18' English Cougar Offshore Race Boat?????

[Ratickle]

Did Cougar really build these??????

That's gotta be a handful at 80mph offshore.....


18' Cougar Race Boat - $7500 (ft laud)

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Date: 2011-12-23, 9:38AM EST
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18' Cougar Race Boat, Super deep V hull, made in England, only one I've seen in U.S., Pearl White 3 man race bolster seats, center steering, hot foot, Hyd. Jack plate, 30" K planes, 2.4 Merc on 13" offshore Mid Section, ran 81 mph with stock 200hp, exc. rough water ride for an 18 foot boat, over $15,000 invested in this boat. Asking $7500 . Call (954)566-7382


•Location: ft laud


http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/boa/2737388016.html

 

[old377guy]

kinda cool; don't remember anything about these though

 

[ROGUE]

Wow, If I was 40 years younger that would be a blast to break in Lake Erie.

 

[Ratickle]

Wow, If I was 40 years younger that would be a blast to break in Lake Erie.

As in "Break" (the boat) in Lake Erie, or


"Break In" the boat in Lake Erie?:huh:

 

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

I have seen videos of them. Just can't find them myself. I suspect there were many of them made.

 

[rschap1]

Weren't there a few different companies with the Cougar moniker?
US?
Canadian?
European?
All same, all different?

Just wondering?


Thanks

 

[rschap1]

How about CougEr??
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Coug...66518?pt=Power_Motorboats&hash=item4ab1f90396

 

[old377guy]

interesting boat

 

[rschap1]

RIVETED

If ya had to have aluminum, it sure would be a cool way to go!

 

[ROGUE]

As in "Break" (the boat) in Lake Erie, or


"Break In" the boat in Lake Erie?:huh:

No 18 footer with power will last long in Lake Erie. Either break the boat of the driver.

 

[Offshore Ginger]

Hey guys why not contact Steve curtis him self or his partner .....who both are members of this Forum ..........................Paul............? ............

 

[Ratickle]

Hey guys why not contact Steve curtis him self or his partner .....who both are members of this Forum ..........................Paul............? ............

I'll see what I can do...


Thought I'd get the pics on here before the ad disappears.....

 

[C35]

How about CougEr??
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Coug...66518?pt=Power_Motorboats&hash=item4ab1f90396

Saw that. How do you own something that valuable and invest that kind of effort into a redo and not know how to spell the name printed on the title.

 

[Ratickle]

No 18 footer with power will last long in Lake Erie. Either break the boat of the driver.

Which would be your best guess??????:sifone:

 

[fund razor]

Which would be your best guess??????:sifone:

BOTH!
In all seriousness... because of the short interval sets of really steep waves, the more boat you can get up over as many waves as possible the better.

Lake Erie would just beat the crap out of an 18 footer. It would be like a mechanical bull but worse (and wet). This is why I run a 9000 lb 28 footer as a runabout. Seriously. I don't stay overnight on it or anything. I just use it like you'd use an 18 footer if the lake wouldn't chomp it up and spit it out. And size doesn't promise you anything... there are more than 100 ship wrecks in the western basin of Lake Erie. I knew a guy with an inboard cruiser that was out in 8-10 feet of water in big waves near the Maumee Channel and they picked him up and when they slammed him back down in the trough he ended up on the bottom with crushed running gear. Then the next set came....

 

[Ratickle]

You mean the boat hit the ground at the bottom of the channel? Like the surfers do in Hawaii some times?