51' Fountain
 

Does any one know the 51' Lightining for sale at Waterworks yard, immediately south east of Pier 121 on Lake Lewisville? I'm thinking about buying the boat but I am concerned with not knowing its history.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/f...lightning.html

Read through that. You will find the info. The owner is Damon.

is'nt it the one that was on e-bay not too long ago?

Any Pics of 51
 

Any pics of a 51? anyone have any to post? thanks

Wrong forum to ask for pics! Always just blah blah blah...:asskiss:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...Fountain51.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...ountain511.jpg

Jeff32,

That is the boat. Have you seen it?

looks like a 47 with a ex-long swim platform

I've seen it on ebay only... let's say... 2 or 3 months ago...

I saw it yesterday. It is a triple ... not sure what. Direct drive. I only walked around it so I can't comment on interior condition ... hull looked good.

I also understand only three were built. Not sure if that is 51 model or the direct drive version.

51 is a 47 with arneson surface drives. They have been on and off eBay and classifieds many times. They apparently are exhaustively expensive to keep running but perform great when they are.

Buzzi drives.

I`ve got some new pics after the wrap was done but I can`t post attachments ... :cartman:

:daz:

my boat rattles becuase of the exhaust being under the swim platform but that takes it to a entireley different level.

I had no idea they made a 51. Does anyone have any youtube footage of one running?

Who did the wrap? Looks sharp

Texoma Wraps in Sherman, Tx.

Thanks for posting these for me.

Cool looking boat, any more pictures of it?

I remember seeing one of these at the Cincinnati Fountain dealer back around 99-2000. The back reminded me of the 50 hustler that I went and looked at because of the large integrated swim platform.

Thats funny I saw it there also. I remember the salesman "michael jordan", a white guy, who was proud that they were the "largest fountain dealer" etc etc. Neat boats.

i remeber reading that the boat would run right at 90mph with 500hps.
later

Fountain made a 65' Express cruiser

I knew they made the ec. I guess I should have prefaced that by saying a 51 sport boat.

The 51' was tested by 'Yachts' with triple 600hp Innovation engines and reached 89mph with six people on board and nearly 75% load capacity.

The 51 never really worked out. It was a little faster power for power than the 47 but it wouldn't turn right and was unsafe. I believe there were only 3 ever built. Jordan tried and tried back then to get me to order one. I'm glad that I stuck with my 47 at the time after seeing and hearing all the bad. It seems like that boat was at the Miami show in 98 or 99, hard to remember back that far for sure.

So I Also heard only 3 made and why because they didn't work. My friend has one of them out here in San Diego I took a ride and getting on plane she would rock port to starboard for a bit then it would run great but I thought it was an aweful feeling, "why is it doing that" went though my head. Funny thing is it has the same checkered pattern as the one in the pior photos I thought it was my friends when I first looked at it. I did notice that center motor is way down inside the blidge.