Cobalt Boats Forum

Ah, this is so helpful, thanks guys!

I've thought it over and I think for my first boat I'm going to go with the CS23. Maybe in a few years I'll want to trade it in and upgrade to something like the R series, but the CS23 feels like a better "beginner" boat.

Next big question is figuring out the ...

Everyone seems to agree that the R series is better than the CS series for handling chop and using on a big lake like the one I'm on.

Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 why the R is so much better for these conditions? The two boats look almost identical in terms of size. I'll swing the $$ for ...

I love all the enthusiasm here - if Cobalt owners are this excited to talk about their boats, that convinces me that this is the right kind of boat to buy!

I'm still stuck on my very basic question about trim levels. People keep talking about the Surf option. When I go to "design your dream", there ...

Thanks for the quick response!

Boat will be used almost exclusively on Lake George, in the Adirondacks. Normally it will just be me, the wife, our two kids, but we like to have guests, so I want to have room enough for 8 people comfortably, maybe 10.

We don't have any waterskiers or wakeboarders ...

Hi everybody,

After too many years on a lake spent renting cheapo bowriders from the local marina, I'm ready to take the plunge and buy my first boat, and I can't imagine getting anything but a Cobalt. The only restriction I know for certain is that I need to be in the 23' range on size - that's ...