I will likely buy another Cat if I decide I want another boat. It's been a month I have not had anyone blocking a ramp or fishing on top of me, kind of nice, LOL!!

I assume you liked your Eyra? I love my Puma really. I just want out of the 2-stroke game, honestly. My gut was telling me to go with an Eyra for my next boat with a 4-stroke ProXS but this new Puma throws a wrench in all of my prior plans.

Someone made the comment that they “heard” the 2022 ZXR was going to have the FXR deck layout. Allegedly getting rid of the long double center boxes, not sure if their comment had any merit or not. I’d look hard at a ZXR if they go that route. We only have 3 brands to pick from down here: Skeeter, Nitro or BCB. The lack of QC is a bit scary though on Skeeter.

Someone made the comment that they “heard” the 2022 ZXR was going to have the FXR deck layout. Allegedly getting rid of the long double center boxes, not sure if their comment had any merit or not. I’d look hard at a ZXR if they go that route. We only have 3 brands to pick from down here: Skeeter, Nitro or BCB. The lack of QC is a bit scary though on Skeeter.

Really, its a simple symmetrical layout.
Two rod boxes on each side of the front deck and lots of storage in the middle of the deck, rear deck has storage on both sides with live wells in the middle. Darn near identical to your bug boat, less the cracks, less the plastic [censored] breaking, and less the seat stitching coming apart.

Pretty sad when Skeeter’s innovation is to copy a Ranger hull.

The skeeter guys are an excitable bunch. Like a hornet's nest just waiting to get stirred up.

Even in a Cat thread

Cause you guys never bump your gums on Skeeter threads, right?

Phoenix and Skeeter have a very similar deck layout. I think Phoenix has a better cockpit layout than Skeeter. But again, not saying one is better than the other. Not saying any brand is better than another. Comes down to personal preferences. Im not on a Team deal with Skeeter like I was years back. I own them cause they have never let me down and frankly have never had any issues with them. I had a ton of issues with that Phoenix, and was very disappointed in it. But again, not to say Id never own another one. But just cause I say I dont like how the deck looks in the pic YOU posted, doesnt mean Im dogging BCB. I know about their track records with boats and service. Shoot, next to Fred at DSM, Tommy out at Rockwall is about as good as it comes. And just like me with Skeeters, most my friends running Cats always re-buy Cats, cause theyve never let them down. Dealer, boat, etc.

I like that BC is being innovative and listening to their customers.
I saw one thing that I did not comment on because I did not want to butt into a BC thread, throwing it down.
The new boat latches are almost the same as the boat latches Allison has been using on its boats for over 2 decades.

I do like the ones in my boat. It has two types.
One has a button which makes that lever pop up. That is on the rod box. The other boxes just have a hole in the latch that you pull up to release the latch. All are keyed.

If you're going to copy something it might as well be from a quality handmade boat!!