Kind Regatta at Miami, Florida. As most yachtsmen know, the first place 

 over-all on corrected time was won by Tigercat. Cougar, sailed by Roland 

 Prout, was second out of forty racing boats of forty different classes. 



Retiring from the Navy, R. E. Brown went into the boat business. Reh- 

 eats ( R. E. Brown Catamarans ) was organized and began importing Prout- 

 built Cougars. Later, an improved Cougar was developed which is iS'g'' 

 long and is known as the Cougar Mark III, imported by Reheats (2727 

 29th St. N.W., Washington 8, D.C. ) . Late in 1961 the International Cougar 

 Catamaran Association was formed (11067 Champagne Point Rd., Kirk- 

 land, Wash.), Miss Ann M. Cotter is Secretary. 



The Cougar Mark III has a sloop rig, full battened mainsail, rotating 

 mast with hinged step, roller-furling jib on a lulfspar, pivotal and removable 

 centerboards, pivotal rudders. The hull is of fiber glass, the decks and cock- 

 pit of mahogany plywood. At the time of writing there are ninety boats in 

 the United States and about twenty elsewhere. Reported are a "sprinkling" 

 on Midwest rivers and lakes; boats on Long Island Sound, Chesapeake Bay, 

 in Florida, Denver, Seattle, and in England. Reheats, the importer, has a 

 long list of dealers for the boats, which will be furnished to those interested. 

 Price is $2285 complete f.o.b. U. S. East Coast. Used boats cost $1700 to 

 $2000, kits $1800. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O. A. iS'g''; waterhne i7'2"; beam /i i'^ draft 

 without centerboards 5", with boards 2'6"; sail area 225 sq. ft.; weight 510 

 lbs.; trailable. 



DC-14 



Designed by Robert B. Harris and Frank MacLear, the DC-14 ^^^ tested 

 on Long Island Sound late in i960 and production-built boats were sailed 

 during 1961. They are produced at Branford, Connecticut, by Duncan Sut- 

 phen (342 Madison Ave., New York 17, N.Y. ). Abercrombie and Fitch sells 

 them in New York City. Fiber-glass hulls are decked over by plastic-sur- 

 faced marine plywood. The bridge is of solid mahogany and mahogany 

 plywood. The rig is lateen with a mainsail only. Bench seats rising above 

 the cockpit floor give a comfort some small catamarans lack. A motor 

 bracket for outboards is obtainable. She has the usual twin centerboards 

 and twin flip-up rudders. Eighteen have been sold at the time of writing 

 and a number of others are under construction. Price f.o.b. Branford, Con- 

 necticut, including sail, is $975. Duncan Sutphen reports that it is planned 

 to build a DC-14 Special with sloop rig and 133 square feet of sail, 



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