Cobalt Boats Forum

Thank you everyone. @ Commander Decosse, that was a naval engineer explanation that the mundane and simple beginners like me can still understand. Thank you very much!! Great info!

Hi, Buying a 293 with 2 Volvo Penta 5.7 GXI that has always been in fresh water. The cooling system uses some raw water and I have been told that in order to use it in salt water I may need to convert to a closed cooling engine system. Does anybody have any experience with this? How costly is this c...

Thank you everyone for your feedback. We haven’t secured a marina yet or seen the boat in person yet. Given we are located, it is likely that it will stay in the water for the summer season although the style of marina that Cctvdc mentioned is very interesting and worth investigating. We hope to hav...

Hello, We are new to this group and thank you all in advance for your input and expertise. We are relatively new to boating. We are looking to buy a used Cobalt and are considering a 2002 293 that looks in great condition. We are having an inspector take a look at it next week. It has twin Volvo Pen...