Andy S
Jetboaters Admiral
- Messages
- 2,843
- Reaction score
- 3,302
- Points
- 357
- Location
- Chapin, SC 29036
- Boat Make
- Cobalt
- Year
- 2016
- Boat Model
- Other
- Boat Length
- 25
After some discussion with the wife, we have decided to sell our 2016 Cobalt R5 and get something that better fits our plans for long boat trips. The Cobalt is a great lake boat and has done well on the Bahamas trips (Exuma and Abaco) but the amount of boat maintenance to recover from the saltwater exposure is time consuming, lately time is something that seems harder and harder to find. Also, like most bowriders the Cobalt only has a 50 gallon tank limiting the mileage between fuel stops at about 100 miles. A reason for selling that was just mine, not the wife's, is the Cobalt was my first boat with an outdrive and I absolutely hate it, I was always hitting something, in 2 years I had a prop fixed 3 times. All my previous boats were either outboards or jets and only once in 30 years of boating did I have to have a prop fixed, so the new boat has to be either a jet or outboard, so that nixed the cabin cruisers.
After a lot of thought and looking, the wife and I decided on a walkaround boat but not a big as @tim h boat. She has always wanted a full head and some place to sleep if needed and for me they typically come with outboards. Also most walkaround have a decent size fridge in the cabin, no more coolers full of ice hoping food stays cold will boating to the final destination. Since the walkaround are designed for fishing they have a large fuel tank giving them plenty of range which fits with our boating plans.
After doing a lot of research, we found a one owner well maintained 2003 Triton 2690 walkaround with twin Mercury 200hp that we really liked. The motors are original and only have 290 hours on them. For a pure fishing boat this is not the greatest, the fish box are kind of small but that is because this boat has a 200 gallon fuel tank, should give a range of about 400 miles at cruising speed. Now I can almost due a complete Bimini trip, there, back , and running around , on one tank of fuel. We will do some fishing out this boat but nothing serious so the small boxes are fine with me. Another selling point for the Triton is that it is an all composite boat, no wood anywhere.
This past weekend the wife and I went to Pensacola, Fl to test drive the boat. We were not disappointed with the boat or the owner, great people. With 4 people and a 1/4 tank of fuel (about 50 gallons) we easily ran 54 mph on the dream-o-meter and my phone GPS speed app. We were able to come to a good number on the boat and it is now mine, so now I feel like @veedubtek having multiple boats and regularly changing boats, haha. Now I've got to really sell the Cobalt, if you are interested here is my listing, http://www.boattrader.com/listing/2016-cobalt-r5-103206945, it is also listed by POP Yachts for 10% higher. If someone from here is interested in my Cobalt I would definitely give them a Jetboaters.net discount.
On the trip back home with the Triton the wife and I discussed what to name her, since she's not been previously named. After some back and forth, we came up with "Guess Not". Where that came from is that our Cobalt is named "This Is It" because when we bought it we thought it might be our last boat but 2 years later I guess it isn't, hence "Guess Not" for the Triton.
Here are a few pictures of my new addition.
Just purchased and heading home.
From sales ad.
From sales ad. Owner has had the motors re-stickered since this picture was taken.
From sales ad, cabin.
From sales ad, galley. The larger right opening is for a microwave.
From sales ad, head.
After a lot of thought and looking, the wife and I decided on a walkaround boat but not a big as @tim h boat. She has always wanted a full head and some place to sleep if needed and for me they typically come with outboards. Also most walkaround have a decent size fridge in the cabin, no more coolers full of ice hoping food stays cold will boating to the final destination. Since the walkaround are designed for fishing they have a large fuel tank giving them plenty of range which fits with our boating plans.
After doing a lot of research, we found a one owner well maintained 2003 Triton 2690 walkaround with twin Mercury 200hp that we really liked. The motors are original and only have 290 hours on them. For a pure fishing boat this is not the greatest, the fish box are kind of small but that is because this boat has a 200 gallon fuel tank, should give a range of about 400 miles at cruising speed. Now I can almost due a complete Bimini trip, there, back , and running around , on one tank of fuel. We will do some fishing out this boat but nothing serious so the small boxes are fine with me. Another selling point for the Triton is that it is an all composite boat, no wood anywhere.
This past weekend the wife and I went to Pensacola, Fl to test drive the boat. We were not disappointed with the boat or the owner, great people. With 4 people and a 1/4 tank of fuel (about 50 gallons) we easily ran 54 mph on the dream-o-meter and my phone GPS speed app. We were able to come to a good number on the boat and it is now mine, so now I feel like @veedubtek having multiple boats and regularly changing boats, haha. Now I've got to really sell the Cobalt, if you are interested here is my listing, http://www.boattrader.com/listing/2016-cobalt-r5-103206945, it is also listed by POP Yachts for 10% higher. If someone from here is interested in my Cobalt I would definitely give them a Jetboaters.net discount.
On the trip back home with the Triton the wife and I discussed what to name her, since she's not been previously named. After some back and forth, we came up with "Guess Not". Where that came from is that our Cobalt is named "This Is It" because when we bought it we thought it might be our last boat but 2 years later I guess it isn't, hence "Guess Not" for the Triton.
Here are a few pictures of my new addition.
Just purchased and heading home.
From sales ad.
From sales ad. Owner has had the motors re-stickered since this picture was taken.
From sales ad, cabin.
From sales ad, galley. The larger right opening is for a microwave.
From sales ad, head.
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