Cat Killer Returns!!!!!!!!!
06-28-2008, 12:53 PM
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If i get your drift.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.
06-28-2008, 01:38 PM
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Yep, it's meeeee!
I'm just having a Reggie day.
I'm going to the store in a little bit and buy a giant enema bag. Then I'm going to stop at Borders and buy every copy of Powerboat Mag. I'm going to tear out all the Fountain ads and puree them in my blender with a quart of Stoli and an urn of fresh Maxwell House, then I'm going to give myself an enormous Reggie Fountain enema.
If I have to have Reggie's nonsense rammed up my a$$ constantly, then by God, I'll do it my self and I'll find a way to enjoy the experience!
(As I'm typing this, the little blinking banner ad below me is the "world's fastest v-bottom UIM 177.883MPH. Aw, f uck it.)
I'm just having a Reggie day.
I'm going to the store in a little bit and buy a giant enema bag. Then I'm going to stop at Borders and buy every copy of Powerboat Mag. I'm going to tear out all the Fountain ads and puree them in my blender with a quart of Stoli and an urn of fresh Maxwell House, then I'm going to give myself an enormous Reggie Fountain enema.
If I have to have Reggie's nonsense rammed up my a$$ constantly, then by God, I'll do it my self and I'll find a way to enjoy the experience!
(As I'm typing this, the little blinking banner ad below me is the "world's fastest v-bottom UIM 177.883MPH. Aw, f uck it.)
06-28-2008, 03:51 PM
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I think when the boat was named CAT KILLER there was no other boat on the market ,not even a cat that ran that speed.
Sorry -1- was there and that was the Bacardi Silver or Bud or what ever you wanna call it.
Othere than that there was NONE.
Thats why Reggie named the boat cat killer.
And back then there was proof of that to.
Even today there are only a few cats that can beat that boat.
And even i will never own a Fountain (to much $$) i love that boat ,its just awsome.
Sorry -1- was there and that was the Bacardi Silver or Bud or what ever you wanna call it.
Othere than that there was NONE.
Thats why Reggie named the boat cat killer.
And back then there was proof of that to.
Even today there are only a few cats that can beat that boat.
And even i will never own a Fountain (to much $$) i love that boat ,its just awsome.
), bragging to the world that I'm a Cat Killer.
06-28-2008, 05:02 PM
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20 to 30mph??????
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), bragging to the world that I'm a Cat Killer.
), bragging to the world that I'm a Cat Killer.
06-28-2008, 05:09 PM
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06-28-2008, 05:14 PM
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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.
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.
Quote from Fountain in November 2006.
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.
Last edited by Ratickle; 06-28-2008 at 05:38 PM.
06-28-2008, 06:03 PM
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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.
06-28-2008, 06:06 PM
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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.
