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AsLan7 wrote: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:42 pm .
Hey JasonM. Welcome to the Cobalt chat forum. So glad you found us!

Btw, I like Lyin’ Around or Bow Wow in reference to your dogs.

.....and you are going to LOVE the 260 series Cobalt. Phenomenal machine. Great to see you got the rare stainless arch combined with the extended swim platform and largest HP Volvo engine. . Were you able to score the rare transom filler cushions as well? I see they originally came with your 262.

First upgrade— stainless cup holders.
Looking forward to more pics.

And again, welcome aboard mate!
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jasonm wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:22 am

AsLan7 wrote: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:42 pm .
Hey JasonM. Welcome to the Cobalt chat forum. So glad you found us!

Btw, I like Lyin’ Around or Bow Wow in reference to your dogs.

.....and you are going to LOVE the 260 series Cobalt. Phenomenal machine. Great to see you got the rare stainless arch combined with the extended swim platform and largest HP Volvo engine. . Were you able to score the rare transom filler cushions as well? I see they originally came with your 262.

First upgrade— stainless cup holders.
Looking forward to more pics.

And again, welcome aboard mate!
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. My wife and I grew up with the Lake of the Ozarks and boats. I had moved away for years with the military and never got a boat. We had our daughter almost 10 years ago and we have sort of been waiting for her to get into the lake scene before we made the move to get a boat again. This summer we took her to our childhood lake and she loves the coving out and being pulled in a Big Mabel (at about 7mph- barely fast enough for it to plane out) so the 8.1 will just be at about idle speed, I guess good on gas mileage, lol.

It also has the cabin heater and I do believe it has the cushions. There are some cushions in the storage bin in front of the helm (I need to get my nautical terms brushed off) steering wheel area. I got home late last night and will investigate further this morning. Last night I wanted to try and get the bimini top up. I ordered a few more pins for the top and some new straps. I got a new covered ordered from Bald Mike. I also got the sony stereo ordered too. I hope it wont be too hard to wire in. My daughter's only request is she could play her Dove Cameron songs...easier to install a BT stereo than try and make mp3 CDs from computers with CD drives. I am also thinking with BT it would be easier to add new songs with Apple Music.

I am thinking battery charger/tender, retractable rear tie down straps, install of stereo head unit. It might be a little while before I add and amp and speakers. I will see if the stock ones meet our needs. I am thinking I might get the entire boat ceramic coated. The guy who did my car was awesome and said he can do the whole boat (down to the porta potty) . There is about a half dollar size chunk of paint missing. Can anyone direct me to a forum thread for repairing that? I want to fix that before ceramic coating.

I am looking forward to many fun memories out on the water!

Thanks in advance to everyone!
Jason

jasonm wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:41 am Tgrace98,
What sort of speakers are you looking into? Who was going to ceramic coat your boat for only $2500? I was quoted $4600 for a lifetime warranty. Basically every year the guy will almost recoat it if needed. That was for everything...bow to stern.

I did run it out on the water. It is fast. I had 4 decent sized adults out on Lake Hamilton. It is hard not to get into those 420 ponies. At about 4000rpm it was running 45ish mph. It handled great. With the extra extended swim platform and the Captains call open it sounded great. With it off, it was super quiet. I wanted to try it WOT, but at 45 it already felt like we were screaming on the water passing people left and right. It wants to run. No rattles or anything. Super happy with it.

I got into the boat today and located the back cushions. I wiped everything down with Aerospace 303 protectant. It will be a couple months before I got my covered car port for it, so I wanted to also get the covers on.
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Any recommendations on products to get the "mold" type stains out of the fabric on the seat cushions?
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I already added some retractable straps to the trailer.
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