Very cool boat take it any where!!

looked at one years ago in florida , loved the looks of it but holy crap would it beat the hell out of you , should be lil rocket though ....

dam if you were gonna buy in outlaw you should have bought mine haha, Yea i bought it on ebay.. I like it, I hope it does not beat me up on the water as bad as they say but I am excited to try !!!

I had a 97 24cs for ten years kerr lake in NC, fast but rough riding. If you can hang on, it will take the water.

I boat on a small but really rough lake. The lake is 18.1 miles from dam to dam and mainly sea walls. Normal weekends we see constant 2-3 footers and some 4 footers on holidays. The 24cs seems to run great in these conditions. I run it between 32-35 MPH about 2500RPM and it gets about 3-4 MPG at this operating range. The boat rides great at this speed and on a really rough day you can fill the ballastic tank(settings: drive=1, tabs= 3 1/2). The bottom is just like the big Fountains, its has stepped hull and a notched transom. The boat does have a 17 degree dead rise which helps boat plane quicker, but makes boat want to climb waves instead of go through them like the 21 degree dead rise on other Fountains. Use more tab or fill ballast the tank and you will stop it from climbing. My friends have a 252 Cobalt and 252 Formula and they both agree the 24CS rides better than both of there boats. Those boats cruise at 25MPH for best ride unlike the CS which cruises at 35MPH for best ride.

Wow, thats a whole bunch of helpfull info! I will remember that. The persone I purchased from said he never used the Ballast in 8 years he owned it. I would be very interested in testing it out of water if I could rather than finding out it has a big ol' leak in the middle of the lake! Any way you think that is possible?

Thanks for the info

A buddy of mine has I think #7 that was built. His with a 502, cam, and exhaust will run around 76-77 mph. If you are truly in 2-3 footers the 24 cs does not ride good. My buddy actually used to work at the fountain factory and said the base of the mold came from a skeeter bass boat that Reggie modified. Its a fast good looking boat but anything over 1' constant wave will pound your teeth out. He also never uses his front ballast system.

A buddy of mine bought one new (still has it) 1996, from Ocean Performance in CT. It's a great lake boat and proven to be very well built. I've been in it countless times, fast when calm and when it kicks up, yeah it pounds but it is what it is, a lake boat. What's impressive after all these years, theree are no stress cracks to be found.

Fun toy, enjoy it!

Kurt

One of my best friends has one. and it was on ebay about 2-3 months ago? His has a 502, with procharger. runs in the mid 80s. I sent him a link to this thread. He also has never used the balast, but i keep telling him we should try it. He also added Lathem Hydrolic Stearing to his.

The boat is not a rought water boat for sure. but it will fly! To me it rides VERY flat ontop of the water when you start moving. but seams stable int he 80's.

If any of you are looking I am sure he will still sell it, and I know he has a full extra set of interior (Sunpad, bench, and front seats) he puicked up to redo with out any down time.


But I will say the Baja is going to ride alot better in water. My 252 baja takes bigger water alot better than his. but dam his is fast haha. also with the exxhaust where it is on these boats the boat rumbels damn good, and is funny sounding when waves seal it under water and then open it back up again.

and its a ***** to tie up to. so damn low, we have finally worked out the bumper and ropes though, but it takes some intristing stuff to tie it up right with out it hitting my boat.

also He overnights on it 2 days at a time with us a few times.....

Wow, Their are alot of these running around yet! I am glad to see all of you who have rode in them were impressed, And yea I looked at this thing from TOP to BOTTOM and could not find a single stress crack on the whole boat! And if these are as rough as people say they are this thing really must be built with some Major quality.