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pullmytrigger 10-06-2011 08:12 AM

47 - does your boat sit in a slip all season??

47 lightning 10-06-2011 08:56 AM

my boat sits on a trailer in a heated warehouse when not being used .it stays in the water only when i do a poker run over the weekend like key west .i bought it in 06 it was for sale in ky in one of the dealers you know the one . and it was left out side with probably the drain plug left on with maybe 5 or 6 in of water in the bilge.i don!t totally blame fountain. if the bilge was kept dry this wouldin!t have happned.

Reggie 10-06-2011 01:10 PM

Thanks for the updates and pix, you have a beautiful boat for sure.

47 lightning 10-06-2011 04:46 PM


Originally Posted by Reggie Fountain (Post 3520533)
It's getting real close.

hey reggie, how is the boat coming along? any more pics?

Reggie Fountain 10-06-2011 06:31 PM

Glassed in the mini bulkhead today & propped for sanding should white real soon.

47 lightning 10-06-2011 07:55 PM


Originally Posted by Reggie Fountain (Post 3521448)
Glassed in the mini bulkhead today & propped for sanding should white real soon.

I might stop in next week . Making a trip down to the sunshine state on the big 18 peterbilt .I will just bear left a little bit when I get into North Carolina, stop in, check it out and then head south on the big Jewish Highway.

Real Fast Marine 10-06-2011 08:01 PM

Real Fast Marine
 
Service and Customization.....both key words.....we are going back to the basics while refurbishing powerboats no matter what the name is on the hullside. Every boat is serviced or customized as if it were custom....new materials, new techniques, ......we can take a used boat and literally make it run better than when it was new and incorporate new and better materials where needed. Why buy anything new when we can make what you have look and run better than anything you can buy that is new and for a fraction of the price. Our newest custom upholstery designs for fountain sport boats obsolete the manufacturer's current new boat designs. This is the tip of the iceberg and we are doing this with any brand boat....we can always get more speed. This custom approach is why you would bring your boat to us.

Yamaha 225 10-07-2011 03:40 AM

Your 47 looks fantastic! I wish you the very best of luck with it. I am sure RF will do a fantastic job.

Have been in new Nor-Tech 5000 V and Outerlimits 51, all with triple power. All I can say, is that the 1998 47 Lightning I am used to run here, both rides better, faster, safer and it just feels much more "modern" in the layout. After over 10 years!!

Why buy something else?!?!? People usually don't know much about boats and set-up really. Fountain do :-D

47 lightning 10-10-2011 07:33 PM

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The latest addition to the project. 15 1/2 - 33 pitch 7 blade hering propellers.

575cat 10-11-2011 12:46 PM

were those the ones I just returned to hering ?


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