Wish I took a picture. No way it was a top cap for a bass boat. Maybe for the drag boat.
It looked like it would make a top cap something like in this pic.
Keymaster,
You must have misunderstood.
The drain holes in the trolling motor foot pedal recess and cup holder just drain through into the hull. Nothing stops the water from going into the side lockers. I did not say anything about lid seals and even though there might be an issue with them, you avoided answering about the obvious design flaw with draining water into the hull from the front. It is not a big dollar item to implement a design to fix this. The water in the pictures came from the front, not the seals leaking.
I brought up the co angler rod holder holes location and you avoided that answer as well. There is enough room to move them 1 1/2 further apart sideways, and maybe 1/4 inch between each vertically and make it more user friendly to fit the baitcaster rod and reel positioning. This would not cost the company anything more. Just make a new template and the guy drilling it will be doing the same thing in a better design. You commented on rod locker hole locations, I am referring to the holes outside of the locker by the co’s feet. I provided a picture for this. I would think you put someone on this with 5 baitcaster rigs and you could improve the template in an hours time at most.
The hot foot issue, you are just making excuses. I don’t understand why you have to put such a thick piece of whatever it is under the hot foot. I can’t even put my foot into the hot foot because the dash restricts me from it. It is an unsafe condition, especially for a performance boat that runs almost 80 mph. I have to put my foot sideways just to use the pedal. Why not use a stainless steel plate with stainless steel studs facing up so you can bolt the hot foot down and gain 1 1/2 inches of space for a 6 foot tall person with size 14 feet to fit their leg under the dash? Someone on here mentioned a side throttle but that is not something I would want for the speeds of 70 plus mph I drive the boat at.
I worked in engineering and process development for my career. I understand more than you might think about design and manufacturing. The things I am bringing up are not big dollar changes, just improvements to obvious oversights that might be known but just ignored.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my cougar, I just think your company could put in some effort into some simple fixes that bug the heck out of me everytime I use my boat. It would be nice for you to recognize my suggestions and offer to implement them. If not, why.
Regards
c130,
This pic is where I parked it when I got back. The lockers were all closed and latched tight when it was raining and the water was not from there. Water draining down into the hull would not be an issue but when the water is capable of going somewhere other than down to the bilge is unacceptable. They could put up a small wall to divert the water or drain hoses to get them past the portion of the locker that allows the water to flow into them.
It is not nitpicking when you keep in mind the price we are paying for these boats. I worked hard for my money and it is not nickels and dimes I had to spend to own this boat. I bet you never saw the piece of furniture foam in a thin plastic garbage bag they put in the floor in front of the floor drain. It is a complete disregard for a design that actually should be rethought. Mine shifted and ended up blocking the floor drain and flooding the hull to the point water was flooding above the drain. The foam was completely water logged because the cheap plastic bag had holes in it and it soaked up all the water it could.
As far as co angler rod holders, I actually used my boat as a co angler a number of time in tournaments. My baitcaster rods and reels do not fit in such a way that I can get access to what I want or put away in a matter of seconds!!!!
Keymaster,
Who are you anyway? What is your real name? What is your role in the company?
I don’t know why I have to keep proving things to you. You have shown me a design of a boat that is not what I am talking about. This is a 2016 Cougar FTD, Look at my pictures there is no wall, nothing to prevent water from going into the side lockers from the front drains. The carpet is not even glued in place properly on the starboard side and you can see it is glued directly to the hull up front. I indicated to C130 I picked up the boat at the plant and it was bone dry with the drain plug in the rear out of it. This crap you are giving me about water coming forward from the bilge could not happen because I never got the boat in the water since a vault hub burned up on the way back from your plant and I am waiting for the warranty replacement to arrive from the manufacturer. I put 2400 miles in bringing my boat down there having it worked on and bringing it back, I sure as heck am not coming back for this.
As Tonka Cat mentioned, I would think you would respect me as a customer and set me up to fix the problem and not argue with me about it. It would be great if you send me the fittings and tubing for the to drain holes in the trolling motor recess and a cup holder with tubing that the water can be directed down into the center of the hull past the side locker walls. I removed the plug receptacle plate and put my hand in there. The bulk head fitting in the well is cut off flush to the nut so a tube can not be attached to it. The small hole in the well just has a plastic grommet in it that a tube will not attach to. The cup holder does not have a tube or fitting to attach a hose to that either. Bsides I cant even get my hand it to get to the underside of the cup holder.
I wanted to show this engineering excellence in design. This is the piece of open cell furniture foam that shifted behind my floor drain that kept water from flowing to the bilge and flooded the floor in the rain. I found it by removing the drain cover and sticking my hand to the rear of the boat. When I pulled it out, it was saturated with water in a cheap plastic garbage bag with holes in it and a rusty twist tie. I put it in a bag just like what I found it in to show you what is down there. I removed it and never did something more. I rarely fish bad weather don’t spear waves and keep my auto bilge pump on when I use the boat. Unacceptable!!!!
