Fountain Powerboats "Cat Killer" Race Champions

[@johnpike5836]

Just another great docu about Fountain. I try to watch 'em all. Reggie is a genius and a hero. I am a die hard Donzi guy, I like the Cigarette. But if I had it all to Do Over, I'd have a Fountain. That Dog Can Hunt.

[@MrOffshore]

It's pretty clear...no one...I repeat no one has done for offshore powerboating what Reggie Fountain has done The man has taken it to a new level and takes on ALL challengers. He makes no excuses, typically because he doesn't need to, but without a doubt, he has given more to our sport than any other single person or group of people....PERIOD.

[@patrickrose5025]

AL COPELAND AND I SAY NO MORE..HE WAS THE GOAT AND GUY WHO BROUGHT THE SUPER BOATS OUT

[@CaptainCruise1]

I love the Roar of those engines. Sounds so nice

[@pirate1able]

Sterling Engines. They can make 1800 hp each.

[@willmurray7228]

I took this video, many years ago, still can't top it.

[@rickytimms1851]

Wheres the LOVE button ? LOVE the Fountains !!!

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

i'm a west coast boat builder, a gelcoater at a top firm, top of my class..........i'd love to meet my idol,,,,reggie fountain............no doubt

[@patrickrose5025]

in offshore the guys with the most money win..back in the 80s al copeland proved that point

[@rotax7804]

Don't kid yourself these cats had high dollar equipment in them. No one builds a boat like these and not to try and be number one. Grant you it was probaly a stacked deck with the Fountain , but the boats that tried were top notch. Reggie has his shit together on any given day he will be a factor at any event.

[@aetechllc]

It is a production Fountain that anyone can buy. If you got the cash and the heart!

[@unsane]

I was at this run myself, and that boat was very fast! Reggie can be over the top and I can understand how people got upset at this little PR stunt. Speed Racer did break and was running smaller pulleys to run pump gas and he wasn't too happy about being in this vid. Also, notice the boat more closely, it's really a 46', they cut off the beak as it created too much bow lift.

[@weselmendorf2195]

of course speed racer didnt want to be in the vid lol sheeeeeeeesh

[@df2447]

@@weselmendorf2195 Don’t show up if you don’t want to be on camera loosing!!! Have a nice day!!

[@swaggerjacker1482]

3:11-3:20 love that sound

[@joelonderee2872]

The sound of Freedom, that is why the terrorists' hate us!

[@mathewgladden8914]

This is hilarious. And his hair! Lol

[@robertmorris8997]

He finally gave up on keeping it black. 😁 LOVE Fountain boats and Reggie Fountain.

[@true5.012]

Damn I love fountains

[@pirate1able]

Ok for the people that don't know go and look at the records and championships Fountain is the best. Go to any race or poker run there cam be 100 boats and 1 Fountain guess what boat everyone wants to out run,,, the Fountain! Fountain sets the standard! Love him or hate him Reggie Fountain has done more for racing than any other! Also the race at the Ozark is a lake race not offshore racing...big difference! It gives the cats a big advantage, Watch that cat killer in rough seas cat people AArrrr

[@WarrenDJr]

You're talking a full blown race boat verses a pleasure cat with 24000 to 3000 horse power.

[@stephenlane2826]

This was a while ago but a run against what is a worked up pure Factory Raceboat and a bunch of semi racers without mechanics to fix and adjust everything that needs fixing isnt a fair race. I thought Reggie was an awesome guy but let's run it fair today. It would be tooooo funny.

[@furrybarry]

Nice hair helmet Reggie.

[@robertmorris8997]

He finally gave up on keeping it black. LOVE Fountain boats and Reggie Fountain.

[@BrettTracyRealtor]

What's the fastest pleasure boat going that day!! 120-130 mph!! Call each manufacturer up (outer limits, mti, skater etc) and you get 6 months to build an awesome race boat!! I Don't care a pleasure go-fast is different than a professional go fast boat!!

