Fat Cat 21 Bay boat.....any thoughts?

[webb09]

Buddy thinking about buying this new boat. Any thoughts, pros and cons, would be appreciated.

[kyle1974]

there aren't many on the water...a guy named Rick George is the builder (designer), they've hired a bunch of Majek's fiberglass people to build the boats. their shop is right around the corner from me, and there are boats that were built 2 years ago still sitting there..... John Hearn owns the company.. seems like a good guy, just investing in a passion of his. They are building boats up to the 40 foot range, and some drag boats as well.

SCB level cost, and not proven out yet.... they're pretty light for any given size also, and there's just something to be said about a boat weighing a certain amount for a better ride. They seem fast, and well finished out. I've been very curious about reliability though with the light weight.

[Mayhem]

I know nothing about them, but i bet they are proud of them.

[webb09]

I have no clue about price. Maybe he will chime in.

[kyle1974]

I priced a 26' with 300 vrod. I almost sharted

[Sackett]

I priced a 26' with 300 vrod. I almost sharted

I think I would shart at the price of the 300 vrod alone..... Also, wonder if they were trying to market some of The Flats Cat name....

[kyle1974]

I think I would shart at the price of the 300 vrod alone.....

let's just say the motor was roughly 30% of the total cost for a rigged boat.

That is one thing about these guys, they aren't ripping off anyone (other than Majek's employees), their designs are all original. They also build an incredible trailer that the boats sit on.

the designer guy Rick George has apparently been big into designing go fast boats for a long time. They're just so flippin expensive....

[bloodtrailer28]

Very over priced imo. They are finished out nice but like Kyle said there are boats that have sat there for over a year and havent sold.

[glen]

I would buy one of Donnie Trans boats before one of these. I think he is making the best shallow water platform right now. Wish I had one.

[Poco]

Im pretty sure there most popular hull model which is the HV-24 was designed by Chris the Haynie boat owner. I heard he had Fat Cat glass it for him and thats when Fat Cat offered to buy that design from him. I believe they praise him on there website for it.

They are very clean finished boats. But as others have said, they are way up there in price. A fully loaded HV-24 with a 300vrod will put you around $90K.

Ray

[JSAPP]

Im pretty sure there most popular hull model which is the HV-24 was designed by Chris the Haynie boat owner. I heard he had Fat Cat glass it for him and thats when Fat Cat offered to buy that design from him. I believe they praise him on there website for it.

They are very clean finished boats. But as others have said, they are way up there in price. A fully loaded HV-24 with a 300vrod will put you around $90K.

Ray

Spot on. And 90k you can get to easy. You can bust 100k on a one of these if you get spendy.

[Cphil87]

there aren't many on the water...a guy named Rick George is the builder (designer), they've hired a bunch of Majek's fiberglass people to build the boats. their shop is right around the corner from me, and there are boats that were built 2 years ago still sitting there..... John Hearn owns the company.. seems like a good guy, just investing in a passion of his. They are building boats up to the 40 foot range, and some drag boats as well.

SCB level cost, and not proven out yet.... they're pretty light for any given size also, and there's just something to be said about a boat weighing a certain amount for a better ride. They seem fast, and well finished out. I've been very curious about reliability though with the light weight.

I know abosouletky nothing about them but if the same or close to SCB cost I would definately go SCB

[PBUCKSHOT]

I was just told about them at camp before coming to the stand. Planned on looking them up once here and forgot. Think I'll pass if the price is that high though. Lol. I was told there is a model with a scissor lift console. That I have to see!

[Poco]

I forgot to mention that I heard from several people that the 21' Manta Ray with a 300XS busted 100mph. [emoji15]

Ray

[kyle1974]

I forgot to mention that I heard from several people that the 21' Manta Ray with a 300XS busted 100mph. [emoji15]

Ray

they have a custom built outboard over there they're running that puts out almost 500 HP I think. they have that on a 21 also to break some outboard speed record.