Cobalt Boats Forum

Malco leather and plastic cleaner FTW. Hey SB555, I use the same stuff on my leather for my cars- it works great, however I was afraid of stripping off "The protectant on the Cobalt interior". Thought it may be to strong... Just want to make sure it safe. Please advise- fellow 226 owner.....

Ditto on the recommendation to add a pole or two. I went with an adhesive snap and it didn't work, so ended up using a Vico Marine vent that has a sleeve for the pole. Works great. The ratchet system could use some improvement. It is a cheap rope and really should be a 3/4" or 1" web stra...

I have the Sharkskin Supreme and I’m quite happy with it. Easy to take on and off after a few times to get a routine down. My advice would be to make sure you get the poles and snap patch’s so you can tent the cover to prevent water pooling when storing outdoors.

I just swapped my head unit out for one that has BT and works with my remotes. I already have separate amps for the sub. Works good! 20180405_201630.jpg YT, I just purchased the same head unit as yourself. How did the wiring work out? Did the old wiring harness connect up or did you have to cut and...

Wow, your work amazes me- I've been following all along (silently) and had to give you Kudo's for your expertise!

"Comes with a 5.7 GXi with 545 hours. The outdrive and F5 props are only 60 hours old after the owner and a large log played chicken (He lost)." Stan, welcome to the Cobalt chat club- great group here! Nice looking 226- I have a 2001 with the same power package except with F4's for Lake Ta...

Nice shot there BB!

I believe 99-07. One of there longest runs on the same hull- I have an' 01. You could verify this from the cobalt website under support/download library and search the models.

Great looking vessel- enjoy your vacation with her!

Nicad, yes as I have the same boat, and at altitude I hit it with trim down and hit it- then trim up once on plane as BB has said- around 2800 rpm or so- Listen to the laboring of your motor and speed until it sounds the best combination of the two and your wake smooths out. The faster I go the more...

Last weekend- drone view of my 226 and a buddies '98 220 at East Shore, Lake Tahoe. One of my favorites.

Floored here... However, looks like a good move by Malibu to move into the larger boat segment.

Here is a pic of the stock Coleman pump. I ended up buying the Coleman Quick Pump 12V which has worked well this past weekend. However, it did interrupt my Stereo during inflation. Maybe I could swap the new for the old?

That is where they had their personalized badge, as mentioned earlier. Cobalt will make a new one for you at no charge- I had it done for my 226 last year after I bought it.

BB- interesting. My Volvo owners manual states to not use a Deep Cell for starting fuel injected motors... Have things changed with batteries since 2001 ? I'm still using the set up from the previous owner of my boat- how I described earlier. Thanks