Cobalt Boats Forum

Just bought a used 2019 R5 and it has this massive, add-on adjustable Bimini rigging. Not sure if this is Cobalt, or after-market. The tower is stock Cobalt. Anyone have this add-on bimini apparatus, and know what it's called? Furthermore, I can't find any deets on setting it up/using it (installing ...

Good points, all. Yes, I've been boating for 25yrs and have never owned a Volvo Penta (Merc after Merc). Hoping the issue was it being trimmed up all the way. And, yeah....buying it from out-of-state from a dealer, we did not get the usual walk-through, which would likely have helped me avoid the ...

Update - Dealer said the boat has some sort of safety mechanism where you cannot start the engine if the trim is all the way up. Hmmm...ok. We'll try this, as this may be the issue, but I don't know for sure.

Happy Boating! C'monnn Spring/Summer. Get here, already!

Update- Took the boat out last weekend, with some issues (starter or battery related), as well as I was not informed the sub-surface swim deck, when in the down position, can be hit by the prop if you're in reverse and trimmed up. Learned this is a common $1000 mistake, and I made it...within 5mn of ...

I took our new Cobalt R5 out (new to us, a 2019), last weekend, for the 1st time since it was delivered. It's a Volvo Penta Gen 5, 5.3L 350hp.

When drifting away from the dock, alone, and in frigid water, it would not start. I tried and tried, as normal. Tinkered with the wires on the batteries ...

^ Great to hear. Thank you, bruceb58!

Awesome reply and insight. Thank you, kindly!

trying to figure out how to add an image. Haha. Seems one needs to be a developer/coder to paste on this type of site. User error on my end, I'm sure. Haha! If it worked, this is it. Still have yet to see it in-person, as it was delivered to our lake spot 3hrs from Denver, where we live. Bought it ...

New to the forum here. Love it.

I know this topic is a common one, but still not sure I'm confident in what to expect. Bought a used 2019 R5 from a dealer in Houston, and just had it delivered to our little lake place in Nebraska this past weekend (4/22/23). The lake is at about 3200ft above sea ...