MTI 340x vs Fountain 34 ThunderCat!

But Fountain’s new 34 Thunder Cat, which replaces the company’s original 32-footer, was straight-up good fun. In fact, of three boats we spent time in on the Pamlico River, it was the most fun.

Some of that, of course, had to do with scale. The Pamlico River presented zero challenge for the 47-foot Fountain and 38-foot Donzi, and as we expected they easily dominated the six- to 12-inch chop on the windblown waterway. For the 34-foot Fountain cat, those conditions were ideal for speed runs and handling drills. And while the ride was smooth—far smoother than what we’d experience in the company’s previous sport catamarans—we could feel the waterway a lot more than we did in the two substantial V-bottoms.

Fountain powered the 34 Thunder Cat with twin Mercury Racing 450R outboard engines. With that power, Moore had no trouble running the boat to 125 mph—with a full tank of fuel—but chose not to push it any harder in the gusty crosswinds. The GPS recall showed a top speed of 133.3 mph

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