Originally Posted by 24skaterVA

Allison has pics of Reggie racing their boats many years ago. He copied the idea of a padded bottom & claimed he had the first padded V-bottom hull until Allison sued him. The beak came from his friend that was helping him design the boats. His friend ( can't remember his name right now) was a sailboat builder in NC & was asked to help give the boat a "different" look from everything else that was out there.

Originally Posted by cosmic12

you mean Excaliber, and I believe it was a 28 at that

Originally Posted by JCPERF

Fountain hull was originally an Excalibur hull.He added the beak to make it his own.

Originally Posted by birdog

Just one more reason Fountains are the BEST boats ever made !
I dont know why any other builder even tries to build a boat....

Originally Posted by satisfactionII

Absolutely, damned straight,right on. Everyone knows that Fountains are the most fastest, mo' better built, most baddest mama jamma's out there. Tell Larry and Skip to stop now while they can. :evilb: :rolleyes: :evilb: