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To follow up on the announcement from Reggie Fountain—the founder and recently resigned chief operating officer of Fountain Powerboats in Washington, N.C.—that he was starting RF Powerboats, Powerboat’s Editor at Large Matt Trulio contacted Fountain by phone on Wednesday. He agreed to speak with Trulio, who writes a blog on www.speedonthewater.com, with the understanding that we would hold the interview until today. Here’s what Fountain had to say:
RF Powerboats is Real Fast Powerboats. Right now, I can’t legally use Reggie Fountain as a name for a boat company, though it may eventually become known as that. What are your plans? We are going to be heavy into service, heavy into brokerage of boats and heavy into building boats. My first two boats will be a 43-foot sport boat, a greatly enhanced and up-tuned version of my 42 but just a hair larger, and a 39-foot center console, which will be an upgraded and up-tuned version of my 38. I haven’t upgraded the styling of either of those boats since 2004. My third boat will be a 32-foot center console. I also plan on producing two cruisers—a 40-footer and a 50-footer. We have six boats sold so far. Will RF Powerboats be a custom boat company? We are going to be a custom boat company. That’s how I started, so I’m going back to my roots. I think we have the nicest research, development and service facility on the shores of the Pamlico River (in Washington, N.C.). We will bring out buyers into this four-million-square-foot, seven-acre facility, which has a pier and a canal. It also will be the Fountain Hotel for the people who come to buy our boats—there will be four guest bedrooms. My son, Reggie, will be doing a lot of the rigging. I will have two other distribution centers in addition to our headquarters, one with my good friend Scott Shogren (of Shogren Performance Marine) and with my good friend Randy Hartmann in Kentucky. Production will be very limited to begin with. We can do 50 boats a year, but we’ll start with 24 in the first year. We will have our first boats ready in late May or early June, and we will not build any boats that have not been taken, meaning ordered by individual customers who have put down deposits. |
Thursday 24 November, 2011
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Butch
Belhaven, NC
Reggie Era Fountains/RF Powerboats... Are there any other boats out there?
Saturday 1 October, 2011
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Thursday 4 August, 2011
Rich Schnippel
Monday 18 July, 2011
was sorry to hear you left, wish you the best of luck, and yes, i am already saving my money, for my "rf" boat!
i currently own a 38 te trip 275 mercs, make me a proud owner of ur 39!!!! thanks for years of awesome boating!!
Tuesday 3 May, 2011
Tuesday 19 April, 2011
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Sunday 20 February, 2011
Wednesday 16 February, 2011
Ola
Saturday 12 February, 2011
Friday 11 February, 2011
Tuesday 8 February, 2011
Wish you the best in your newest endeavor. In all of my dealings with you, you have always been a man of your word and did exactly what you promised to do. I hope I can help you in some manner to re pay in part, the opportunities you afforded to me these many years.
Steve David
U-1 Oh Boy Oberto
Friday 4 February, 2011
Thursday 3 February, 2011
When the time is right, I would like a hydrofoil.
Wednesday 2 February, 2011
Tuesday 1 February, 2011
Sunday 30 January, 2011
Regards,
Sy Goldberg
Sunday 30 January, 2011
Saturday 29 January, 2011
Friday 28 January, 2011
RF Powerboats . You have built one company from the ground up and made it a success and Ken and I have no doubt at all