Brooks Cougar
 

Anyone have any updates on this ride? There is some great footage of it haulin' at the end of Big Seas "Cougar" dvd.

As far as I know only two were ever made (for KR Racing in Vermillion). The one that was used in Class1 with the tail cut off is for sale at the mo in Italy
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...evenEleven.jpg

the second was/is for sale in the USA. I saw a pic of it taking part in a poker run (completely white) not so long ago. Beautiful boat!!!
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Cougar50-.jpg

A beautiful boat indeed:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...brooks0012.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...broooks001.jpg

olli-
Great looking ride, must be outstanding in rough water. Have you seen the Big Seas dvd "Cougar- The British Invasion"? There is some footage of it running at the end and it is MOVING.

Have not seen the Cougar dvd yet. I was fortunate to see one at a German C1 GP in Travemünde before the modifications were made. Those lousy scans really don't do it justice. It was one huge very nice boat but never really competitive.

I saw the Cougar recently..has a new poker run cockpit and paint. Looks great

We did the graphics on the red/black hull in post number 2. The boats were cored with some intresting material. Very light weight but did not seem very strong. I remember the owner saying that this boat was not to be "an OCEAN racing" boat. The first coupe of these boats that they brought to Key West blew apart BAD there in the worlds.....

looks like cardboard!

The 2 Plastic Cougars
 

Olli,youv`e opened another can of worms I`m afraid.There were indeed two cougars built in Her Majesties dockyard at Devonport,Plymouth. (Best stick to warship work).At the time the word was they were rubbish construction,but what has me confused is that you put on site the pic of Seven Eleven,which as I understand was ex-Roscioli Hotels,ex-GFN Gibellato.Are you saying this boat was one of the two built at Plymouth for the Norwegians.The white Brookes single cockpit looks visually quite different to Seven Eleven,and the red/white Brookes went poker running as your pics show and Ryan comments on.Can you clarify please.

The 7 11 is definitely one of them. The pictures I took at the German GP were of the GFN Gibellato and it looked exactly like the Brooks boat then. I guess they cut off everything that was not necessary shortly after. For the canopy it just looks like a single cockpit but there are two canopies with a sort of lid in between which forms the air intake.
When Kjell Inge Rokke brought it to Key West like Ryan Beckley said they faced huge delamination problems but in one interview he said that he was satisfied with its handling and that he would go on with it. Shortly after that he switched to a 46' Skater.

Here's a pile of pix of the ol' (aircraft) carrier kitty highlighting some of your handiwork Ryan. Very unique piece...interesting body lines everywhere and light for her size. Well over the century and a half mark with Sterling 1200's. Never raced in anger, but plenty of lumpy running on St. Clair etc with no parts falling off (maybe your stickers helped!) Big beast absolutely devoured the rough stuff. Other unique deal were the capsules, obviously separate, but the lids opened inwards....couldn't see or hardly hear each other when idling / docking which made for many an adventure with no rubrails and the wind blowing that bohemoth around.

Would be interesting to see her with the new config / paint...any pix out there? Still in Florida?

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I like the pic of the two boats together.....whats goin on BWD?

I purchased the boat from KR Racing and sent it to Ck Motorsports to be rerigged,after it came back from there I had Airborne Marine add extra stringers in it to fix all the defects that the hull had Thanks to Jim Dyke and Steve Curtis to help fixes . With 1200 sterlings it and alittle help from Jerry Gilbreath,we got it to run 158mph. Really loved that boat it wood eat up 6 footers no problem...Bob...Thanks Ryan the pictures of all three boats looked great..

Livin' the arctic dream Ryan...just not sure who's?! Happy new year to you & yours and Billy G if ya see him down there.

Re the Cougar, I'm quite sure MY side of the boat was doing 160 + ...... the throttlechimp side was draggin' a little more weight!

Wheelchimp1

Kjell was in a 46 skater long before that project ever began!
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Yes he had already used the Skater in '94, what's the point?

Actually it was 93

Sure about '93? I can only remember a 40' Skater he used for the '93 WOC series and in the European Championship. Did he use the 46' in the USA in '93?

The 46 went to Europe for the first race of the Class One Series and was replaced in the middle of the season with the red 40 that was campainged and "Spirit of Norway" the season before.

Didn't remember that. Do you know why they shipped that thing to Europe only to replace it with an older model after such a short time and do you have pics of that 40 in Spirit of Norway colours?
Seems Rokke was very unlucky with his efforts in Europe as far as racing is concerned.

Xtreme Marine in Miami had the all white one 2 years ago and sold it to a guy that lives up north. I think Jersey. They were on the Key West last year.

thats the one that is in ct...looks totally different now

That was #1 or #2 of the then 45 skaters, the boat was rolled early in the season and was replaced with the old red 40. There was no time to repair the 45/46 and the decision was made to air freight the older 40 to Europe.

I have a picture of it but I'm not getting any options to post the pic. I am not a paying member here, that might be why. I can e-mail it to you if you want.

Do you have any pictures of it now, I would like to see that.

Dd

Here is GFN:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f.../cougar001.jpg

@Dd24skater:
I have gone through my literature and I can't find any pics of a 46' Brooks Skater in '93. When the season kicked off at Marbella they already used the red 40 they used throughout the season even after the rollover at Malta? Looking forward to see your pics. Please send them to:
[email protected]

Thanks

A few years ago KR racing had a 46' Skater named Reverie....they ran it in the US once or twice and then took it to Europe. They race a race or two there with it and it did not handle well so they scrapped it. That boat is now in Australia racing. I don't remember them running a 46' in Europe in the early 90's......

Skater 45 In Europe
 

Reverie raced in Europe in 2002.
Brooke Shoes did race in Europe in 1993 in Marbella & Ischia according to reports,before switching to the 40ft.
Don`t worry Olli,I didn`t know that either until delving deeper into the archives.That`s the problem with boat names in results,you never can be sure when the owner has several boats,which one he ran.Just look at della valle.

You are right it do remember a BIG 46' Brooks boat, I HAD forgotten..... big white beasts....

They crashed it in the first race I think and the boat was heavily damaged, it was a miracle that they managed to repair it for the second race in Germany. After the repairs it was obviously not very competitive:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...reverie001.jpg

I've got a couple of magazines and two books about the '93 series and all the pics show the red/gold 40'?

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f.../brooks001.jpg

I remember I read an article about Kjell Inge Rokke in one of my friends Yacht magazines (he's a Superyacht fanatic). The article was written shortly after the disappearence of the Reverie team and said that Rokke was forced to sell his 231' Benetti and his 737 Buisiness Jet because he owed the bank about 450 000 000$ (then the $ was worth something). Now, a few years later I see this:
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/...okke_XLGY.html
I know it is a bit off topic but please tell me:
WTF do I do wrong???

I was at key west in 94 and he had two big boats I thought they were 45 or 46 s, one had v12s in unlimited class with scoops , and the other in open with merc 900s and one had the scoops with engine hatches replaced the v 12 lambos both were white with BROOKS SHOES.

I currently own the boat, I’ll try and upload pics in a bit when I have better service.

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Fantastic. What motors? Boat looks beautiful!

Thanks, they are Sterling 1100/1300. I’m pulling them this winter to freshen them up.