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the sister boat to that riva is up here on lake ontario, you must go back and get a few deck shots of the woodwork it is amazing from the swim platform to the bow its all teak the boat is built for the med so you enter and exit the stern ,it also has 2 speed trannys that sounds like you hit a...

I had a feeling this would happen come on reggie jump back in and rename it FU boats .....fountain unlimited of course

i have a scarab 30 panther with no power its a pretty cool hull and interior old school but classic

i am amazed he did not name it.... FU for "Fountain Unlimited" bet he thought about it!

not sure if he is following donald trump or an STD but he is dam persistant ill give him that! http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Reggie_Fountain_Powering_Up_New_Boating_Company_114906709.html

i think some of these guys are pushing 300 pounds of boost and 5000hp is that true?

a turbine is loudest at ground idle and quietest at full power the screeching you hear at idle is the bleed bands wide open what happens is the sides of the case around the rotating blades open to allow air to escape or not get forced thru the combustion chambers too much air and little fuel...

up here on our tiny port on lake ontario we have 4 border patrol boats one is a 36 foot safe boat with 4 merc 350s and seats with shocks they call themselfs saskuatch with little decals of bigfoot on the boat their moto is you might see us but you dont know anything about us! they show up in...

yes i,m still laughing at the catapult over the fence guys i do give them an A for adapting old technology

if that was the boats back in the day and there are even more drugs on the street today makes ya wonder what there up to now i think either a pipeline or subs anyone have a clue?

what were we supposed to do? i was distracted

rogue we just use ours for pleasure now i dont think many here can appreciate how different tug boat life is compaired to speed boats hardest thing to learn is docking and stopping with out crushing anything! i dont see this engine making over 1200hp all the blowers blow into a common plenum...

i think its all for looks i have a 12-71 in our tug so i,m wondering why the huge blower rube goldberg contraption on top. a blower off and emd or fairbanks opposed is over 3 feet long 2 would have worked and been lot simpler. these are 2 strokes the blower blows only air into the cylinder when...

hey RIK from arnson will a longer shaft and tube help? an older round ear prop? sounds like its really cavatating rather than biting the water?

22 foot long 8500 pounds never got on plane started asking a million a few weeks ago.. when he was building this thing i warned him a surface drive will not work on it but he blew us off and well here are the results any one interested? hes about 15 miles from here i told him he needs an...