Excited and nervous
 

Always liked the US-1 graphics on my '91 42 Fountain but the old girl was starting to look dated and it was time for a makeover. Dropped her off this afternoon at the paint shop and in a week or so I will pick up what will look like a whole new boat to me. She looked huge out of the water before but all white boats look even bigger. I have always loved an all white Fountain and that's what she will be when she comes home. New power, new paint, and hopefully I will keep her for a few more years before I make the leap to a center console.

why is everyone going center console? I just don't get it. Am I missing something. No cabin, no bathroom, no overnighting . Insurance is cheaper but that's about the only good thing I can think of

I don't sleep in my boat, I have a camp in the 1000 Islands. Most of the bigger center consoles have nice v-bunks in them and a bathroom. I have never once used the bathroom in any of my boats. For the boating I do a center console with 2 or 3 outboards is perfect. I am also looking at spending winters in Florida and summers here in about 5 years and it just makes more sense.

Who is doing the paint?

Center Consoles.....The Deck Boats of tomorrow. :party-smiley-004:

Top Gun Auto & Marine

Most have a cabin, bathroom, and can be over nighted.

That said I think you rattled of the least used part of most (surely mine) people's boats.

If I wanted to spend the night and use my bathroom I would go buy myself a nice late 80's F-36 Trojan flybridge with a pair of 454's and call it good.

sounds like my hatteras.

Seriously.

BTW....always loved the all white loo. That is a timeless and great look.

Wife loved the idea one of our boats had a head in it.


Until the first time we launched it, and it was missing..

That made you the "Headless Boatman"..

Sorry had to say it..

You're headed in the right direction if you're looking to boat a lot in Florida, some don't or won't admit it, but a CC are more efficient and easier to keep clean, we took our Formula back to LOTO and are getting some kind of CC for down South, I want to boat, not clean something all day.

Lets see a pic of the boat when it's done, I love my all white boat, you can't tell what year it is unless I tell you or you go look, good luck with the redo.

Once you go all white......you never go back..............lol

Post lots of pics of the progress/changes.

id love to see the boat when its done. ive heard some good and bad things about top gun. either way love to meet another 1000 islands boater! we have a cottage on the canadian side right across from the bay

i just delivered a boat to 1000 islands first time there it was very cool. not too much around there but i am sure in the middle of the the summer it is kicking. heard it is a blast. used the boat ramp at Spicer Marine Basin.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product !

Its getting closer! The new power should be ready within the next week or two as well. Its killing me all this anticipation!

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U gonna have the boat together by the abay poker run?

Not sure yet. I don't do the poker run anyway.

Boat looking good. New power, updates........why not come out and break stuff with the rest of us fools ?? LOL

After all this Kelly I can't afford to break it for awhile!

Good Luck with your rebuild and paint. i had one all white one time and i loved it. Congrats !!

The breakin is pretty painless, it's the fixin that hurts!

Picking her up from the paint shop this morning! All that's left is to install the new rubrail insert when it arrives and to slap my three new 548's in her and she will be good for a few more years to come! [ATTACH=CONFIG]541969[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541970[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541971[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541972[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541973[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541974[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541975[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541976[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]541977[/ATTACH]

Looks great. Really brought it up to date!!

And the dark windows make it!! Looks Great !!

Sharp ride!

I thought long and hard about painting the windshield white too but I am so glad I left it black. It totally makes it in my opinion. The only thing we didn't paint was the very top part of the front deck because to do it right we would have to remove the front rails and I didn't have time right now to pull the interior. That will get done this fall and then there will be zero color on it anywhere. We just wet sanded and buffed the top part of the deck. The hatches will get painted at that point too.

What do you expect to see for your new top speed?

Turned out great.

Hoping for low 90's. When we run all the numbers being conservative with the hp and slip we get 92-93. I will be ecstatic to see her straight bottom azz crack 90.

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Looking good! Good luck with the new power!

I'd have left her in the shop for another day, just to avoid the clean up after getting caught in the rain!

Looks sensational, love the all white, huge!

RR

Looks great man!

Luckily the paint shop is two miles from my house and its all 35 mph roads!

Project is getting closer to completion! All I know is that I am about sick of buying 3 of everything! All 3 engines are complete and going on the dyno end of next week. All that's left is to drop them in and do some exhaust work and she will be making noise (dry exhaust to the tips) on my river once again[ATTACH=CONFIG]543495[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543496[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543497[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543498[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543499[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543500[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543501[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543502[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543503[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]543504[/ATTACH]

Refreshing to see, it'll look spectacular on the water!!

Nice job!