Cobalt Wakeboard Boat?!?

Cobalt240Premier140 · Criminal Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 80 City: Westfield,IN

OK guys I'm new to the forum and just looking for some input here. Towards the end of the summer I got a Cobalt 240. Here's a link to just bring you up to speed on the boat. Cobalt 240 http://www.cobaltboats.com/model_line/240/index.html. I wanted to get a boat cause I was starting to get into wakeboarding and have always wanted a boat. Lost a Harley over it but hopefully pays off next season. We ended up getting a Cobalt so it was still a family boat and everyone could enjoy it but still pretty decent for wakeboarding. It's the closest boat Cobalt makes for wakeboarding. Anyways I'm putting a Tower and Perfect Pass Wakeboard Pro on it this winter and looking into putting my own ballast system in it. It puts off a decent size wake anyways without much trim. I mean it's a 24ft. boat and weights about 5K full with water and fuel plus about 3 guys. I also had a question about how much ballast. I hear everyone talking about putting anywhere from like 1000lbs. to 2000lbs. of ballast in their boats but most of these boats have a capacity of like 1700lbs. Is that just people weight and can these boats handle a lot more then that or is everyone just ignoring the specs. until they sink their boat? My 240 has a 496 in it that pushes 375 HP so I'm not worried about it weighting it down. I mean it's hard as hell to pull boarders cause it has too much power I think. I know that sounds weird but not being a true tow boat it's hard to keep the power constant and I'm hoping PP fixes that. I'm just looking for some input from anyone that has riden in a Cobalt and if you guys think it's worth the time and money. If I had to do it over again I would just get a CC, MC or something like that but I think this boat can be pretty good for an I/O with these few options. Any suggestions or ideas are welcome. That's why I joined. Thanks a lot.

Shawn Madison · Posted: Nov 10, 2003 11:14 pm Post subject:

If you can afford the upgrades vs. trading it in on something more wakeboard specific-go with that.

-Perfect Pass should help stabilize your pulls
-You may want to consider a different prop (lower pitch with a four blade"if you don't have that")
-Sacks would probably help increase the weight size without stressing the boat too much. [40/60] placement front/back
-The tower will be a nice addition too!

Cobalt240Premier140 · Criminal Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 80 City: Westfield,IN

Yeah I thought about the prop too but I guess I forgot to add that it is a BravoIII Outdrive with a duoprop. So I don't really know if I can put dual 4 blades on there. I will have to check into that. If I do the ballast system you say do 40/60 how much would you put in there? I was thinking about putting a 580lb. sac in the ski locker up front and then twins in the back that would be about the same. Would that be OK or should I put more upfront to keep the rest of the hull more in the water. I thought the more the hull is in the water the better right? Or does it just have to do with the rear of the boat and the weight ? Thanks a lot.

BIGMAC · Posted: Nov 10, 2003 11:56 pm Post subject:

You will have to exeriment with the weight distribution becuse every boat reacts differently with weight. That ratio is just a starting point and you should go from there. More weight towards front=rampier and weight towards the rear = more vert. Your idea sounds like a good starting point.