Future for Outerlimits ?
10-01-2014, 08:44 PM
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Future for Outerlimits ?
I've been a big fan of the development and innovation of Outerlimits over the years and their drive to improve the performance boating industry. Being in an area well traveled by Fountain's and Cigarette's it was great to hear about their recent new speed records and finally winning the battle with Reggie. The news about the passing of Outerlimits owner is horrible to say the least but I have to ask what will now be the future of Outerlimits ? I hope the brand continues on and keeps producing top notch boats and driving industry innovation as it has been.
10-02-2014, 07:32 AM
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No inside information just my opinion but I also think OL will continue building top notch boats for the Performance Boat enthusiast. Mike Fiore had a great Team working at OL and they were putting out high quality boats.
10-02-2014, 07:44 AM
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Outerlimits will continue to grow and develop many of the designs that Mike Fiore left behind.
They have many talented and loyal people working there, from Paul who was the founder of Hustler to Dan who worked side by side with Mike for many years. He really has a very clear understanding of what Mike was doing and how he planned to get to the next step and the next beyond that.
At the memorial service in Rhode Island, there was a lot of talk of new projects that will be coming on board in the very near future. The next will be the new center console that will really be different and move the performance bar way up for that type of boat.
Also a lot of the customers who have been so loyal over the years, now feel like they are part of the family and will continue to purchase these amazing new designs coming down the line.
Outerlimits will continue to lead the high performance builders for many years to come.
They have many talented and loyal people working there, from Paul who was the founder of Hustler to Dan who worked side by side with Mike for many years. He really has a very clear understanding of what Mike was doing and how he planned to get to the next step and the next beyond that.
At the memorial service in Rhode Island, there was a lot of talk of new projects that will be coming on board in the very near future. The next will be the new center console that will really be different and move the performance bar way up for that type of boat.
Also a lot of the customers who have been so loyal over the years, now feel like they are part of the family and will continue to purchase these amazing new designs coming down the line.
Outerlimits will continue to lead the high performance builders for many years to come.
10-02-2014, 08:11 AM
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That's all Mike would want. For it to keep growing and moving forward and they will not let him down on that. Like many have said, they have one hell of a team that have been loyal to Mike & Paul for many years.
10-02-2014, 08:33 AM
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I read seveal times that OL has one or two really badazz engineers that were degreed in one or both hydrodynamics and aerodynamics. In my opinion OL wasnt run like many of the "other" boat builders. They had several degreed guys AND skunkworks style guys (non degreed but 1000's of hours of R&D time) I think thats why their design was comparably advanced. That being said, even though Mike is unfortunately gone, all the abilities to keep turning out boats remains. The braintrust is still there and Mike has has one heck of a legacy...
