I'm not beating up the fathom, never dove it, know virtually nothing about it. But what happens to support if the one man show loses passion or focus, gets sick or dies.
There's no guarantee that someone can pick up the yoke and muscle on, leaving owners in the same lurch as Titan or Explorer owners.
The nice thing about the Fathom is it's nuts simple. Similar to my old KISS Classic, almost every single piece can be easily replaced with a stock / generic component. I'm less worried about the long term maintenance of my Fathom than I would be if I had a substantially more complex unit built by a company that may decide to get gun shy about CCR's in our litigious society.