Of course theres no need for saccenti like throttling when your only doing 40mph!
I do admit the beaker is a far cry from the regal beagle when it comes to having to pull back on those sticks, espcially with #4 drives being kinda high. There is no "set it and forget it" position, but that is where the fun is. Im actually getting to drive the boat and not just ride on it which is a welcomed change.
Friday night was glass, saturday was glass, saturday night was a nice chop, enough to air out the boat a bit, and sunday, glass again. It does seem though that even being a Fontane, the old straight bottom 38 needs some air under it to run decent!
Thread: Fountain or Cig Water?
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07-14-2010 07:35 PM
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07-14-2010 08:35 PM
I would just like to remind everybody that the "CIG" is running blowers to TRY and keep up with an EFI Foutain running on 87
P.S. where is my sticker
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07-14-2010 08:48 PM
You will get your stickers. And stop giving out my secrets
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07-14-2010 08:55 PM
DING DING DING. This is not fair. We cannot compare a 25 year old cig to a newer beaker. Apples to oranges. A more fair comparision would be a twin step top gun with 525s.
Now, we can compare mine and ryans. Both straight bottom 38's (okay, a 37.6 and a 36), no steps, old school Speedmasters and cleaver props, and old school blower motors. Mines lighter and faster hull, but smaller motors. Its like the old IROC VS MUSTANG 5.0 debate....lol, its all in good fun. I had so much fun just runnin next to the old flatdeck last weekend just horsin around. Thats what its all about
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07-14-2010 10:14 PM
FORD,,,CHEVY,,,,FORD,,,, CHEVY.
wait, wait,,,,,I got it,,,,, APACHE !!!!!!!!
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07-14-2010 11:38 PM
Can i be the mustang? Funny that you bring up cleaver props Joe. You should ask BZ what happens to a fountain guy when they walk up on a CIG. WE CUT YA.
Hows the foot doing anyways.
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07-15-2010 09:26 AM
Yes. Fountains ARE the safest boats. Reggie says so. And I don't believe BZs has ever left the water...
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07-15-2010 11:49 AM
Reggie explains it all here. Miles per dollar.
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07-15-2010 11:56 AM
Fast forward to about 2:15 in this video. This is what i told keith as we passed the flatdeck cig....
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07-15-2010 03:43 PM
I need a helicopter to drop me on the deck of my boat while at the beach. Maybe he went on a beer run?
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07-15-2010 04:14 PM
Hey Ryan, see these race hatches? Take a close look. I likey. This is my fav beaker of all time.
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07-15-2010 05:30 PM
As i passed the CIG he says. The way i remember it i was trying to stay behind you so i could get a measurement off the back of the fountain for decals. There was just to much bounching around my tape measure kept falling off. Maybe when you are parked on the trailer it wont be so bouncy. Those hatches would look cool they are just a double 45. And you would be able to walk on them!
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07-15-2010 11:06 PM
I wanted a real nice 38 foot boat so I bought a 42 Fountain !!!
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