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Hey all!

I’ve been lurking since just before I bought my first boat - and first Cobalt - in October. I picked up a 2001 206 with the Volvo 5.7 GXI after reading everything that I could find on this forum that helped me decide to buy her. I took her out a couple of times last fall which was just enough to get me really excited for this summer at Stockton Lake in SW Missouri!

Having a couple of young girls and not much boating experience, I wanted to add a swim platform. I installed the swimplatforms.com platform last week with many thanks to my brother in law and Zhawker30 for their elbow grease and contortionist skills that I had no idea that they had. I also treated her to the Smoove Procut 2500 and Ceramic Shield.

Next upgrade will be SeaDek or similar product on original and new swim platforms.

Thanks to everyone for making this forum such a great resource!

Here’s how she looks today.

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Hey EJ520...welcome to the Cobaltchat forum. So glad you found us!

Thanks for the pics too.
Will you be doing any water sports with her?

Looking forward to your SeaDek pics as well.

Again welcome aboard mate!

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Nice.

If that was our first boat we wouldn't have needed a second or now third

Very nice that gxi will push that baby very nicely!

AsLan7 wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 11:05 pm .

Will you be doing any water sports with her?

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Mostly pulling a tube at first but we’re planning to see if the kids like waterskiing. We need some sunshine to get the water temp up!

I saw your forum name and I was hoping for a 520blue!

ericjohnson520 wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 9:09 am

AsLan7 wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 11:05 pm .

Will you be doing any water sports with her?

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Mostly pulling a tube at first but we’re planning to see if the kids like waterskiing. We need some sunshine to get the water temp up!

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Maybe try knee boarding with them too. It was a hit with the younger kids who also like tubing.

Congrats on your 206! I had an 01 206 as well and it was an awesome boat! Enjoy!

Sweet looking boat. Congrats and welcome to the Cobalt Club! Enjoy that beauty! Future wonderful memories to be made!

Congratulations. You're in for a great summer.
I know an older couple who move a camper to Stockton lake every summer to the same site.
They were grandfathered in as full summer rentals are no longer allowed.
They love the lake.

Congrats on your new boat! Looks very clean and love her name!