Fountain Powerboats - Secret to Speed

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  • čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
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    Like the boats he builds, Reggie Fountain is a man on the move. He understands every aspect of performance on the water. From hydrodynamics to prop pitch and X dimensions he understands what it takes to make a V bottom move across the water with incredible efficiency. Reggie has unlocked the secrets of speed on the water and knows fastest way to get through and over it. After all, it's been his lifeblood for more than five decades.

Komentáře • 93

  • @michaelbruin8972
    @michaelbruin8972 Před 2 lety +4

    I have never in my 46 years of life watched a more satisfying video than this. Reggie is big time OG. I seen Fountain boats at the Cincinnati boat show like I don't 90? Fountain is legendary.

  • @TStheBaja272
    @TStheBaja272 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm glad I'm not the only girl who loves Fountain boats 🥰

  • @SGTMARSHALL1
    @SGTMARSHALL1 Před 4 lety +5

    I like his philosophy and his calm confident delivery which obviously reflects his extensive experience

  • @danj6289
    @danj6289 Před 10 lety +8

    I've followed Reggie for years with his sales videos, Powerboat magazine articles, and on-line info. All the bullshit aside, Fountain would kill you on a race-course. I ain't talkin' about his hair or his business, I'm talkin' about boat racing offshore. He was an animal. Arguably the greatest offshore racer of all time.

    • @danj6289
      @danj6289 Před 8 lety +1

      Reggie has fine plummage. I wish I could buy a Reggie Fountain Racing Wig!!!!

    • @signoresantinoburnett1169
      @signoresantinoburnett1169 Před 2 lety

      Ben Kramer in his 41 apache would have handled Reggie just fine. With Bob on the sticks.

    • @stephenpersic9474
      @stephenpersic9474 Před 2 lety

      Fountain boats were made of lightweight strong Kevlar
      And yes they were the fastest boats on water
      Fountain would blow away Cigarettes Formulas Donzi Scarab, His boats were that fastest in the world, boats you could buy and actually go 80 to 100 mph with ease , all the other brands were like 60 to 70 mph
      Reggie reminds me of Don Aronow, a true innovator and leader in the industry , nothing is better than a fountain,

  • @southerntommy022002
    @southerntommy022002 Před 16 lety +6

    Reggie is a very nice guy, and one hell of a good boat maker. Me and Reggie III had some great times back in high school trying to jump the Fountain's Subarban and my Dodge Diesel around school in Kinston. My dad and I took several test rides in these boats and there is nothing like them.
    Keep on with the wins Reggie!!

  • @larou14
    @larou14 Před 4 lety +1

    13 ans déjà pour cette vidéo, et j'adore toujours ces boats ! 👀👍❤😎

  • @Heidelbergensis2011
    @Heidelbergensis2011 Před 5 lety +1

    In 1993 i drove it from Newport Beach to Catalina Island. That was awesome and will always be a moment to remember for me. On the pacific ocean with 100mph. OMG

  • @waffenclaymore
    @waffenclaymore Před 14 lety +1

    Fountain or nothing!! Reggie is a Master!!!

  • @esasaarinen2423
    @esasaarinen2423 Před 3 lety +1

    2007 was still all fun and games. 2008 shit hit the fan

    • @michaelsievers8476
      @michaelsievers8476 Před 3 lety

      Yeah to bad cuz reggie would have been pushing forward...but damn that was a nasty time for most...what would he have done with his drive and love of power boats

  • @billwhite5188
    @billwhite5188 Před rokem

    Love the Fountain Boats. Bigvtoys and large holes in water to pour money into.

  • @MrSirlulzalot
    @MrSirlulzalot Před 13 lety +2

    After a while I realised when the camera came back to him I couldn't hear a word he was saying- I was too mesmerised by that awesome rug.

    • @robertmorris8997
      @robertmorris8997 Před 3 měsíci

      It's his real hair, he finally gave up on keeping it black though.

  • @clarknawrocki3851
    @clarknawrocki3851 Před 6 lety +3

    Fountain makes a great boat

  • @robertrexroad1175
    @robertrexroad1175 Před 6 lety +1

    Reggie is a character and maritime physics genius.

  • @OFFSHOREJOJO
    @OFFSHOREJOJO Před 16 lety +4

    Sold Cigerette to buy Fountain nicer boat all around!

  • @cowboy700
    @cowboy700 Před 17 lety

    Well explained video. Like the longer tabs and the indicator.

  • @lotsoffun4939
    @lotsoffun4939 Před 16 lety +1

    this is pretty ingenious

  • @Elchapo62
    @Elchapo62 Před 8 lety

    Fountain Performance Marine is Reggie's new shop. He still has plenty of secrets to,speed.

