For the record, got nothing against Reggie, met him several times, even bought him a beverage in Miami once.....

I do remember seeing piks of a boat racing offshore back in the 70's that had a beak Reggie would have been proud of, at least 4 feet of it. The story that went with it was that is was to make min. length.

Hydro streams used to have the same look. If I remember it was so everyone would know what kind of boat it was at a distance.

As for the fountains, I have measured and if you carried the bow angle it is about 10". That said there are a lot of different angle bows, should we go back to flat nosed boats?

And yea I like the look,,,,,, you know what it is right away.

682 Gold - looks like Reggie answers it here, between the 2nd and 3rd picture:

http://www.speedonthewater.com/boat-...ce-marine.html

I own a 1984 10 Meter that came with Gale Banks twin turbo engines.
I don't see a integrated swim platform on hull number 1!!

Ole Reggie saw this at a young age and the Dream began

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...pscdf9b3a8.jpg

Thats the boat I was talking about

Really ? you think you know what you are talking about ?:evilb::evilb:

Easiest way to sell a 26' boat as a 27' boat.

The beak is something that will always make a Fountain stand out from the others. It is a distinctive look and makes it so there's never a doubt what kind of boat it is. Whether you like it or not, there will never be a person who mistakes a Fountain for any other boat. There are a lot of other boats out there that have very similar styling but the Fountain always looks unique. Just my $.02