Matt, I owned a 1990 25 foot Checkmate and went to the factory to look at a 27 Fountain. I ran the boat with Jeff Harris around 1993 and it would not run with the Checkmate. Later after Fountain had boats that were running faster speeds I bought my first one. I bought it because of the SPEED and the WINNING of championships. So now you have two who bought on Monday what was winning on Sunday. Have now owned 8 Fountains overall. Roger A.

I was there 6 years ago i hope to be able to see you do it again.

This guy lives for Reggie Fountain.
Probably has gold chains and a similar haircut!

Dude, you are the most opinionated poster on OSO when it comes to Fountain...

Then you mock anyone that goes against Fountain or you.

Isn't it pretty cool that OL or anyone has something good going on in a bad economy and we have something else to talk about besides doom and gloom?

Price Price Price...i've got a hand full of friends that bought Fountains simply based on bang for the buck. Sure they would have loved a Cig T/G or an OL but was a little out of reach. 1 specifically purchased an 05 (i think) 35 Fountain w 496 that ran 82 on the limiters. nd he was the first to admit that it was built or rigged nearly as nice as the other 2 mentioned BUT the boat show special was $159,000. I would hope that nobody truely believes that the boat that won on Sunday can be bought on Monday because it cant. That boat that won on sunday has more R&D hours in it then all the other boats on the show room floor combined. I've been involved with retail and motorsports for over 20 years...and NEVER once did i have a client come in on Monday to by a Corvette or a Saleen because it won Lemans ...lmfaoooooooooooooooo

back to the subject...alls it is, is a rich mans bigger D**K contest and honestly i couldnt care who's is bigger. If i were in a financial position to buy a new 38-42 ft boat it wouldnt be either of the above...i will take a 39 T/G w 850's n 6's that runs an everyday solid 110 and rides much nicer then either of the other 2 mentioned at the same length. I've been in all 3 so yes i am speaking from experience.

Are they going to make the attempt yet??

When I went looking to buy a boat I was going to spend a lot of hard earned dollars, so I looked at quit a few boats. Hell I even had to fly to see some of them. Outerlimits was the leader at the time of R&D, and always doing something whereas the rest of the industry seemed stale (this was 2 years ago).That alone made them a front runner for me looking. Weather it was racing or testing or just posting on the net, and i think that is the brand recognition that caught my eye. I liked Cig but after I went to see an OL everything seemed antiquated or didn't change much. I was surprised that the Cig's I looked at ( i was in the used boat market) still had a porta-pody's in them and when I saw the OL's cabin, I could stand up in it. Donzi's ZR you had to crawl in there cabin as well as a lot of the other manufacturers were like that. Take it easy, this is a personal preference I'm not bashing. I bought the Quatro.
It was a purchase I was glad I made to this day. The weird thing that I never expected, was when I called the factory to purchase a light cover that i had broken, they knew all about my boat, like who sold it where to who and what propellers will make it do X like they have a file on the research and what props do what. Last summer I "flung a blade" from my one prop, and even the merc factory has it on file as to what boat I have has what prop (these are not stock props they made one based on the numbers recorded). Outerlimits even sent pictures of my boat when it was being built (that was cool). Thats what kind of company they are. They didn't have a nickel to gain by helping me the way they did. This is customer support which I see as rare in any industry. I will buy another Outerlimits.

As far as Mike going for the record, I think we all like to challenge ourselves sometimes. That is what drives some of us. Maybe thats on his bucket list.

I can't help but wonder if there was another brand that was going to try to break this record if they would be getting this much negativity.

Hey Reggie, how about making this interesting? If they break the record, you get a haircut. They can auction off tickets for the person cutting it for charity. Do you except that challenge?

You Ol guys crack me up. And to the guy that keeps asking why... Cause this offshoreonly.com your looking for ontheshoreandlonely.com