Sarasota poker run "Cat Killer" Fountain, got spanked
10-19-2008, 10:01 AM
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10-19-2008, 10:43 AM
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All of the lasts post are true. HOWEVER... All of this was started by Reggie. Anyone with any knowledge of performance boats know cats are faster then V's. Knowing this, how could he start such campaign that Cat Killer is the fastest boat in the world? He claims his v bottom is faster then ALL cats. He produces and shows obviously edited videos. He created tons of controversy and pissed off most of the performance boat community with his arrogant yet ridiculous comments. Two years later he attempts the same marketing ploy, He show up at a pleasure event with all pleasure boats and brings his professional race team to run his full blown professional race boat against these pleasure boats to create another promotional video only to have it blow up in his face.
Plain and simple, he came to the event to make all of the cat guys look stupid!
I said it before, Reggie is a remarkable guy. He has done more with his line then anyone else, ever. His boat are beautiful. He is a marketing genius.
If he was to say he was the fastest v-bottom in the world and came to challenge Outerlimits, that would make sense. But making comments about be faster then all cats? What would you expect the reactions to be?
They say Choose your battles wisely. He obviously; made a bad choice.
I still think he's an incredible guy. Builds a beautiful boat. The speeds his boats reach is incredible. Years back everyone was trying to reach 90 mph. Guys were putting thousands of HP into boats to try to reach that speed. Raggies boats now do that with stock, small power. How ever would have imagined??
Plain and simple, he came to the event to make all of the cat guys look stupid!
I said it before, Reggie is a remarkable guy. He has done more with his line then anyone else, ever. His boat are beautiful. He is a marketing genius.
If he was to say he was the fastest v-bottom in the world and came to challenge Outerlimits, that would make sense. But making comments about be faster then all cats? What would you expect the reactions to be?
They say Choose your battles wisely. He obviously; made a bad choice.
I still think he's an incredible guy. Builds a beautiful boat. The speeds his boats reach is incredible. Years back everyone was trying to reach 90 mph. Guys were putting thousands of HP into boats to try to reach that speed. Raggies boats now do that with stock, small power. How ever would have imagined??
10-19-2008, 10:44 AM
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Arent we ?
C-YA all in KW.
Ps.: i think he was a little misunderstud when he claimed to be faster then any cat?!
I do think it started back when Don Jhonson was racing his cat and reggie showed him in a V bottom the limits back then.
And i dont think he is scared to race anybody, cats or v- bottoms.
Nice mercedes cat though.
10-19-2008, 01:49 PM
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I agree, but ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WE ARE ALL HAPPY ! LOL
Arent we ?
C-YA all in KW.
Ps.: i think he was a little misunderstud when he claimed to be faster then any cat?!
I do think it started back when Don Jhonson was racing his cat and reggie showed him in a V bottom the limits back then.
And i dont think he is scared to race anybody, cats or v- bottoms.
Nice mercedes cat though.
Arent we ?
C-YA all in KW.
Ps.: i think he was a little misunderstud when he claimed to be faster then any cat?!
I do think it started back when Don Jhonson was racing his cat and reggie showed him in a V bottom the limits back then.
And i dont think he is scared to race anybody, cats or v- bottoms.
Nice mercedes cat though.
his boat was faster was only true for that particular day.
10-19-2008, 03:47 PM
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You folks must be young to rmember.... I remember watching with admiration Reggie in Champ boats with Bill Seebold and a host of other drives their a s s ses off..... when he was a younger man... then when he switched to Offshore boats he continued to dominate on the race course....in boats he designed himself and drove himself.... how many here can say that?
