cool cougar

[kidapache]

After Paul passed away, Emerald City Harbor sold her to a new owner here on Lake St Clair this past spring.

we love that boat

 

[Rik]

I think the boat up in Sacramento may have been the old Budwieser / Copier Cat (but only about 75% on that recollection). The guy told me that if I'd called him a year ago, I could have had the whole shebang, less power for $25k. He was a good guy. He got the boat on a trade with a boat he got from a mechanic's lien without power but otherwise read to run.

There's a few of these boats that ultimately ended up at the right price, but at the wrong time and it's a real shame...

Yep, Don Carter's Copier Cat. The hull is not worth much on the per pound scale basis. The guy just sold the drives to someone in Italy last week. The project does not have much left to sell.

 

[MikeyFIN]

Wow, that's a way better price than the $50k+ that LCM quoted me on that boat 2 years ago...

Hmmmm.....


1993 in Pompano Beach if memory serves correct... myself taking the pic.

 

[MikeyFIN]

Slick, The uk made this boat for Ben Kramer, he sold it to Maxon before it was rigged

PJC, this is a pleasure 50 or so ( in Ibiza )...comes for sale every once in awhile?

 

[chewiekw]

Slick, The uk made this boat for Ben Kramer, he sold it to Maxon before it was rigged

Why did Ben order a cougar V when they had the Apache V's? I know he ordered a cougar cat but Apache really didn't make cat's themselves.

 

[fobes]

chewiekw:
I like your avatar. Could you post that pic to see in larger size?
Thanks: Matt

 

[chewiekw]

here it is, great boat huh? Wished it would have raced more with better power....

 

[Dude! Sweet!]

PJC, this is a pleasure 50 or so ( in Ibiza )...comes for sale every once in awhile?

I see the "El Boss" on the transom. Did Willie Diaz have a superboat? Man that thing is a monster!

 

[MikeyFIN]

El Boss MÜNCHEN

 

[MikeyFIN]

Why did Ben order a cougar V when they had the Apache V's? I know he ordered a cougar cat but Apache really didn't make cat's themselves.

Who ordered the Apache cat that nowadays is Warpaint?
A MPYD boat.

According to Brownie back in the day the Alu Cougar 46 creamed everything.
Maybe Benny was looking for options and then Bobby came with the idea "I can build you a bigger one..."

 

[MikeyFIN]

here it is, great boat huh? Wished it would have raced more with better power....

Looks good.

 

[Airpacker]

Warpaint was originally Canada Homes Challenge. Owned by Lorne Liebel

 

[Ryan Beckley]

Actually Warpaint was Labatt Guniune Draft, Canada Homes was a different boat that ended up in Japan I think.

 

[salrcr42]

here it is, great boat huh? Wished it would have raced more with better power....

Do you have anymore pictures of this boat?

 

[xlr8by]

Actually Warpaint was Labatt Guniune Draft, Canada Homes was a different boat that ended up in Japan I think.

I am positive that Warpaint is the old Canada Homes boat, at least that is what I heard straight from Lorne's mouth. The boat is a Michael Peter's cat and was built by Ontario yachts. See here for more information. http://www.teamwarpaint.com/about3.html

 

[MikeyFIN]

I know all that...and know personally the whole slap-a-hoe crew...
In fact I´m their biggest and only fan in Europe

I just thought to ask anyone what´s the true story from day 1 for that boat.
And whats the story of the Apache Cats...

 

[olli]

chewiekw:
I like your avatar. Could you post that pic to see in larger size?
Thanks: Matt

Do you have anymore pictures of this boat?

Go to http://boatmad.com/gallery/main.php. 99.9% of the pics (of raceboats) posted in American forums are from Flying Fish's almighty gallery.

Man that thing is a monster!

It is. Pics from the sales ad:

 

[Ryan Beckley]

Hey I could be wrong. Canada Homes and Labatt's were SOOO different I thought it was a different boat. CH had 2 Canopies and 5's when Labatt's first came out it had the double wide canopy and surface drives with twin rudders, and now it is back to #6 drives.....

 

[xlr8by]

Hey I could be wrong. Canada Homes and Labatt's were SOOO different I thought it was a different boat. CH had 2 Canopies and 5's when Labatt's first came out it had the double wide canopy and surface drives with twin rudders, and now it is back to #6 drives.....

Ryan I recall Lorne saying that the boat was cut down a handful of feet from when he used to race it, this conversation took place in Key West a few years back, so I might not be remembering it correctly. But assuming the boat was cut down I could see the changes to the drives etc. being done at the same time.

 

[FastDonzi]

This subject came up on the other offshore site, it is apparently the same boat, in a few of the pictures you can see it has a standoff box built across the whole transom along with a tunnel extension, in some earlier photos it's a flat transom and no extension. I read somewhere that Jack Studeville did the transformation....