35' wood Cougar Cat on Bent Boat

klmken · 01-25-2002, 01:34 AM

Wood??? Now that is interesting..How much ya'll think it'll fetch??

Gary Anderson · 01-25-2002, 11:53 AM

Seeing that it's totally impractical for ANYTHING, I doubt very much. But that's not going to stop me from bidding. It looks like it would make a great toy with a couple of SC engines and a pair of #5s on the back.
I was looking at what I think used to be the trim tabs in the photos, but I'm not sure what kind they were or how they were hooked up. Anyone?

Ron P · 01-25-2002, 12:44 PM

I beleive that this is the boat originally owned by Al Copeland. I believe that this is the hull that originally had 6 or 8 merc O/B power heads stuffed inside and tied into two outdrives. If so, it was built to be a speed record boat but was not too effective on the race course.

Anyone else remember this hull as a Popeyes boat?

Ben@SRP · 01-25-2002, 12:58 PM

Yes I do. And you're right, it had (8) Mercury Powerheads.

Ron P · 01-25-2002, 01:04 PM

I can't remember what day it is but race boats are different story.

Gary Anderson · 01-25-2002, 01:20 PM

How do you tei together 4 powerheads to a single drive? That's the strangest thing I've ever heard.
Gary

Ron P · 01-25-2002, 01:23 PM

I think it was a belt drive that tied it all together. If I remember correctly, they ran it with 6 powerheads but had room for 8.

I bet T2x would have some more info.

Gary Anderson · 01-25-2002, 02:30 PM

It would be interesting to know how fast it ran. And also if you could easily add stringers for I/O power. Off hand I think it will probably end up going for the value of the trailer, used gimbals, extension boxes, and misc parts. What do you think $6 or 7K.
Gary

Ron P · 01-25-2002, 03:02 PM

Memory says it ran about 131.

01-25-2002, 07:39 PM

I thought it held the kilo for a while???