There was an article on Bass Resource that talked about The Cobra boat line...(attached below.) From what I can gather the hull was a blend of the Ranger 482 and some flavor from Champion's boats.

1. Does this sound accurate?

I'm looking at a used 2001 Cobra 21'.

2. Does anyone have experience with this model?
Good../..Bad../..Otherwise..??
Things to be weary off.....transom, floors, etc....

Thanks all,
Ben.


Courtesy of Pat Goff, a longtime Champion boat employee and very knowledgeable on the history of Champion, John Storie, the designer of the first V hull Champion along with Stories other boat companies.


Quote:
Legend/Hawk/Cobra/Viper, they all run together.
Here's the scoop, and anything else you hear is just B.S.

John Storie was wanting to start another boat company, but he was locked down in a very strict non compete contract with Champion. He could build a boat, but couldn't build a deep V Wedge hull boat.

So, what he did was splash a Ranger 482, added a turning chine, and increased the lifting strakes, and he had him a boat mold. That was the beginning of the Cobra/Viper boats, and they did the Fisher glass boats there also, same hull.

Storie got runnoft from Cobra, they went flaming down, and he and Bruce Benton started the Hawk boat, same basic mold, same basic boat. '01 came and they didn't have the legs to stay in the race, so that died. The molds were bought and brought to Texas where they started building the legends, then bought again and moved to Midway Ark.