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Article: LIVE FAST.(Fountain 38 Cruiser, boat)(Evaluation)
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- Motorboating
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Bonnier Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The new Fountain 38 is a true express cruiser with full accommodations wrapped up in a raceboat-style hull.
You can lean this boat over on its cheek, lean it so far and so hard you feel as if you're parallel to the water. And you never get any sense of the hull letting go. No slipping, no sliding and no chine walking, just a fast turn, like a water skier on a slalom course. The amazing thing is, this is true of all Fountain boats, from the smallest of the monohulls up to The Yacht.
Reggie Fountain and I are out on the Pamlico River at Washington, N.C., trying out his new 38-foot Cruiser, which he had dubbed Super Cruiser (up from the earlier Sport ...