I bought my boat).
I had always wanted a Fountain but almost changed my mind when I got in all of the boats there because the cabins were so small, and I wanted a boat that I could overnight on.
I wound up with a much larger boat than I set out to buy but have been very happy with the boat. It has been a great performer so far and very little trouble.
04-27-2009 | 11:44 AM
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When we talk about running surface, at what speed? Look at a Baja or a Fountain when it is running and most of the hull is out of the water anyway.
Talk about a thread getting off topic,,,,,,,,,,
Talk about a thread getting off topic,,,,,,,,,,
04-27-2009 | 11:54 AM
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If you think that reaction was good, why dont you try telling us your boat runs 100 and see what type of reaction you get, so you have only been beat by two Fountains, so have you only been beat 2 times or just 2 times by a Fountain? Gotto go check my boat to see if its still floating
04-27-2009 | 11:55 AM
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LAST POST ON THIS THREAD FOR ME AS I JUST FOUND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH FOUNTAIN OWNERS (YES I AM YELLING) you all have selective reading issues. I have never posted the top speed of my boat, I gave you 4000 rpm cruise speed at 68 MPH. I did not put hopped up engines in a Fountain I put my old stock power in a Fountain.I never said Baja had a race history, I never said Fountains were slower I just said my Baja was faster than most of your Fountains. I never bashed Fountains quality I simply stated facts about Fountains that this guy should look at before buying one.
AND I DID IT ALL TO PISS YOU GUY"S OFF LIKE YOU GUY"S HAVE ALWAYS DONE TO US.
So with that being said if you happen to be in lake Erie and you run up against a Baja called LET IT RDE don't cry if it beats you just go out and buy one.
AND I DID IT ALL TO PISS YOU GUY"S OFF LIKE YOU GUY"S HAVE ALWAYS DONE TO US.
So with that being said if you happen to be in lake Erie and you run up against a Baja called LET IT RDE don't cry if it beats you just go out and buy one.