[@dieseldog00]

MTI and OL don't need 6 months to build a Fountain killer. MTI blew the deck cleats off the Fountain that day, and OL STILL holds the world V bottom speed record at 180.41.

[@aceseights8815]

@@dieseldog00…and Mike Fiore is dead

[@C5Mike2000]

Reggie is just a cool dude.

[@Icepacalapse]

Bigger seas favor the V bottom. So many of the so-called offshore races are in glasslike water that a hydroplane could easily make the course and win.

[@dieseldog00]

Take a 46' cat and a 47' Fountain with equal powertrains. Give them a racecourse anywhere on the East Coast running ten laps and let's see who wins.

[@weselmendorf2195]

** my 98 deep step runs only 90+ ... I do balls out laps around KI when its not broke on a $3000 boating annual budget and its just fine for me ! ... at this rate I get to take it out every third year. lol GOD Bless

[@thomasmatey6654]

You built some bad ass boats reggie its ashame you lost your ass but we all did

[@ViperSRTnACR]

Like others have said, this is pure apples to oranges right here. Cool vid but a race boat vs poker runners of course it's going to pull the win. Not to mention the fact it probably has at least 5 to 700+ MORE HP then the rest of the boats in the run. I respect Fountain alot but lets be honest... all things being equal in the power department, a Cat/Skater or MTI will come out on top.

[@df2447]

All those powerboats in this video were pretty much of equal power. I don’t care what anyone says FOUNTAIN Powerboats ARE the fastest boats in the world. OUTERLIMITS may hold the speed record for now. It’s only because Reggie Fountain doesn’t have control anymore. Outerlimits only put big engines in their boats. You don’t see a lot of Outerlimits racing do you? No Think about it??? The Rules are There are NO RULES!! Fountain Powerboats there is NO Substitute!!!

[@Dcamp200]

Reggie got STOMPED! Now he can't own up. Let's see the new film taken from the Fountain helicopter when the Mercedes MTI blew by you.

[@BIGBADWOOD]

REGGIE COULD SURE BUILD FAST BOATS .... SHAME HE COULD NOT PAY HIS BILLS , TOOK MONTHS AND MONTHS TO GET HIM TO PAY HIS BILL FOR THREE RADAR JAMMERS !

[@cardio10101]

Miss my 50'

[@fredmcclain5120]

The moment anyone thought Reggie was coming there and didn't have his $h!t together they already lost period !

[@ItsNat]

The big cats like my buddys 46' skater 1996 with twin 1800hp turbines will do 165gps open cockpit seats 6 has a cabin with two queen size beds, and a head, That boat will do a 100 to 110 in real 6 footers , the boats weight is 13,000lbs in 3 to 4 footers you could fall a sleep at 100. which is its cruise speed thats a 1/4 throttle. a small cat under 30 feet will have troubles in 6 footers

[@dieseldog00]

Is that the red Skater I see on the poker run videos? Love that boat but I don't think you can put two queen beds in that cabin I want pics of that.

[@Icutmetal]

Cool story

[@bryanjackson8604]

This is one of the biggest jokes I’ve ever seen

[@flaplaya]

Rio 'N Roses- Is quite the beast(3:07) Staggered 1350's anyone? Goodbyyyeee=)

[@dieseldog00]

@2tonchevy The Fountain had staggered engines not trips.

[@leahmissbjork]

In case everyone didn't already know, a Fountain RACE boat with twin 1550hp Sterlings is faster than almost any POKER RUN boat. Reggie, why didn't you race your "cat killer" against the Bacardi Silver Skater that uses 1500hp Sterlings? Is it because that boat does 202mph and your "cat killer" does 179? I guess that comparison wouldn't be an effective marketing excercise...

[@dieseldog00]

The 43 Outerlimits ran 180.41 with Merc 1650s. That number is STILL the fastest ever run by a V bottom and it was a pleasureboat.

