[geeks] FW: boats

[Andrew Weiss]

Beautiful boats... I'd still go for the sailboat... I love sailing... 
and have since I was 7.  Something very powerful runs through you when 
you hear only the wind in the cloth and the water on the hull.

Andrew

On Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at 01:58 PM, Chris Byrne wrote:

> Well fountain no longer make the Lightning with turbine engines as a
> production item, but they will still build one for you if you give them
> enough money.
>
> They do however build this
>
> http://www.fountainpowerboats.com/sportboats/47lightning.html
>
> Were talking a '47 foot luxury yacht that can do 80 mph with stock 
> power.
> They offer the boat with up to three 900hp supercharged Keith Black 
> racing
> engines with Arneson surface piercing drives for a top speed of well 
> over
> 100mph. They have built versions with custom powerplants capable of 
> reaching
> nearly 140mph.
>
> They also build one of the fastest, and nicest cruisers in the world
>
> http://www.fountainpowerboats.com/cruisers/65super.html
>
> A 65 foot yacht that'll do 60 mph. It has more (and nicer) living space 
> than
> my house, which is appropriate since it costs about five times as much.
>
> And man do I want one of either (or both). Actually I want any fountain 
> but
> I especially want one of those two. I have seriously considered a boat 
> like
> the supercruiser as a retirement home. Either than or a 12 meter or 
> larger
> sailing yacht.
>
> My first fountain experience was in training. Fountain supplies the high
> speed patrol craft currently used by customs and the navy as well as 
> certain
> special application speedboats. The things are fast, well made, well 
> fitted
> out, and damned near indestructible. They are the favorite of movie 
> stunt
> companies as well.
>
> Chris Byrne
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