Leading The Fountain Powerboats Comeback
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- From boat racing to boat building, the list of names in the high-performance marine industry with more overall experience than Jeff Harris, the chief operating officer of Fountain Powerboats in Washington, N.C., is extremely small. Not only is the low-key Southern gentleman a multi-time world champion, Harris was among Fountain Powerboats' earliest employees and he actually helped company founder Reggie Fountain, Jr., lay up his first boat.
Want to find out how Harris has continued to stay out front? Watch “In The Lead with Jeff Harris,” episode No. 1 of the third-year video series that tells the stories of the most accomplished and innovative racers, builders, influencers and entrepreneurs in the high-performance powerboat industry. Special thanks to supporting sponsors, MYCO Trailers, Bluave Marine Audio, CP Performance, DEFCO Trucks, Hamilton Marine Finance, Hardin Marine and Race World Offshore.
In The Lead Season 2 features include:
Ep 1: Peter Hledin, Skater Powerboats
Ep 2: Johnny Tomlinson, TNT Custom Marine
Ep 3: Randy Scism, Marine Technology Inc.
Ep 4: Tyler Miller, M CON Racing
Ep 5: Stephen Miles, Stephen Miles Design
Ep 6: Bob Teague, Teague Custom Marine
In The Lead Season 1 features include:
Ep 1: Grant Bruggemann, Grant's Signature Racing
Ep 2: Nils Johnsen & Trond Schou, Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats
Ep 3: Shaun Torrente, Shaun Torrente Racing
Ep 4: John Cosker, Mystic Powerboats
Ep 5: Mark Waddington & Brett Manire, Performance Boat Center
Ep 6: Tony Chiaramonte, DCB Performance Boats
Ep 7: Justin Wagner, Waves and Wheels
In partnership with:
MYCO Trailers: www.mycotrailers.com
Bluave Marine Audio: bluaveaudio.com
CP Performance: www.cpperformance.com
DEFCO Trucks, www.defcotrucks.com
Hardin Marine: www.hardin-marine.com
Hamilton Marine Finance: / hamiltonmarinefinance
Race World Offshore: raceworldoffshore.com
Produced by:
Scrapyard Media: www.scrapyardmedia.com
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00:00 Intro
01:10 Childhood Boating
02:36 Meeting Reggie Fountain, Jr.
04:25 Starting Fountain Powerboats
06:15 Racing Career
11:15 Return to Fountain
15:27 Future of Fountain
19:04 Credits - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I saw my first Fountain in 1981 when I was 10 years old and dreamed of owning one ever since. I just bought an 01 29 Fever at 50 years old.
Great episode. Bought my Fountain 12 years ago and don't ever intend parting with her. They get in your blood and create some spectacular memories. Congrats to Jeff and team for resurrecting the brand.
Good video. Thank you. I knew quite a bit about Reggie Fountain but I didn't know about Jeff Harris. He has quite a history as well.
One of the best marine story’s EVER, seriously everyone, I applaud you all
Thanks!
* goosebumps ! ... * speechless ! ---> GOD, Family, Low Country and Fountains ! Great Production SOTW & Scrapyard !! Thanks Reggie, Jeff, Fred and all who have served, been a part and worked at Fountain from the beginning and now to help in their success. I have owned 4 Fountains and will always own a Fountain. GOD Bless
Phenomenal documentary!! Absolutely loved it! This exposure is exactly what the industry needs! Great job!!!
Wow nice video! Its music to my ears when you see a Fountain roaring through the Pamlico River heading towards Ocracoke! I really love what has been coming out boat wise from MTI, and especially Midnight Express. All these boats owe their ohmage to Fountain Power Boats. When you see a Fountain these days its like seeing Michael Jordan. Its a special moment and they are in a league of their own. I hope the Fountain soars even higher and one day maybe consider building an ULTRA PWC. Its gonna be nice to see those Mercury 500R motors ripping the water behind a Fountain soon in the River. Reggie has always been a cool dude and its good to see the company going the right direction with new leadership and vision. See you guys on the River this weekend! Thanks for the video!
Man would it be nice to see Fountain bring back their 24 footer with a single big block.
That dude handling fiberglass sheets bare handed coming off that cnc machine is a monster
I need to be working with these guys. Reggie is my idol anyway.
Awesome need more from other events guys. Nice job👍👍👍
I was in the boating industry with my dad n let me tell u truth....making Profits in anything Boating. Especially Racing..is Absolutely Hell !!..
Great video guys.
I want that life jacket.
Bring back the 24SC
Conflict with fountain and mti(regi and randy) doesn’t make a lot of since to me because mti would never make a performance V and fountain wouldn’t have made a cat back then
prolly business politics and closed office door tensions ... all great companies have it
Yes, I believe that coupled with limited market shares
The only V bottom boats MTI builds are the 42, 50, 52 and 57 center consoles. Fountain builds 34' o/b cats now but Reggie has nothing to do with that part. B
ack in the early days Reggie built a cat and it was involved in a fatal accident. Reggie said he would never build another cat for his customers. That accident scared him.
@@dieseldog00 oh I did put know about Reggie’s accident and I don’t think mti makes a 52v
You never miss a fountain when you see one
Yup! That eagle look design
I’m a diehard Fountain fan but go look at their website. They make one….ONE model that’s a traditional go fast that the company was founded on….the 42 Lightning and that’s it!!!! Really disappointing to see. I get it though…the market doesn’t really support them much anymore. Everyone wants the roomy open cockpit and those ridiculous outboards. I hope it’s just a passing fad and they can get back to their roots by building some of the baddest go fasts around.
oh my god! build some smaller fast boats. it's so easy.