What perverse satisfaction you all get out of bashing a 70 yr old man who has devoted his life to promoting a sport you all seem to enjoy a great deal.... I got a news flash for you.... none of you are beating Reggie when you beat his product.... you're all kidding yourself if you think by beating one of his produscts you've done something to hurt Reggie.... I've meet the man twice in 30 yrs.... once back in the 70's at the Lake Havasu Outboard World Championships when there was really only one sanctioning body and one world champion per class.... and again last year at the 1000Island Poker run.... he was very gracious to my son & I, and a gentlemen to everyone around us.... you only make yourselves look like silly by denegrating a man that has the scars & honors in this sport that Reggie does..... what you have accomplished is not enhanced by deminishing what others have..... Adio Zapata
What perverse satisfaction you all get out of bashing a 70 yr old man who has devoted his life to promoting a sport you all seem to enjoy a great deal.... I got a news flash for you.... none of you are beating Reggie when you beat his product.... you're all kidding yourself if you think by beating one of his produscts you've done something to hurt Reggie.... I've meet the man twice in 30 yrs.... once back in the 70's at the Lake Havasu Outboard World Championships when there was really only one sanctioning body and one world champion per class.... and again last year at the 1000Island Poker run.... he was very gracious to my son & I, and a gentlemen to everyone around us.... you only make yourselves look like silly by denegrating a man that has the scars & honors in this sport that Reggie does..... what you have accomplished is not enhanced by deminishing what others have..... Adio Zapata
…Congrats to Reggie on becoming a self-made million-air and succeeding in an arena he obviously loves. Many people have dominated in their fields, whether it’s boating, car racing, engineering, computers, plumbing, science, etc. etc. Does that give them a right to be arrogant azzholes? I’m sorry, but when someone is that arrogant, it takes away from his or her legitimate accomplishments. I’ve said it many times before; I believe Fountain would actually be in a better place if Reggie did not speak!I don’t think Gino deserves huge congrats for running a cat at pretty normal speeds (for a cat) and beating a V. But I do think Fountain and Reggie’s ridiculous ad campaign deserves to be laughed at for the joke it is. And the fact that this cat was faster (big suprise!
) is actually enhanced BECAUSE it deminishes Fountains ludicris ad campaign. It comes to no big suprise but it's still funny as hell!
10-19-2008, 09:06 PM
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Great post, very elegantly put. However, I view the situation a bit differently. Yea, Reggie has done lots in the offshore arena…FOR HIMSELF. “Yea for Reggie”…Congrats to Reggie on becoming a self-made million-air and succeeding in an arena he obviously loves. Many people have dominated in their fields, whether it’s boating, car racing, engineering, computers, plumbing, science, etc. etc. Does that give them a right to be arrogant azzholes? I’m sorry, but when someone is that arrogant, it takes away from his or her legitimate accomplishments. I’ve said it many times before; I believe Fountain would actually be in a better place if Reggie did not speak!
I don’t think Gino deserves huge congrats for running a cat at pretty normal speeds (for a cat) and beating a V. But I do think Fountain and Reggie’s ridiculous ad campaign deserves to be laughed at for the joke it is. And the fact that this cat was faster (big suprise!) is actually enhanced BECAUSE it deminishes Fountains ludicris ad campaign. It comes to no big suprise but it's still funny as hell!
…Congrats to Reggie on becoming a self-made million-air and succeeding in an arena he obviously loves. Many people have dominated in their fields, whether it’s boating, car racing, engineering, computers, plumbing, science, etc. etc. Does that give them a right to be arrogant azzholes? I’m sorry, but when someone is that arrogant, it takes away from his or her legitimate accomplishments. I’ve said it many times before; I believe Fountain would actually be in a better place if Reggie did not speak!I don’t think Gino deserves huge congrats for running a cat at pretty normal speeds (for a cat) and beating a V. But I do think Fountain and Reggie’s ridiculous ad campaign deserves to be laughed at for the joke it is. And the fact that this cat was faster (big suprise!
) is actually enhanced BECAUSE it deminishes Fountains ludicris ad campaign. It comes to no big suprise but it's still funny as hell!I don’t think Gino deserves huge congrats for running a cat at pretty normal speeds (for a cat) and beating a V.
Now you lost all credibility and obvioulsy don't know what the H#ll you are talking about!!!
10-19-2008, 10:54 PM
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I was going to agree with you completly but then I got to the part that said..
I don’t think Gino deserves huge congrats for running a cat at pretty normal speeds (for a cat) and beating a V.
Now you lost all credibility and obvioulsy don't know what the H#ll you are talking about!!!
I don’t think Gino deserves huge congrats for running a cat at pretty normal speeds (for a cat) and beating a V.
Now you lost all credibility and obvioulsy don't know what the H#ll you are talking about!!!
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Ok Lets take the emotion out of this !!!
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Racing rules as told by Ginger!
Any race team of any sort that gets spanked buy a private owned pleasure craft must bow out graciously.
Any race team talking smack at pleasure events and gets beat =
My 2 cents which is only worth 1/2 cent today
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Names removed for protecting all innocent untill proven guilty.
Racing rules as told by Ginger!
Any race team of any sort that gets spanked buy a private owned pleasure craft must bow out graciously.
Any race team talking smack at pleasure events and gets beat =
My 2 cents which is only worth 1/2 cent today
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