Will Malibu be a good custodian of the Cobalt Brand??

[Skiingstrongman]

I do business with Cobalt. The marina I go to is a Cobalt dealer and just stopped selling Malibu a few years ago because they are also a Nautique dealer and they wanted to focus on just the two. This weekend at the boat show I was able to speak to my dealer who was there as well as a rep from the Malibu factory at the Malibu booth.

What business do you do with Cobalt?

My Father bought his cobalt in 2001 and still owns it. I own a 2010 myself. I’ve literally been looking at Cobalt boats since I was 2 years old.

[Table Rockin]

The surf gate is already being tested.

This is kinda stuff i wanted hear

[thunder550]

Hey Mr. Nauti here. Hey girl huh? Easy there turbo.

[AsLan7]

Dreaming of an R30 with twin 6.2 510 HP If you can't dream what's the point right?

...just a reminder, inboard boats will always be rated with higher horsepower (for the same engine equivalent) when measuring torque & HP at the prop-shaft. They only have a propeller shaft to turn (vs a geared outdrive which is less efficient)

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[AsLan7]

Cobalt integration with Malibu boats ahead of schedule....
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http://boatingindustry.com/news/2018/02 ... 8-results/

[thunder550]

Dreaming of an R30 with twin 6.2 510 HP If you can't dream what's the point right?

...just a reminder, inboard boats will always be rated with higher horsepower (for the same engine equivalent) when measuring torque & HP at the prop-shaft. They only have a propeller shaft to turn (vs a geared outdrive which is less efficient)

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What about V-drive boats that have an extra transmission/transfer case type thing to go through?

[AsLan7]

Dreaming of an R30 with twin 6.2 510 HP If you can't dream what's the point right?

...just a reminder, inboard boats will always be rated with higher horsepower (for the same engine equivalent) when measuring torque & HP at the prop-shaft. They only have a propeller shaft to turn (vs a geared outdrive which is less efficient)

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What about V-drive boats that have an extra transmission/transfer case type thing to go through?

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Those V-drive transmissions are much improved over our father’s era. Not as much gear whine and smoother with less racket noise. Velvet Drive produces a nice product as does Twin Disc.

A V-drive is still more efficient in delivering horsepower to the prop, losing roughly 8 percent, while a sterndrive loses about 13 percent.

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[thunder550]

Those V-drive transmissions are much improved over our father’s era. Not as much gear whine and smoother with less racket noise. Velvet Drive produces a nice product as does Twin Disc.

A V-drive is still more efficient in delivering horsepower to the prop, losing roughly 8 percent, while a sterndrive loses about 13 percent.

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Great info, thanks for sharing. Definitely interesting seeing how much power is lost just turning the various parts.

[Skiingstrongman]

The issue with any inboard is once you get to 40mph you start running into issues where the turbulence of the water from the prop starts rattling the rudder. I was talking to the nautique dealer at the show a couple weeks back. So you can’t really drive them around 50 anyways, at least how they’re setup stock according to him.

[Big Block Power]

The issue with any inboard is once you get to 40mph you start running into issues where the turbulence of the water from the prop starts rattling the rudder. I was talking to the nautique dealer at the show a couple weeks back. So you can’t really drive them around 50 anyways, at least how they’re setup stock according to him.

I never heard that so that's interesting. Makes sense.

[Skiingstrongman]

They have a supercharged 6.0 option and he said there’s no benefit because you only really get a difference in the low end performance and the 550 and 450 hp options perform the same or very close low end and you can’t get the high end benefit. It’s a $10,000 upgrade and he’s always been very up front with me so I take him at his word.

[thunder550]

Makes sense, I don't know that I've ever seen a really fast inboard. Wake boats don't seem like they are built for speed.

Trying to think about all the fast boats I've seen (like 50mph and up), aren't they all either jet, stern, or surface drive?

[Tuscany]

Bored at the airport . IMO..

Personally, I see Cobalt having issues down the road, and hopefully the acquisition and the thinkers at Malibu will help bring the company into the 21st century faster. I haven’t seen a single Cobalt on the water here in Florida..

The cut of the A series and the addition of the 30SC is a reason for optimism. Next to go should be the deck style SC Hull.
They may be selling boats today, but I think Cobalt is behind the curve of where Boating is going.
That A40 pic that I posted last week? They can’t sell it. . Rotsa Ruck with the 36 also. If I was in the market for a boat like that, I wouldn’t buy them either.
Browse through Formula’s website folks.
If I ever step up, that’s where I would go today.

[Table Rockin]

That A40 pic that I posted last week? They can’t sell it.

Why cant they sell it?

[Tuscany]

Outboard power was the reason.. no one wants an I/O, and that’s an average boat in this neck of the woods.