[@PenskePC17]

@@dieseldog00 it wasn’t a pleasure boat and it also had the bottom redone 5 times, Fountain uses it’s basic stepped hull.

[@Harley.Davidson]

🤣

[@landaulgosto3596]

@@PenskePC17VERY FAR FROM BASIC… First time watching a boat video I take?

[@joewilley7776]

I love my lightning

[@jonny100001]

It maybe a fast boat, but these guys aren't racers. even if the amateurs had better equipment they dont have a team of mechanics to fix it or necessarily the balls to top their stuff out

[@MXXX3R]

Fountains were so good they went out of business! lol

[@michaelondracek4920]

They did? Hmmm

[@eac1235]

They've been back for years, new owners.

[@gladheateherfruehauf4230]

Terrible they went bankrupt, what an incredible company and owner.

[@eac1235]

They are back with new ownership.

[@jasonsmith4776]

Think about it guys, He's a businessman where better to sell your product.

[@AB-80X]

Well, it obviously backfired big time. He spent so much on all his PR crap, that he went bust.

[@bigwormhotdogs7259]

Those boats are ridiculous ...they call them fountains because you get wet..try going to dinner on one ..better have a bathing suit on

[@maddbx68]

wasnt exactly a bb gun against a flame thrower, that mti is not a slow boat forget whether it had 1300's or 1550's did 163 though

[@dieseldog00]

I believe it had 1500s or 1550s. Gino's top speed before he sold it was 195. There is NO WAY that Fountain could touch that cat. The physics of twin hulls with the compression tunnel to lift the stern doesn't lie.

[@njfinests]

well, you know what they say in racing? What wins on Sunday sells on Monday!!!🤣

[@panacheautomotive4298]

He raced a bunch pleasure boats that were on a poker run not racing. I would like to see how it would do against CMS Racing where the owner is not concerned about burning up one of his $250,000.00 motors and with a professional driver and throttleman..

[@bigwormhotdogs7259]

Exactly

[@bigwormhotdogs7259]

Back in the 80s he wasnt even on the circuit ...cat boats always dominated the race scene..sure In rougher water a v bottom will handle better, but the cat can hold a better average mph in all weather conditions...cats are always 20 to 30 mph faster

[@AB-80X]

When all the faster boats are on their trailer? What do you exactly know about boats since you make that statement? Names like Predator, Pure Platinium, My Way, Jet Set, and many, many others ring a bell? Heck Dustin Whipples new OL 43SV will probably top out at 161-162 and that is an open cocpit vee with genset, aircon, full cabin ect. and it seats 5. FPM does not currently have a model, so Reggie is pretty much out untill he builds a boat himself, ie. not build by Skater like Cat Killer was.

[@dieseldog00]

Outerlimits holds the V bottom record at 180.41 with Merc 1650s which I believe was set in 2012.

[@gaycha6589]

That is hair to die for…

[@Idontwantahandle6669]

Wow, a racing boat out running poker run boats, impressive (sarcasm)

[@cwarner218]

It was a PR stunt, nothing more. Everyone knows with equal power or less a cat will out run a v. Although, a 170mph v hull is still pretty cool. It is sad Fiore is not with us anymore, I enjoyed seeing the rivalry between him and Reggie.

[@barneyba]

"Fiction CAN BE FUN!" - Ace Ventura

[@nhbiglake]

lmao all these boats were high performance boats whether they were a cat or the "cat killer" but the fountain is on a whole other level of high performance...take a ford mustang and a lamborghini, they are both fast cars but the lamborghini is a much faster car and is built for higher performances and speeds than the mustang is...just saying not exactly the most fair race, however i still love fountains.

[@duro845]

lmao he's using a poker run to advertise

[@sanchorodgomez]

@chriscorsexy fountain did NOT come with treir own race fuel, and of course they came with a full crew haha wouldnt you? winning is winning dude

[@benjaminhines183]

LOL 😂 why don’t you see 200+ out of a fountain like is common now with cats.