  • @thrillamoe50
    @thrillamoe50 Před 5 lety +1

    Holy shit, I learned a lot. Great video!!!!!!!

  • @wraith01mg
    @wraith01mg Před 15 lety

    Can't argue with you there.

  • @df2447
    @df2447 Před 3 lety +3

    Fountain Powerboats needs to be owned by Reggie Fountain & his family again.
    The new owners of fountain do not know what they are doing?

    • @NotOnDrugs
      @NotOnDrugs Před 3 lety +1

      Hes made his money and his name. He couldn't care less. Lived in Washington my entire life. Donzi has became a joke too

  • @lubricantrc3244
    @lubricantrc3244 Před 6 lety +1

    You rock Reggie, i like sugar on my steak too. and Fountains rule

  • @flyingpaperwings
    @flyingpaperwings Před 17 lety

    I used to live in Washington, NC, about five blocks from the Pamlico River. These boats ROAR! when they are testing them on the river.

    • @eac1235
      @eac1235 Před 11 měsíci

      You mean Potomac River . The Pamlico is in North Carolina.

  • @wraith01mg
    @wraith01mg Před 15 lety +2

    He engineered none of those designs. The plane wedge was designed by marlin marine in clyst st. Mary Exeter Devon UK as was the "stepped Transom" (moulded gill bracket).You want to talk to the master, Talk to Steve Curtis Of class 1 fame.

    • @keithpeterson3447
      @keithpeterson3447 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm not some Fountain fan boy nor am I even a Fountain boat fan. With that said, who cares if he didn't come up with any of those features. He put them together & built a bot that is a formidable machine.
      I personally like the old school deep vee & flat deck design on the Apache, Cigarette, Scarab, ect. It's a much better ride on those old heavy wave crushers. You can run faster & more comfortably with those old resin buckets. Those hulls are tough as nails

  • @dieseldog00
    @dieseldog00 Před 13 lety

    @IntwatPapsmir Fountains are the fastest, best handling, most efficient boats on the water but go for a ride in one in big water and you'll wish you had stayed on the dock. Fountains are pad-bottom boats and they ride very rough. And from a purely quality standpoint, they are way behind Cigarette, Nor-Tech and Outerlimits. Reggie sacrificed materials quality for speed and handling.
    Having said all that, he did great things for high performance boating and I wish him all the best in his new biz.

  • @JulianVR4
    @JulianVR4 Před 4 lety

    Yoooooooo that nigga HAIRCUT LMAOOOOOOOO

  • @snielsen
    @snielsen Před 16 lety +1

    Fountain is King!!...Everything else is just JUNK!

    • @dieseldog00
      @dieseldog00 Před 3 lety

      Who owns the World V Bottom Speed Record?? Hint; it ain't a Fountain.

  • @signoresantinoburnett1169

    This man had to have had balls of steel to wear that hair.

  • @ABCABC-hn1xw
    @ABCABC-hn1xw Před 3 lety

    Reggie Fountain is now 97 yrs old

  • @Jamaaaaal
    @Jamaaaaal Před 16 lety +1

    Outerlimits are the top performers right now.

  • @carazo321
    @carazo321 Před 15 lety +1

    dam now i have no argument !!!!!

  • @flyers22
    @flyers22 Před 16 lety +5

    Love Fountains, but I chose a Donzi

    • @michaelsievers8476
      @michaelsievers8476 Před 3 lety

      Both cool....im on the west coast...we have dcb.... Eliminator... Nordic...some beauties. I have an eliminator i bought in 2003...rebuilt and repowered twice... Currently on the interior...

  • @danj6289
    @danj6289 Před 8 lety +1

    Reggie stated in an interview that he spent about 100 million on racing, research. If he had saved 10 million of that, he would have been able to save his company.

    • @danj6289
      @danj6289 Před 8 lety +1

      Hey, what differenece does it make what he spent it on, he said he could have saved the company if he had kept 10 mill. Don't dissect it. I said research, now keep quiet.

  • @lornekofman2163
    @lornekofman2163 Před rokem

    Add 2stroke oil into the cylinders come back a day later

  • @NoPrivateProperty
    @NoPrivateProperty Před 2 lety

    look at that boot black hair dye

  • @geobabalis
    @geobabalis Před 15 lety +2

    is he wearing a fountain sport wig?

    • @lexor521
      @lexor521 Před 5 lety

      That's for greater Dynamics planing across the water that's funny

  • @dieseldog00
    @dieseldog00 Před 11 lety

    For their revolutionary air suspension cockpit I vote for STATEMENT as the best boat with Outerlimits 2nd Skater 3rd MTI 4th and Nor-Tech 5th.

