hello Cougarman.........Boat in post # 27 is my boat, still in Chicago.
Boat in post #12 might be available. Some big power with brand new # fives.

Thats the one ,,,im looking at.

Do you have more info on it ? I thought its a 38 but now i heard its a 41 ?

What do you think ,,,,,,good boat or NO ?

They spend time at my neighbors in East Marion, LI. One of my favorite looking V's!!

In a uniform they look nice as well. Please note the hull Steve is testing in the second pic is a TS!?

How's your boat run out? What power is in it?

Last gentleman that had it didn't seem to really want to sell it but if memory serve's me his wife had some back problems .

Jon

Once you go to the 41' the boat has softer lines than any of the other models. Plus it's a Staggered which is easier to squeeze into the 41'.

When Big Thunder was brokeraging the boat it could be bought for $75,000 and I tried to trade mine and get into that one. The actual owner wanted out of boating from what Big Thunder told me. Big Thunder had already had it for a few years at that point.

Somewhere along the line Big Thunder ended up being the owner's and the power was freshend. Cockpit interior needed an update. Other than that I love the Staggered set-up and #6's. Big Thunder raised the price to mid 80's after the power was gone through.

Nice to see it active again


Jon

How fast do you think it is with those twin 1000 HP and the wet sumps ?
And how smoth is the ride handling wise in a cougar ?

Thanks ,i also got the PM .
I just whanted some insider info since the new owner whants to sell it again and i dont know wy he is doing that so fast he only has it since a few month.
Do you know of any delam problems with a gougar or stringer issues ??? Transom maybe or so ???

Big Thunder was saying mid 90's but not sure any testing was done. Last I knew Throttle Up was going to be the ones getting this boat dialed in. New owner seemed IF'y from day one,...........not sure why he even bought it.

Should ride like a dream and handle like it's on rails with the #6's and low CG's of the staggered.

If anything Cougar's were built better than most anything we had of that era. True craftsman and they didn't have all the regulations etc. so they were using epoxy's etc. prior to us.

My boat is an 1986 and rock solid, any boat can have issue's it's all about how they are taken care of.


Jon

There is one 46´ in Sweden, beeing rerigged with trip Merc 1200SCI and SSM VI.

what are they asking for pocket money?