[@MrGarbezzy]

Let's c u run against Cintron. O thts rite u won't cuz they're 2 fast. Tht vee hull runs I think 177mph n cintron runs 200mph.

[@dieseldog00]

MISS GEICO ran over 200 before it caught fire. 4000hp is hard to beat when it's in a cat.

[@2tonchevy]

not surprised.......a three engine race boat vs twin engine pleasure boats. Reggie is the man.....and fountains are awesome......but comon reggie.......that was a great publicity stunt......but you know the truth: all out speed belongs to cat boats.

[@dieseldog00]

I don't think Reggie has ever built a trips boat. They're all staggered engines. The only triple engine Fountain I know of is a 3x1350hp 47 in Sweden.

[@christopherprivitera4838]

Well i am a "V" guy but the thing that bothers me the most about this is the fact that he is comparing a full blown race boat to family pleasure sport boats.. i would like to see hime compare this boat to boats like spirit of qatar that has a top speed of 244mph !! or ms geico who has a top speed of 210mph... i know that "V" bottom boat do handle in the chop but the thing is if this boat was in nomal chop against cats then "cat killer" will become CAT FOOD. and this is my opinion and i am a "V" guy...

[@gerardladalardo1378]

Christopher Privitera I DISAGREE. In the past 10 years or so the pleasure boats are way outrunning the race boats. Race boats are limited by class, engine size, etc... All those cats the Fountain beat are pleasure boats, but with maximum horsepower.

[@AB-80X]

PRO HEN You're joking, right? So, just because they weren't at that exact pokerrun, they aren't there? Are you for real? When the M31 and M35 first came out, they both ran well above 170 at Desert Storm that year. Pure Platinum and many others have more than validated their capabilities. Also, there's a major difference being an amateur at at poker run with lots of other boats and passengers to consider, rather than being in a full on race boat with all the safety gear etc. This was a very stupid move from Reggie, pure and simple. Lots of guys can beat this "Skater". When was the last time Reggie built his own record hull and didn't have Hledin do it? You need to go back to the 90's for that. He was a showoff, and because of that, he lost his business. He was there to brag, not show his stuff. Victory, SoQ, SoN and many other teams have better things to do than run poker runs. If he had not been such a dick about the whole thing, it would have been fine, but he had to flap his jaw like he always have. At least David Knight said something intelligent at the end. They were the fastest of who was there, not the overall fastest. Do you know why his current company don't build boats? Nobody wants them anymore. While Fiore is sadly not here anymore, OL is still the V hull to beat, and now that Reggie don't have Forehand to do his dirty work, he's a dinosaur. Oh year, and let's finish off with the bogus speed claims. How come that most fountains sold from 2000 up until the company went bust, cannot reach the speeds printed on the speed charts? Yup, that's right. Not only do they run the boat in the morning down stream on the fast running Pamlico river, they have the boat so low on fuel that it is not uncommon for them to tow the boats back after speed testing. Also, they usually ran a prop with a higher pitch and removed spacers from the drive, which were then installed just prior to delivery along with smaller wheels. I've driven no less than three 35 Lightnings that when set up as done per factory specs for speed runs, could not even get on plane with two people on board and a half tank of fuel. That's shafting both buyers, the press and competitors. And then there's the Mercury 700SCI engines in 38 Lightnings that was stock, but for some odd reason, ran to 6100 rpm. Reggie did a lot of interesting things in his prime, but that's well and far gone. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

[@fatboyzracing3178]

This video was also 12+ years old... so at that point in time it probably was the fastest in the world.

[@bigwormhotdogs7259]

V bottoms are not beating a big cat

[@fatboyzracing3178]

@@bigwormhotdogs7259 Not these days, but back then... ya... they were.

[@pezzonovante888]

Kind of a moot comparison. We all know that modern cats are faster and can take chop just about as well as a vee. That being said, I still prefer a vee as a pleasure boat. I prefer them aesthetically, they're more usable/functional, and I just prefer the way they feel. Not to say I dislike cats, because that is far from the truth. It's just personal preference.

