Originally Posted by VetteLT193 (Post 3276313)

I always saw Fountain as the boat that gets better every year. They were past cutting edge, all the way to bleeding edge of design and setup.

I don't see the new owners continuing on that route... the constant testing, re-designing, etc. of the Fountain bottoms and setup takes a ton of time and energy and I don't see them continuing with it.

So... I believe the brand will be a thing of the past. I am betting that Liberty will keep Donzi alive but just don't see it with Fountain.

I am guessing we'll see "Fountain Performance Boats" or something along those lines real soon. They will be considered the real fountains in the future.

Originally Posted by 10x (Post 3275827)

I guess that mine is more of a legend now, and will still run the same #'s that it did in 1989. LOL :drink:

Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation (Post 3276498)

Fountain cutting edge? The line-up was unchanged for 10 years! The 42 PR was a new design but they only built a handful. Reggie was instrumental in making them faster, better handling but the boats lacked the "bling" that other manufacturers offer. Fountain remodeled the cabins in 08ish making them look fancier but the boats wouldn't be cutting edge in 2010.

Originally Posted by gofastlvr (Post 3276601)

pound for pound, foot for foot, power for power... Fountains will perform better than any other boat on the water!

Originally Posted by breakitout (Post 3276658)

thats the truth!

Originally Posted by aquaforce (Post 3276780)

This topic has been posted on other boat sites too. It gets a lot of discussion.

My .00002, "change you know", is that the new owners have a product without the designer and typically where there is a product following/loyalty it goes with the designer. I would expect the following to be: Fountain boat owners/fans will stay with the product for the years Reggie was there and then follow any future efforts that he makes. Kind of like Fountain branded boats VS Fountain built boats.

I would guess the new product Reggie builds would not have any Brunswick stuff in it which coud get interesting too. :grinser010:

Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation (Post 3276498)

Fountain cutting edge? The line-up was unchanged for 10 years! The 42 PR was a new design but they only built a handful. Reggie was instrumental in making them faster, better handling but the boats lacked the "bling" that other manufacturers offer. Fountain remodeled the cabins in 08ish making them look fancier but the boats wouldn't be cutting edge in 2010.