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Originally Posted by T2x
AJ actually built the Poorest quality boats to EVER Come off that street, His Knockoff Cougar Monos Had a 4" Deep x 4' Long Hook that they filled with Putty only, sanded it smooth and Polished it, I Imagine it came out as one Huge Chunk.
Ya Know, Someone actually Blew the front doors off the building with a shot gun to show their displeasure with him. The Sam Griffith Trophy was in the next room and took some lead as well...anyone recall this??????
The 46 that NL has was at Cumberland. It was Tim Ciasulli's- he traded it to them. I doubt it ever sees water again. Those boats are massively heavy and take a TON of very expensive power and drivetrain to get them up and moving. And then you have the noise issue. They make all sorts of racket- like the big metal drum that they are. There's a bare 47 Apache hull at Turbine Marine they are almost giving away and it still sits. The Cougar's odds are likely to be much lower.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dude! Sweet!
A twin engined cat- why not? They're not all that fast, but they can be had cheap. Insurance would be a problem most likely. Insurance on that turbine would be a tough get.
The gunwhale edge could subsequently be modified. Already in other cases it has been done.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJC
In a interview made to Kobayashi in 1988 about him fleet of America's Cup,Offshore and yacht boats he spoke the only Cougar was the 41' World Champ in KW 87.
However you were or you are still in Cougar therefore I cannot insist on this matter yet.
Unfortunately I cannot show you the photos of the last cat that was built for Magluta in the 1987. The only thing that I can do is to say that it had the cockpit on the tunnel in tandem.
The first SEAHAWK 38 was raced by my ex girlfriends dad Mandy Fernandez ( throttle man) and by colombus ( driver ) under the name "The Collection" than they went into a 36 Jaguar under the name " Ferrari " which was part of The Collection as well
Mike
The guy who owns the boat. Chip MorganQuote:
Originally Posted by FastDonzi
Any pictures of the one running as KS&W?
That's the one they refer to as Goldrush? (Maybe not I just saw the similar hull shape, but no ribbing on the one above).
I'd meant to ask that in another thread. I thought that boat was found and for sale a year or two ago.
Mike, totally off topic, but Jo Nunez showed me some pictures of your old 24 when it was being re-rigged and it had the name Mandy and a phone number on it. Was that Mandy Fernandez or another guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by thedonz
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Originally Posted by thedonz
The name is not colombus it is Hugo Columbo, a very successful developer in which also owned and still owns The Collection.
BTW,I haven't forgot about you brother.
This is the cat of which spoke for Magluta and that not runs never because in the meantime Sal had his problems with the federals.Quote:
Originally Posted by chewiekw
I remembered badly but the places are side by side.
Hate to hijack the thread, but....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dude! Sweet!
Was Goldrush the boat that flipped while they were testing for Powerboat? Guessing 1982 or 1983.
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Originally Posted by smokeybandit
Yes, At Cougar we had the Sequence of Photos up on the wall. Kind of Ironic it would flip like that just jumping a wake. I believe it had a Reporter aboard at the time....
weren't the mono hulls copied from a bertram 38' and had chime walking issues? What ever happened to grant wilson?
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Originally Posted by northernoffshore
Nope, Cougars Mono was built from a clean sheet, It's not a copy of anything.
Some time ago I asked Marco to keep the Seahawk 41ft under wraps,and thanks for that.Since then it appeared for sale on one of the websites and the history of it was then public.It was a bit of a disaster,because in the course of sorting it out,it hit a bridge and at the same time the owner was locked up.From the same office that the Picchiotti boats were born,this monster came forth complete with two transverse mounted engines via right angle boxes to the surface drives.The running bottom wasn`t quite right and was being modified when hit decided to eat the bridge.Jack Stuteville who was racing in Europe saw the single engined cat `Goldrush` finish in a rough Viareggio - Bastia race and suggested to Sal that he had a OP1 version.An amusing aside which I have related before, was that in the course of building it,cash arrived for the builder,and when it was counted at the bank,the machine stuck due to conjealed blood over the bank notes.The writing was on the wall.
I`ll throw another boat into the ring.Could this boat in the thread be Still Crazy, which I think may have become A.J.Roberts.Not the one the boy Curtis won the Worlds in.
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Originally Posted by FLYING FISH
The Boat They (Steven & AJ) won the Worlds in was Cabrera, I Believe AJ's Tin Boat was the one Halpern got Killed in (Mich Light).OR Was Mich Light & Cabrerra The Same Boat?? IDK what happenend to Still Crazy, I never knew of it Racing again.
This IS NOT Still Crazy, It was raced ONE time 2 years later (maybe 1987) in Marathon as Coors Light Silver Bullet. Last seen rotting away in Jacksonville , I believe.
I know this is off the thread a bit,but what was the attached boat.Did it become Burago (hired by Ballabio for key west).
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Originally Posted by FLYING FISH
Yes, I think the next year after they won the Championship tony tried his hand at racing without Steve, didn't work out so well..I think He raced with Daniel Scioli once or twice in a red triple engine V Bottom, anyone recall?
Hugo Columbo is realated to Christopher Columbus ( 1492 ). He's was the developer of the " Santa Maria" in BrickellQuote:
Originally Posted by lowblue320
Mike