You can have everything from showers to monster sound systems or as on our boat, the tower and bimini. With Cobalt the option package is extensive, including ten hull and four interior colour options, so you have a wide choice either way. The interior of the CS22 reflects timeless good taste with a subtle elegance that is a hallmark of the brand. What impressed me was that all of them come in their own personal stowage bag. With the V6 package there is plenty of room either side of the engine for storage, which Cobalt use for the extra cushions and cockpit table.
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A fibreglass stringer system between the outer hull shell and full inner liner adds a lot of rigidity and strength to the boat, so there is no discernible hull noise when underway. Pulling one of your heavier mates out on a single ski wouldn’t be a problem.Ĭonstruction is 100% hand-laid GRP with Kevlar reinforcement in stress areas and composite structural components. The 240hp engine has good low down torque and gets on the plane in 3.2 secs. It tracks cleanly at low speeds and is super stable at rest. It has that sports car style handling and is very responsive in tight turns, with little hint of letting go. The CS22 feels stable in the water and with a hull weight of 1542kg it gives you a feeling of being stiff and solid. While it is not a boat designed for offshore boating, it is certainly not a lake boat either and I found the 20 deg hull rode smoothly and comfortably across a short chop on the way up to Couran Cove. He also added that while they don’t have a dealer in New Zealand -as yet- they have had a number of enquires and are confident of selling their first Cobalt to a Kiwi soon. In Queensland and also Victoria for over 12 months, Patrick says that the brand has been extremely well accepted with good sales. So now running the sales division for Cobalt Boats Queensland, has a ring of … if you can’t beat them, join them. Patrick says for years he has been selling a wide variety of boat brands, and the main opposition he always came up against was Cobalt. One of those Cobalt boat fanatics is Patrick Martell who runs Cobalt Boats Queensland out of Gold Coast City Marina.
And it’s that fanaticism that sets them apart from competitive brands. But in the main if you want a bowrider and don’t want rod holders, fish storage or a bait board, then it has always been the American boats that are the go to brands.īuilt in Neodesha, Kansas, Cobalt is regarded as one of the leading builders in the US and in their own words they describe themselves as boat fanatics fanatical about reliable innovation, design, quality and detailing. There are exceptions from the likes of Buccaneer and Tristram, who have both put a Kiwi twist into their models, with as much emphasis on fishing, as towing water toys. Kiwi boat manufacturers like to run with the better selling cabin and hardtop models and so it’s no surprise that there are very few locally build bowriders. The bowrider market in New Zealand is not strong and while there have been production bowriders for almost as long as grp boats have existed, they have never really been mainstream. If you are seriously into your water sports then they have developed the WSS (Water Sports Series) for wakeboarders and the WSS Surf for the growing sport of wake surfing. While they are predominantly sterndrive powered they also offer a few outboard models. The Cobalt CS22 is one of 20 bowriders in the Cobalt range and depending on the model they are targeted at specific sectors of the market. Fortunately I managed to negotiate the long trip at 6 knots down the Coomera River and then across to Stradbrooke Island without incident and returned the boat untouched. Anyone who has boated around the shifting sands of The Broadwater will know what I mean. The only instruction from Cobalt importer Brett Thurley, was don’t hit ‘Australia’. While Cobalt may describe their Gateway Series, – of which the CS22 is one – as the perfect introduction to the brand and their entry-level models, they are a whole lot more.
Barry Thompson was on the Gold Coast recently and took a Cobalt CS22 for a run across to South Stradbroke Island and the Couran Cove resort.
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