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The 3 best 21’ boats in my opinion (which doesn’t mean too much) are:
Contender (I own one so might be biased)
SeaCraft (older the better, the potter hulls are tops)
BlueWater
Love a pilot houses too
The 21 Regulator is sweet too but the degree dead rise on the 21’ Regulator (20 degrees) is not the same as the 23’ Regulator and higher which have a 24.5 degree rise. They also no longer make a 21’ Regulator. 23’ is a whole different story, I think the 2 best 23’ boats are the 23T Contender and the 23 Regulator. The 21’ Contender as well as the 21’ Bluewater both have a 24.5 degree dead rise and are light boats. They are great boats in the chop and ride nice and smooth, rocky on the drift though so if you are going off shore a lot you probably want the dead rise, if you are drifting in close most of the time, it might not be as important as a more stable lower dead rise boat.
Higher degree dead rise = fast and smooth ride, wobble on a drift
Lower degree dead rise = pound the waves and hard ride, stable on the drift
There is no perfect boat, it just all depends on what you want to do. I love pilot houses too (21’ Stieger and Parkers for example)
I’ve had my 21 Contender 40 miles off shore and it handles the seas great. Have a 200 Yamaha HPDI, cruises at 36MPH @ 4200 RPMs and sips fuel. Tops out around 50MPH at ~5,500 RPMs.
Only problem so far with my boat is it isn’t fishey enough, I’m working on that though………………………………..
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