Not really.

I don't like Reggie because of the constant big talk and the smoke & mirrors. He constantly plays the shell game on this Cat Killer thing. It's never straightforward.

He tells the world he builds the fastest, safest most well-built powerboats in the world. He builds the Chevrolet of offshore boats. Not bad, not the best by any stretch.

Sure he's done alot for the industry, but only through osmosis. He's done alot for himself. There are alot of builders that put together better boats that could be had for the same or less but have been crushed by Fountain. Fountain only survives because Brunswick desperately needs him to. He's a major conduit for their hardware. I'm glad I didn't invest all I had in the FPB stock at the IPO in '85. I believe it was $9. Had it followed the market (Dow closed out '85 at 1500), Reggies stock should be worth about $66 at yesterday's close. It closed at 95 cents. Ouch. So no, I don't respecty him as a businessman.

I'd respect the Hell out of Reggie if he just went out there, told it straight and did it- win or lose, fastest or second-fastest. But that's not him. He's a cross between P.T. Barnum & Napoleon Bonaparte.

I just about s hit myself from laughing so phucking hard :ernaehrung004:

Hey Chris ...... change your pic to this one :evilb::evilb:

Finally, someone that understands humor.

Seriously, Reggie is on the move. Mark my words, if we sit idly by, this site will be all Reggie, all the time.

Correct, awsome boat, for a V. Would you put any money on where it would place in P1 in a sanctioned race with the top 9 cats and itself? What would be your best guess? That's all I'm saying. And I believe Callan ran 203 in the Shootout back in 2003 and Bud ran 190 in 2001 in APBA, 20 to 30 mph faster than Cat Killer ever ran. That was even before it was built, let alone named. Look, all four of my boats are V's, but I would not run any against a similar setup in a Cat for $. And if I do go beat a cat on a given day, I'm for sure not going to sound like Tripple Digits, (Reggie Jr:D), bragging to the world that I'm a Cat Killer.

20 to 30mph??????
 

well 177 mph for CK and 190 mph for Bud...............both running the biggest Sterlings they can get their hands on, thats 13MPH at best???????????????????????????????

171 for CK, 189 for Bud 6 years earlier, much closer to 20 than 13.

The next challenge for Panasonic Rio Roses Fountain Mercury race boat will be to take on the Unlimited Offshore World Speed Record. Although Fountain Powerboats claims the current record, set at 171.888 mph by a Fountain 42' Lightning with twin 1,500-hp Sterling engines, the Fountain team feels the #15 race boat can beat it. "There is going to be a new Kilo," Knight announced, referring to a measured-distance challenge. "We'll raise the current speed record at that event, and we'll do it before the Miami boat show."

Quote from Fountain in November 2006.:D

The Bud also ran over 180 in 2000. I also think Bacardi Silver ran 203 in 2003. Don't really want to get into this, almost bought a Fountain SC instead of the BT. Liked the BT a little better for speed with the same power. But it was very close.

171mph???????????????
 

171mph was a 2 way average...............thats the way a legal kilo is run............. 177mph was the fastest of the two. And I really don't want to get into it either but at some point you get tired of all the false Bull hit.

Budweiser 36' Race Boat, powered by Sterling Performance
2001 APBA National & World Champion
APBA Kilo Record - 188.858 MPH
APBA Kilo One-way Speed 190.054 MPH

Also two way average set at Reggies record trials in NC.