Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

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Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#1 Post by robster » Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:12 pm

Cobalt boats now makes a pontoon boat Marker One.. Holy Moley bet it's pricey as hell, but it's got to be the mack daddy.
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#2 Post by robster » Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:17 pm

here are some pix..
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#3 Post by robster » Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:18 pm

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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#4 Post by smltooner » Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:18 pm

I like the exterior.
Nothing remarkable about the interior. Don't like the helm or Captain's Chair.
No protection from rain for radio and no swivel on Capt chair.
Only fore and aft entry.....no side entry. Don't like that.
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#5 Post by rdeterman » Sun Nov 02, 2014 5:21 pm

Not excited about the exterior. The interior looks OK but only having forward and rear entry will not work for most of us.
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#6 Post by margaritaman » Sun Nov 02, 2014 5:29 pm

No table! Maybe they should have run their design on this forum before they built the toon.
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#7 Post by dodger » Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:00 pm

Too, boaty. Not what an already pontoon owner would look for without some changes as others have stated already. But if they are trying to capture the boat crowd, it might make them look but, the pontoons have evolved because of the owners and what they want. They best be looking as some design changes.
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#8 Post by cwag911 » Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:19 pm

Saw them and not impressed for 120k.
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#9 Post by Darin » Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:01 pm

That fiberglass upper don't look right with the aluminum toons. Looks like the just stuck some toons under a deck boat. I like cobalt boats for their quality but I can say I do not like these. Especially for 120k! My $3500 old harris is just fine with me!
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#10 Post by Bamaman » Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:23 pm

Don't expect these to be on the market very long. It'll be like Bennington's Azure deck boats. Too expensive that sales volumes won't ever get up to where they're profitable on the boat.

Enough red ink on a project will make'em reconsider getting into a market segment that's already got too many players.
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#11 Post by teecro » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:31 am

cwag911 wrote:Saw them and not impressed for 120k.
Hows that go "a fool and his money are soon parted"

I simply don't see 120K in those pictures.... The interier is really sort of dated and bland in my book; it really looks like they tried too hard and came back with boring...
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#12 Post by robster » Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:40 am

Crikey! $120K that's CRAZY MONEY!
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#13 Post by RcgTexas » Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:25 am

Crikey! $120K that's CRAZY MONEY
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#14 Post by OK Toon » Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:46 am

Those seats don't look very comfortable at all. None of them are lounge type. They look more like blown-up air mattresses. I think they missed the mark on this model.
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Re: Cobalt boats now makes pontoons

#15 Post by r&s20 » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:40 pm

don't care for it, 120k and i only saw 3 cup holders and 2 of those where at the helm. that'll never work for us.
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