Cougar England/Brownie
03-15-2004, 03:08 PM
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08 OPA Class 1 National Champion
08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
10 OPA Class 1 National Champion ( happy now Ed! )
03-15-2004, 03:57 PM
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Originally posted by PatriYacht
Is this the 8 engine boat?
Is this the 8 engine boat?
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03-15-2004, 04:22 PM
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Originally posted by SS930
Did the boat ever run to expectations?
Sounds like a neat engineering exercise, but I don't recall it ever performing as expected???
Did the boat ever run to expectations?
Sounds like a neat engineering exercise, but I don't recall it ever performing as expected???
The boat was wicked fast in calm water....and was designed to set a top speed record...not to win a National Championship or run in rough seas.... so...based on it's intended purpose...It lived up to its "expectations" when it set the Open Class Kilo record. One interesting point... in later years Bobby Idoni re-rigged the boat with supercharged inboards (2) and canopied sponson mounted cockpits(2)...and it appeared to be slower..... I never figured that out other than that it was so purposely built that the extreme change in c/g and power took it right out of its comfort zone.
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03-15-2004, 04:31 PM
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Originally posted by BROWNIE
It held the Official UIM offshore straightaway record at 138 MPH for a good while. It might have gone a lot faster if it wasn't on frickin' FIRE!
It held the Official UIM offshore straightaway record at 138 MPH for a good while. It might have gone a lot faster if it wasn't on frickin' FIRE!
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03-15-2004, 04:59 PM
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No......... this is the 8 engine Popeye's Cougar...8 outboard powerheads laying in the sponsons hooked to a single shaft on each side with Gilmer belts....driving through a single #5 drive on each sponson.
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No......... this is the 8 engine Popeye's Cougar...8 outboard powerheads laying in the sponsons hooked to a single shaft on each side with Gilmer belts....driving through a single #5 drive on each sponson.
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Thanks for the info. That looks like a small boat. What size was it?
03-15-2004, 05:22 PM
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Originally posted by PatriYacht
Thanks for the info. That looks like a small boat. What size was it?
Thanks for the info. That looks like a small boat. What size was it?
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