This is a thread to discuss this hull and spread knowledge and experiences as well as pros/cons and that sort of thing.
Ive got a 21 foot cat from a local boat maker down here in south Texas. Its the exact same hull as the old ultra cats/majek ultra cats. To give y’all a picture of how its rigged and weight/drag: its got a front casting platform, rear tower, giant t-top over a raised console, 112lb ulterra, dual power pole, 200 suzuki with a 21p powertech CFS4, 40gal tank. Loaded with gear, fuel and 2-3 people it drafts less than 1ft at rest, maybe even closer to 10in. Needs over 1ft of water to get up tho and thats doing a left spin and jackplate as far down as possible - mostly below 3in. Also benefits greatly from doing a left spin up in depths below 2.5-3ft as well otherwise it kinda struggles more than it should. I know this holeshot situation is due to prop but I have a whole separate thread on that and will invest in a new prop soon enough. The hull itself rides pretty good, takes rough water quite well and can run shallow in sub 1ft with no issue maybe even close to sub 8in. I do not have the motor mounted as high as possible and at 6in on the jackplate the skeg is still a few inches below the hull at neutral trim so pushing it shallow could possibly result in the skeg dragging a bit - not sure if anyone has ever ran this hull any higher. I have found that drifting in this boat is extremely annoying as it constantly does this weird bow to stern drift while drifting parallel to the wind - what i mean by this is that if you have a south wind the boat will want to drift with the nose facing east or west (however you position it) no matter what you do or how you turn the motor. Then it proceeds to do this bow to stern "walk" as it drifts where it will turn about 45 degrees bow side and then turn 45 degrees stern side, essentially it wont just drift evenly and is constantly shifting. Not sure if this is due to the cat style hull with the giant tunnel gap in the middle of it or the t-top catching the wind. Ive also noticed its got a pretty noisy hull slap, especially when the current is smacking into the front side of the boat.
Id like to know everyone's experience with this hull along with their performance numbers and advice on how shallow they were able to holeshot in and run in, how smooth they feel it would ride, what they did to make the boat better overall and how they feel it stands up to other cats out there. Its not a thread to necessarily diss the hull or praise the hull, rather just for me to learn a bit more about it and what should be expected of it since I really dont see much on it. Thanks!
Ive got a 21 foot cat from a local boat maker down here in south Texas. Its the exact same hull as the old ultra cats/majek ultra cats. To give y’all a picture of how its rigged and weight/drag: its got a front casting platform, rear tower, giant t-top over a raised console, 112lb ulterra, dual power pole, 200 suzuki with a 21p powertech CFS4, 40gal tank. Loaded with gear, fuel and 2-3 people it drafts less than 1ft at rest, maybe even closer to 10in. Needs over 1ft of water to get up tho and thats doing a left spin and jackplate as far down as possible - mostly below 3in. Also benefits greatly from doing a left spin up in depths below 2.5-3ft as well otherwise it kinda struggles more than it should. I know this holeshot situation is due to prop but I have a whole separate thread on that and will invest in a new prop soon enough. The hull itself rides pretty good, takes rough water quite well and can run shallow in sub 1ft with no issue maybe even close to sub 8in. I do not have the motor mounted as high as possible and at 6in on the jackplate the skeg is still a few inches below the hull at neutral trim so pushing it shallow could possibly result in the skeg dragging a bit - not sure if anyone has ever ran this hull any higher. I have found that drifting in this boat is extremely annoying as it constantly does this weird bow to stern drift while drifting parallel to the wind - what i mean by this is that if you have a south wind the boat will want to drift with the nose facing east or west (however you position it) no matter what you do or how you turn the motor. Then it proceeds to do this bow to stern "walk" as it drifts where it will turn about 45 degrees bow side and then turn 45 degrees stern side, essentially it wont just drift evenly and is constantly shifting. Not sure if this is due to the cat style hull with the giant tunnel gap in the middle of it or the t-top catching the wind. Ive also noticed its got a pretty noisy hull slap, especially when the current is smacking into the front side of the boat.
Id like to know everyone's experience with this hull along with their performance numbers and advice on how shallow they were able to holeshot in and run in, how smooth they feel it would ride, what they did to make the boat better overall and how they feel it stands up to other cats out there. Its not a thread to necessarily diss the hull or praise the hull, rather just for me to learn a bit more about it and what should be expected of it since I really dont see much on it. Thanks!
