Advice for buying a Fountain.

[webmaster]

Originally Posted by diz

Good catch! Here's another post from another forum from a "Capt_Stormy", complete with link to the listing.

Considering buying an Island Packet. Would love advice

Hello, I am considering buying an Island Packet 27. Year 1992. Any advice on buying from private owner or advice if you have owned this type of boat would be appreciated. This is the actual boat:...

I removed the link to the ad and replaced it with just the picture...

[MAXUM]

Glad I only have a 30 gallon tank in my bow rider.. good grief that's some serious dough to put in the gas tank. Then again that Fountain isn't cheap to buy either. Way out of my budget rage for sure! I do notice that the few times I open mine up, a measly 4.3 V6 it does drink gas, but at my average cruising speed, yes right around 3K on the tach it does OK on gas.

I must say though the best paint/graphics are on all these go fast boats. There are some pretty wild ones out there and the wilder the better! I have to give the top prize to whoever owns the Spider man boat, that thing is awesome! A wee bit loud when he goes by but way cool.

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

Originally Posted by MAXUM

Glad I only have a 30 gallon tank in my bow rider.. good grief that's some serious dough to put in the gas tank. Then again that Fountain isn't cheap to buy either. Way out of my budget rage for sure! I do notice that the few times I open mine up, a measly 4.3 V6 it does drink gas, but at my average cruising speed, yes right around 3K on the tach it does OK on gas.

I must say though the best paint/graphics are on all these go fast boats. There are some pretty wild ones out there and the wilder the better! I have to give the top prize to whoever owns the Spider man boat, that thing is awesome! A wee bit loud when he goes by but way cool.

That's my former dentist who owns the Spider Man boat, if we are talking about the same Cigarette. Quite the boat, for sure.

[RLW]

Capt_Stormy, I just noticed that you are fairly new to posting on the forum and glad you have joined us. Have fun and enjoy the Winni Forum while making many new friends.

Best of luck with the boat..

[salty dog]

Like Maxum says, that's some serious dough to shell out for gas. Yikes I'd be into my retirement fund if I were trying to feed that beast. But cool? Absolutely! Love the graphics, the look, and oh the sound of big blocks. Makes my hairs stand up. Ever since the days of my 440 roadrunner that I wish I'd never sold....But at least with my small block mercruiser I can still afford to buy groceries!

[MAXUM]

MMM yeah 440 six pack with a shaker hood? Heck yeah! Have any idea what one of those is worth these days fully restored? That'd be a whole separate retirement account! I'm not a huge mopar fan, but have to admit those cars were pretty cool.

[MAXUM]

Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

That's my former dentist who owns the Spider Man boat, if we are talking about the same Cigarette. Quite the boat, for sure.

YES! That boat is so cool. He drives that thing around a lot during the summer too, don't want to know what he spends on gas... At least for us, a summer day isn't complete with out seeing the Mt Washington and Spiderman go by

[LastonBoard]

Just curious, has anyone been ticketed for speeding by the MP and what was the fine for the speed clocked?

Thanks

[Pine Island Guy]

Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

That's my former dentist who owns the Spider Man boat

I wonder if he calculates the fuel usage in dollars/hour or teeth/hour...

Hope everyone enjoys the upcoming weekend! -PIG

[trfour]

745 hp. each, used 35 gallons per-hour ( each ) at cruising speed, 65 MPH...



Terry
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[gslpro]

Originally Posted by trfour

745 hp. each, used 35 gallons per-hour ( each ) at cruising speed, 65 MPH...



Terry
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you think about it, and that isn't bad at all. That is about 1 mile per gallon. i get just above 1.5 miles per gallon at best cruise around 29-36 mph on my express cruiser. Lightweight vs. moving condo. Friction on these hulls moving through water is our enemy, more than horses under the hood. Sort of like an aerodynamic Corvette getting low 30's on the highway, vs. a mid 20's mpg minivan.

[trfour]

Originally Posted by gslpro

you think about it, and that isn't bad at all. That is about 1 mile per gallon. i get just above 1.5 miles per gallon at best cruise around 29-36 mph on my express cruiser. Lightweight vs. moving condo. Friction on these hulls moving through water is our enemy, more than horses under the hood. Sort of like an aerodynamic Corvette getting low 30's on the highway, vs. a mid 20's mpg minivan.

Pat O'Connor owned the Sonic SE High Deck pictured. He had a condo at Rowes Warf, W/ boat slip, and he could leave Boston on a Friday afternoon and be on Cape Cod to entertain Customers in about 15 minutes. He had too much money to be concerned about Gasoline.
I delivered a boat called 'Distant Thunder', it was a 46' Cougar W/ 9 and 1/2 foot beam with the engine builder to the owner from Long Island, across Long Island Sound to Stratford Connecticut in 12 minutes. Distant thunder would do 105 MPH in a 4' chop. It had 3 900 hp. Ferrara engines that used 45 gallons an hour at cruising speed ( each ), around 80 MPH. The Builder that owned Distant Thunder paid $500,000.00 for the boat and the engines, transmissions and out drives ( MerCruiser # 4 SpeedMasters ) were installed at Ferrara's on Long Island. The owner also put a larger fuel tank in it. The stock fuel tank held 400 Gallons...

[Just Sold]

Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

That's my former dentist who owns the Spider Man boat, if we are talking about the same Cigarette. Quite the boat, for sure.

Saw Spider Man today in Laconia near Union Diner at the Sunoco.

[Lakeboater]

Spiderman must of gone right to the lake after Sunoco. We saw her out by Spindle Point early yesterday afternoon. Love those graphics!