Answering a Question on Hull differences

This answer was developed for a person asking the differences in the various hulls of the Bass Cat Premium model line up. It’s gives some fundamental theory on the differences between all hulls available today. No one can properly answer this question without knowing if you fish Bussey Brake, Atchafalaya, Blacks, Toledo Bend, Shell Canal, the Wagon Wheel, or Sam Rayburn. Add in Santee Cooper, Okeechobee, Guntersville, Kentucky Lake, Ontario and Erie, Green Bay, Mississippi River and more this gets to be an anyone can answer in a simple post. All hulls have the Bass Cat drier ride capability and we turn the water off the bow at the front. We also use a variety of air flow for varying performance on top end, as well as keeping water off the front portion for that drier ride. The sub 21” hulls can be larger bodies than some competitive products measuring as 21’ models. It’s not in a number, it’s in how it’s framed, shaped, and used. Obviously you are doing an in depth dig on what you’re after. Basic on Hulls: >Jaguar STS - big deep boat for big water, nimble for its size and all body. It is an amazing platform. Performance ranges from 225 through to the monsterous 500R. It can be more limited with lower horsepower and speed range in the 60’s  the boat gives the ultimate user ride in big water or all around lake use. There is nothing comparable in size today and performance it gives for that size. While having a beam forward hull, the rear beam was kept at its predecessors 94” To 95” beam range. It eats big water, handles well at mid range, planes well, rides soft and is extremely dry in all conditions. It has a massive depth at the bow and is estimated at nearly 9” deeper (8 1/2”) in the front than an Eyra model, and 7 1/2” over a Cougar FTD. Images exist of the Cougar FTD hull sitting inside the Jaguar Hull mold showing that incredible difference in size. >Puma STS - second in the STS lineup, most enhanced ride for that size category of 21’ (20’7”), almost 7” shallow at the bow than a Jaguar STS, this hull fast made a name for the ride it gives users. Extreme turning characteristics, moderate lifting at mid range for larger waves. By all rights the net scabbard and front storage internal grill design should give ride an edge over some platforms. (same hull on new Lynx STS) >Caracal STS - comes off the 2015 intro’d Caracal hull with larger frame and STS enhancements, 3” deeper than the Puma STS frame, shortest running surface line of the main hull, enhanced bow rise and hull controls for large water, nimble in timber and creeks, flatter running at low speeds. >Cougar FTD - Legacy hull with tweaks. (1996 intro as 20’ 4”) Has an amazing performing hull in all conditions, narrower bow area than wide body products, does not have pointed bow some competitive boats have, so it fishes and measures much wider than perceived, performance with a 250 can range into 80 plus while most are above mid 70’s. Depth at bow is about 7 1/2” less than a Jaguar STS and roughly 1” less than a Puma STS. So it fishes closer to the water if you hand land or lip fish. Rides good, has a bit different character to the STS platforms. Probably the most versatile hull in the lineup. *Hybrid 203 hull available on Cougar FTD: This spun off a Champion style hull that began with the old 1970’s Skeeter Wrangler. Champion took that template and there are those loyal to that brand, in time those buyers dropped the sales to obscurity. Eventually crushing its existence. We took this frame and placed the running surface on our drier bow area, blending modern styling into the old design. It’s rides like a Champion from mid range through the top, with the best performance we could grasp on this design. Sales of this hull range low, but the loyal following that prefers this ride continue to keep it alive. A new stringer was built for it two years ago to improve the fits. Sales plummeted when the Puma STS was introduced, and have bounced back to a tolerable number. With what still is our lowest performing mold use. It runs lower to mid 70’s for most with that 250 series. The ride mimics that of the expectations from their characteristic hull. >Eyra - smaller frame boat, narrower body at front, wide rear beam, pointed bow stretched, long running surface, uses lots of air in performance, good big water boat, Very Nimble. Top end numbers can range high empty with a 250. The boat gives everything to the driver in feel and feedback. A solid drivers boat with a go cart like reputation. Cockpit boat, with lower seating, and fishes very tight spaces well with good draft capability.