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Brownie
03-01-2009, 12:17 PM
Here is an example of Peter Birkett's design work. Cougar was probably the funnest place to work in the world (Not including the Mustang Ranch) in the 80's. This is just one of the fabulous projects that we got to play with.

cosmic12
03-01-2009, 12:36 PM
OK? I saw the other pic(bis end) what the hell is that and where did it go?

Brownie
03-01-2009, 12:38 PM
Well, it was as fast as the boat in your avatar....

inbetween
03-01-2009, 12:46 PM
What kind of power is that?

Brownie
03-01-2009, 12:49 PM
8 times 300 hp Merc powerheads driving 2 shafts driving 2 speedmasters. Ran 176 at the lake (more if the lake was longer).

Ratickle
03-01-2009, 12:51 PM
8 times 300 hp Merc powerheads driving 2 shafts driving 2 speedmasters. Ran 176 at the lake (more if the lake was longer).

I remember some about it. Didn't they then try the same thing with an Unlimited hydro?

FastDonzi
03-01-2009, 02:51 PM
OK? I saw the other pic(bis end) what the hell is that and where did it go?


When Bob Idoni started working for Popeyes he changed it from a center cockpit to Two Canopied cockpits, He got rid of the powerheads and changed it to Big blocks,The guy from C&G Raced it for a while in M Class.

Biggus
03-01-2009, 03:03 PM
Way cool back in its day. I took this pic January 2006 when it was sitting behind Xtreme Marine. I think it was crushed shortly after.

Kurt

cosmic12
03-01-2009, 03:30 PM
CRUSHED???????? What a waste, I feel sick:ack2:

Dude! Sweet!
03-02-2009, 03:14 AM
Wow! 8 bug-killers! That thing must have sounded insane! Anyone have any online video clips?

seeroy
04-07-2009, 09:20 PM
Brownie - Thanks. I've been looking for good pics of this boat for a long time. Powerboat ran a nice story about the project with good pics. The story of fastest boat on fire is pretty neat. By that time they had installed capsules for Bill and Al. When #7 handgrenaded, shrapnel tore through a fuel line. That was fire cause. The fire was in the far back until they decelerated and fuel and fire sloshed forward. Bill said it got very interesting at that point. Getting out of the capsule was not a quick or easy thingto do. Somehow, fire makes one do things faster than they could otherwise do. - Steve Sirois

MOBILEMERCMAN
04-07-2009, 09:31 PM
8 times 300 hp Merc powerheads driving 2 shafts driving 2 speedmasters. Ran 176 at the lake (more if the lake was longer).

I remember it was run with 6 motors and set a course speed record while qualifying it for a world record. It averaged 103.176 in a complete race of 150 miles on 4 12 86 in Treasure Cay Bahamas.

My friends were at the kilos in Lake Pontchartrain when it burned up.

Perlmudder
04-08-2009, 12:01 AM
that is so cool!

Scarab KV
04-08-2009, 12:06 AM
Gotta love the pics and stories of the early days

Sean Stinson
04-08-2009, 08:23 AM
Paul Churchill formerly of C&G Marine (Cobra) ran it in the late 90's when he had Revenge Marine up and operating close to the old Dollar Marine store which was behind Lester's Diner in Ft Lauderdale on State Road 84

Bodyshot1
04-09-2009, 01:23 PM
I still have a poster of this boat as REVENGE in my garage - Cobra Engines...sad to hear of it's demise..

whataworld51
04-15-2009, 08:24 PM
Was that boat wood?

FastDonzi
04-15-2009, 08:47 PM
Was that boat wood?

Yes it was wood.

whataworld51
04-15-2009, 09:23 PM
Yes it was wood.

WOW....wonder what the weight and strength of the hull was like compared to glass construction???

FastDonzi
04-15-2009, 09:51 PM
Back then the wood boats where much stiffer than a glass boat, These days with the high tech glass and construction techniques todays boats rival the ridgidity of the wood boats,Weight was about the same. another plus of the wood was you can make every boat unique where glass boats from a mold are direct copies of each other.