[@BigAgitator]

@chriscorsexy Comparing apples to apples sounds only fair. You make a good point man. I wonder if reggie has seen the turbine driven cats that can go almost 240 mph......

[@ShaneA0222]

Ok Reggie lets see the "cat killer" take on the spirit of qatar or miss geico your 171.883 vs 244 good luck with that Reggie. LOL

[@fatboyzracing3178]

Spirit of Qatar and Miss geico are also 10+ years more advanced in technology and... ya know.... have jet engines...

[@fredliperson9171]

Come on now Reggie...You gotta cut that hair ...

[@thedude354]

old reggie fountain and that damn shoepolish black hair of his, not fooling anyone reggie!

[@ricculus]

BB gun against a flame thrower.

[@Idontwantahandle6669]

But this was bogus, they brought a racing coupe to a poker run. It's not even a contest. If you put a racing cat against that fountain, the fountain would get left behind.

[@pirate1able]

avaste me harties

[@Idontwantahandle6669]

why would you bring a coupe to a poker run, coupes are faster because there is less drag when their is a top on a boat, also that fountain was a race boat, those other ones were not

[@dieseldog00]

No but Gino was there with his 44MTI and he ran down the "cat killer" and killed it. I saw the video of Gino's big speed run in Biscayne Bay and the GPS said 193. Reggie has never come close to that speed with any of his boats. That vid might still be up idk...

[@RenegadeBoater]

how many other boats had 3000hp? this is rediculous. i seen this boat in the flesh and less than impressed!

[@dieseldog00]

Reggie's boat had 2x1550. Gino's boat had the same. Reggie ran 177 in his Kilo record run. Gino ran 195 in a shakedown cruise on Biscayne Bay that's an 18mph differential in the cat's favor. Reggie can't beat the MTI in a Kilo run, or any other speed challenge for that matter.

[@seanscannell5163]

Your comparing a v hill to a cat. Apples and oranges. Either way 170+ in a v hull is incredible. If Reggie would've involved himself in catamaran building his cats would be the fastest. You can see the influence his designs have made in all the major boat builders. It's all based off of fountain

[@ghostgator1450]

it couldn't a pull away off a 1995 skater maxed out check out the video skaterpowerboats catkillervideo.html

[@mathewgladden8914]

So the guy just hired a bunch of crappier board to lose to him? Lol

[@NautiGuard]

The best Marketing plan foutain has had in years... to bad they lied!

[@BIKENCLIMB]

Hello David, just like always the cats got beat and now we hear the excuses. The point is, if you brag that you have a 180mph boat, you had better be able to back that up with a 180mph run. Factory race boat or not, 180 is 180. They did not back up their end. Maybe next time the cats will get their factory boats there and we'll see the same result. Fountain vee's are the best in the world and they have proven it time and time again.

[@bigwormhotdogs7259]

Redgie was always full of shit...his speedometers were always bumped up too on his production boats..younkow why they call them fountains right? Its because you get wet..

[@MajTom-wd2yt]

Nice ancient history....

[@alexadams1212]

this is a very nice boat and a fast one but it was going against pleasure boats put this think up against race turbine cats and there is no way it will be able to hang with them a very nice boat though

[@dieseldog00]

Put the Fountain up against a cat with the same power and it will still lose. V bottoms don't have the hydrodynamics to run with the cats.

[@br125000]

go to the lake of the ozarks and see if thats the fastest boat that enters the shootout.. not gonne happen, they've had cats running over 200 mph for the past few years.. go ahead look it up.. then reply

[@MrOffshore]

It's apparent you don't know what you're talking about..same conditions...OK, how about 6-8'ers...let's see the MTI perform in that...offshore powerboating, at least by my standards is whatever the sea can throw at you...a V-bottom dominates in offshore conditions...period. You can argue whatever you like, but it just proves your continued ignorance.