  • @ronnysterling7694
    @ronnysterling7694 Před 4 lety

    I saw Reggie burn up the red boat at Ft Myers Beach

    • @dieseldog00
      @dieseldog00 Před 3 lety

      I saw the red boat(LUCAS OIL)blow the deck cleats off the "cat killer" coming out of Turn 1 in Key West 2014(cat killer had 3000hp and LUCAS had just 2150). The Mercedes Benz cat ran off and left the "cat killer" at that New Jersey Poker Run where Reggie tried to get the jump on Gino by coming up through the idling herd. He knew he couldn't beat the 3100hp cat so he tried a trick and it backfired on him.

  • @cdnuge
    @cdnuge Před 15 lety +1

    I'm sure we would would all love to see a video you wake boarding behind one of your two Fountains....(AHHHEMMbullshit)

  • @markdent4052
    @markdent4052 Před 5 lety +1

    That hair 😂😂😂😂

  • @yonmoore
    @yonmoore Před 15 lety

    lol that's what i was wondering

  • @runninonempiy
    @runninonempiy Před 13 lety

    @transplant07 Thats not a wig

  • @oneupagain
    @oneupagain Před 13 lety

    @geobabalis said, "is he wearing a fountain sport wig?"
    Looks like a polyester blend to me -- in order to minimize hydrodynamic drag while permitting a comfortable landing in rough water.

  • @wayneuk
    @wayneuk Před 16 lety

    Hey did you borrow that wig ?

  • @dieseldog00
    @dieseldog00 Před 4 lety

    Yeah they're fast but they ride rough(speaking from experience). Only rode in a Fountain once and that was it for me. I spent the next day in bed.

  • @MidniteClimax
    @MidniteClimax Před 7 lety +2

    Dude looks more like his name should be Reggie Donzi

  • @thewhox56
    @thewhox56 Před 16 lety

    the br125000

  • @lexor521
    @lexor521 Před 5 lety

    What is with that guy is hair is this the 1960s or something or is she wearing a wig.? It looks like he's got a helmet of head it looks really funny and weird at the same time I can't help but stare at it I don't know why the guy is so insecure about having no hair

  • @normsniper3231
    @normsniper3231 Před 5 lety

    Hope that boats better than that rug you got on your head ... and what's with the left handed controls . Oh your left handed...

  • @GTFORDMAN
    @GTFORDMAN Před 15 lety +2

    70mph is fricken fast for a boat!

  • @dieseldog00
    @dieseldog00 Před 11 lety

    BAYLINER??? ROFLMAO :D :D

  • @philrazzi7782
    @philrazzi7782 Před 5 lety

    Whuadda

  • @Sodiumreactor
    @Sodiumreactor Před 14 lety

    @9878tubeyou but it wouldnt LOOK or SOUND as cool.

  • @fuasshole666
    @fuasshole666 Před 14 lety

    nice HEAD HA HA

  • @teewoods9846
    @teewoods9846 Před 3 lety

    prop selection is a big deal, for those unaware.

  • @dieseldog00
    @dieseldog00 Před 11 lety +1

    All performance boaters should push for hybrid or pure electric drive systems in vehicles so as to save gasoline for us.

    • @ronnysterling7694
      @ronnysterling7694 Před 4 lety +1

      HipDancerGirl23 electric shmelectric crap

    • @dieseldog00
      @dieseldog00 Před 4 lety +1

      @@TonyMontana-hb6uj Cigarette already did it. They put TWELVE electric motors in a 38 and got almost 100mph iirc. But b/c of the high prices of the motors and batteries, they had to put a $5million price on it which is why they still have it on their showroom floor.
      The new electric cars and trucks(I have a deposit down on a Tesla cybertruck) will soon have much more powerful battery packs and motors for more speed and range capabilities. Auto makers are bringing more and more EVs to market but FCA(Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep), b/c of its idiotic refusal to shift over to EVs, will not last another 10 years.
      Electric power will have to bleed over into the Marine industry. There is no other choice. Dinosaur oil is going the way of the dinosaurs.

    • @dieseldog00
      @dieseldog00 Před 3 lety

      @@TonyMontana-hb6uj It will happen sooner or later. The biggest hurdle as I see it is protecting the electrics from water. We'll have wait and see what happens.

  • @xoxoSM7
    @xoxoSM7 Před 11 lety +1

    BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @SCHMULBACH22
    @SCHMULBACH22 Před 13 lety

    now im going to buy a 100,000 boat

  • @br125000
    @br125000 Před 16 lety

    yeah.. drive and ride on both of 'em then try to tell me that.. fountains are cheap mass produced pos, they don't come close to the fit, finish and ride of the cigarettes.. you don't really believe that you get the same hull as the race boats do you?.. not even close

  • @br125000
    @br125000 Před 16 lety

    fountains are gay.. reggie's gay, cigs are number one