FOUNTAIN SUCKS!!! can not believe this
 

I bought a brand new 2008 29 fever with 600sci.

now my gelcoat is getting bad!! i call Fountain and the say no warrenty on the gelcoat:eek:

can you believe this??:eek:

like Reggie sayes whe build the biggest fastest and safest and best boats in the world! yeah right

DONT BELIEVE THAT!!:mad::mad::mad:

a 136000 euro boat and no warrenty for that

THE ONLY THING FOUNTAIN WANTS IS YOUR MONNEY
AND THAN YOU CAN GO F>>K YOU SELF!!

Sorry for the bad spelling i am very emotional.


for you guys that consider a fountain DONT!


I am very dissapointed

Have you talked to your dealer. Seems weird that it wouldn't be covered under warrenty. Good luck, hope you get it resolved.

What exactly is happenning with the gel coat?

If you read the warranty of most boat builders, Gel is excluded.

A friend with a Ski Nautique had his gelcoat "bubble" around the waterline. They gave him a brand new boat to replace the old one. That's standing behind your product.

That is fu ing insane thats like saying its covered if you dont put it in the water

Thats how a customer should be treated, swapping him out for a new one might be a little extreme but i bet he will buy another one and tell everyone he knows to buy that brand...

There are no bubbels the gelcoat is getting white, i do not know how to place photos on the forum so i could let you se the gelcoat, is there one of you that i can sendt the photos and place them for me?

Has the manufacturer or dealer offered anything at all for goodwill? I work for a major auto manufacturer and beyond warranty there is what we call a "goodwill" fund for customers who may not technically be covered under warranty but who, clearly, deserve to be treated the right way. The "right way" is a common sensical thing.

send them to me...I can post

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The bad thing is my dealer is not longer dealer anymore so no place to talk to. that is why i call fountain direckt, this is what i maild to them


Dear Fountain,

I have a 2008 29 fever hull # usfgQ9t195f708 and there is a problem!

The gelcoat is geting bad very bad, i hafe a profesional boat cleaner see the boat and he could not do anything for me.

i try to contakt the dealer where i bought the boat that i 1st 4boats in Engand the never call me back ore anything els.

so that is the reason i mail you.

i have a full warrenty on my boat please how to go now.

sorry for the bad spelling


Met groet Sake Bijlsma

Kletten 3
9218 XA Drachten (Opeinde)

Phone: 0031(0) 512 53 26 36
Fax: 0031(0) 512 54 13 85
Cell: 0031(0) 6 53 295 833
VAT:NL 1065.50.305.B.01
[email protected]
WWW.Bijlsmahekwerk.nl

Thanks allot photos are send

Thanks Sake

I know another manufacture that took the same stand with my brother, go figure

Here are Sake's photos. All black boat, huh?

A couple pics show the white stuff you were talking about showing up.

yes al black that was the dream boat of me wil sendt you some more photos.

Thanks for posting them for me!!

And that would be????

No problem!

Got any pics of the whole boat? I bet it's a really cool looking boat. Send to my e mail address and I will post them too.

Is that painted black?

Formula, back in the 90's

Here are some of Sake's boat. Too bad you are having problems...looks like a nice boat and it must rip with that 600! My brother has a 29 Fountain with a 525 massaged to 600+ HP.

I remember a big Donzi problem a few years back too.....

Did you try to wet sand it.?

Have you tried to buffing the boat? That should come right out.

Gorgeous boat man! I'd go through your warranty paperwork from when you bought it. It should say what is or isn't covered

thats to bad, you would thing reggie would do something. you should do your best to get intouch with reggie dirrect, or get someone close go there for you and bring it to his attention, i bet he would take care of it.
i own a busnes, if my secritery picked up on a custmer with an issue with my work and said it wasnt covered, i wouldnt even know, if that person came to me with a ligit issue, i would cover it just to save my name.

thats what i would do

Looks like this one: http://www.boatshop24.com/web/en/suc...&totalcount=67

Ummmmmm.....yeah! Must be for sale already! Except that one in hte ad has no mention of a crappy gel/paint condition. :D

you are a big guy!!

It looks like porosity, And the more you wet sand and buff it the more it will spered out and make it look worse then it dose now.:eek: Read the warranty and see how long "porosity" is coverd for.

I think you wil never hafe the monney to buy a boat like this.

My recemendation would be to get in contact with Craig Wilson. He runs Fountain Worldwide and can try and help you get things in the right direction. Boat is beautiful, hope they take care of you.

You know what dude that's not a very nice thing to say to a guy who just posted your boat.

LOL.....and it looks like he has a similar boat (formula 292) but with twins. :D

I would contact your dealer. Hard to tell what is going on from the pictures, but if it is gelcote you can probably have it polished out. The problem with colored gel is that it fades like that. Most of the time, they will clear over the gel to slow the process down, but it is going to happen. Stirring sh$t up here is not going to help you make friends at the factory. Be patient and try to work it out. Fountain took care of some stress cracks on my boat when it was seven years old. Keep in mind that stress cracks are not covered and it was way out of warranty.

So, first you're pissed at Fountain, for building a shoddy boat, now you're pissed at Phazar for posting your shoddy boat for sale??

OH - I get it. You want your boat advertized just not in a thread where your trying to leverage the company into fixing it's flaws....NICE!!

Try contacting Wyatt and see if he can point you in the right direction

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Glad I ran across this thread. Im defintely NEVER buying a Fountain now!

:party-smiley-004:

That's too bad....Fountain puts out a awesome product, although I am very surprised that Reggie won't stand up behind his product????

So.... the boat needs fixing. But it is also for sale with NO mention of the gel coat problems? Or was that a different boat for sale?

If he was standing up behind his product you probably wouldn't see him. :D :D