[Candyman]

How many Fountain owners are on here and what do you have?

Mine is a '97 35' Fountain with 454 Mags. Way under powered for now.

 

[Dredgeking]

Hey Candy man, i just found this place today.

1999 29' F1

 

[Candyman]

Dredgeking,
Welcome to the board! Nice pic! Glad to have a fellow beak boater on here. Obnoxus and Boatnut told me about it. Jeff runs a nice site. I was amazed at how many OSO people are on here.
It's the oso alternative. I was surprised that you can't type the word Speedwake on OSO. It comes up all asterisks.

Dan

 

[Dredgeking]

i'm surprised it took me this long to find the place. i must be getting slow.

i'm hoping this will be a cool board. since i'm a moderator on OSO i am forbidden to give my opinion. maybe now i can voice my opinions. maybe i'm forbidden to even be on this board. oh, well.

 

[Candyman]

They will have to get over it. What's up with not being able to voice your opinion? That's messed up. As you said, oh well!
Dan

 

[Back4More]

 

[Candyman]

Hey Mark,
Is that bad boy going to be ready by Aug. 10th? We could always use another beak on the run. Any more "rumors" from Mr.Rampage? I would have liked that one to have come true.
Dan

 

[Back4More]

Hey Mark,
Is that bad boy going to be ready by Aug. 10th? We could always use another beak on the run. Any more "rumors" from Mr.Rampage? I would have liked that one to have come true.
Dan

I should be picking her up on Saturday.
I hear we are VERY close to nailing the run date down.

 

[Candyman]

I hope its not the 10th or 24th. Now they have a helicopter with Wally taking pictures for the Racine Run. Should be fun. It would be a nice way to put some easy break-in hours on your boat.
Dan

 

[OldMagicfloat]

Looking at the names you guys already know this one.

 

[Candyman]

It seems I may have seen your boat before. :winker: :bigsmile: Is it a 29' or a 32' or somewhere in between. :laugher: I love red boats!
Dan

 

[gilla]

Nice pics of great boats guys. Keep the Fountain thing going on Speedwake. I have been thinking on a 2003 29 Fever with the new 525 EFI. It should run as good as a 500-mabey better with 30 more hp. Is 78 reasonable?

 

[Candyman]

gilla,
These are a couple of links to discussions on the 29'. Fever Mike has his for sale.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24218

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24418

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29170

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[gilla]

Dan,
Thankspwill look up. want the newer Fever II, which has the swim steps built in and the anchor locker. 35 seems too big for me to tow, the 32 i guess is not being made based on the low set in the water with twin big blocks.

Cause of the swamping story. What is your opinion of the 29?

 

[Candyman]

gilla,
My understanding is that Fountain will make 32' as a special order. I heard that the added weight of the 496's and overall width is why they stopped making the 32. I don't have any first hand knowledge of the 29'. The only way to know if a boat is right for you is do a water test. Test as many boats in varying conditions as you can and base your decision off of that not off of a magazine opinion.
Dan

 

[gilla]

Rode the 29 with the 454-Boat was great-engine was not much. Plane time was sad but once it got going-the hull took over and it rode great. Zero mid range torque-movee the throttlle you could not feel or hear acceleration-just slowly move up to 60. The stern vent holes had metal tubes running uphill and forward-to the blower. Swamp porblem should be eliminated. Based on the 29- i can see where a 32 with twin big blocks would be way stern heavy-your 35 seems to balance the weight better by looking at your pic. Also my first time with left had controls. Will be find once used to them where I can adjust w/o looking. The marina rep who was along said that he did not see much dif in rough water between the 27 and 29. I did notice the extra cockpit room and the cooler in the cabin. The cockpit room is the most important to me, plus it should have a little better balance. The best thing is you still read the water but don't worry about the landing.

 

[Dredgeking]

29 with big single power wails.

 

[gilla]

DK-anything else out there to compare it to. I sure did like the ride-tend to porpoise a bit caused by the wave action but eaisly adjusted with tabs. With more motor-It felt like you could power through that stage. Any tips?

Thanks

 

[Gambrinus]

i HAVE A 1999 42 LIGHTNING 2 500 efi had some issues. have gone over 800 miles since 4th of july :chase:

 

[Dredgeking]

mY 29 TENDS TO CHINE WALK SOME at 75mph plus. never had it porpoise. it's not a great rough water boat unless you want to work the throttle a lot and time the waves.