COUGAR CATAMARAN. Photo by Sam Chambliss, courtesy of Reheat. 



COUGAR CATAMARAN-MARK III One-Design 



Back in 1952 Roland and Francis Prout, of Essex, England, after con- 

 siderable experimenting with twin-hulled boats, developed the original 

 Shearwater, a i6i/2-foot catamaran design which grew to an international 

 class of over a thousand boats. One of the owners of a Shearwater, Richard 

 E. Brown, a U. S. Navy Commander on aviation duty in England, asked the 

 Fronts to design a larger version for the United States. The new 17V' craft 

 was called the Cougar and was finished just in time for the 1959 One-of-a- 



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THE SAILBOAT CLASSES OF NORTH AMERICA 



