2013 Cobalt R5

Dash and Instrumentation

• Accessory Power Plug - 12 Volt
• Aluminum Dash Panels
• Black Leather/SS Steering Wheel
• Compass, Digital
• Composite Helm Eyebrow,
• Custom Stitching
• Dash Perimeter Wood Accent
• Depth & Water/Air Temp Gauge Pkg.
• Hour Meter
• Illuminated Switch Panel/Switches
• Stainless Steel Switches

Stereo

• AM-FM, Single CD Stereo w/6 Speakers
• iPod/USB/MP3 Port
• Stereo Remote, Dash

Exterior

• Anchor Locker
• Bow Scuff Plate, Stainless Steel
• Extended Running Surface
• Graphics, Molded-In Gelcoat
• Midship Cleats
• Ski Pylon - Stainless Steel
• Sky Light (Head Compartment)
• SS Tubular Platform Perimeter Rail
• Stainless Steel Engine Vents
• Stainless Top Trim Windshield
• Swim Platform w/Flip-Down Swim Step

Interior

• Aft Sunpad w/Adjustable Backrest
• Bow Cushion Insert, Stbd.
• Bow Walk-Thru Doors
• Carpet, 40 oz., Snap-In w/Neoprene Back
• Head w/Porta Potti
• Passenger Seat Flip Backrest System
• Removable Bow & Cockpit Carpet
• Seating Varadense Comfort
• Sundeck Convertible Lounger

Structure / Safety / Performance

• 10/5/3 Year Warranty Protection
• Battery Switch, Single
• Circuit Breaker Protected Elec System
• Composite Floor
• Composite Transom
• Fiberglass Cockpit Liner
• Fiberglass Stringer System
• Fire Extinguisher, Manual
• Ignition Safety Switch
• Kevlar Reinforced Hull
• Stainless Steel Windshield Braces
• Through Prop Exhaust

 Mercruiser 350 MAG Bravo III Seacore

Asked to create a mid-sized runabout with traditional elegance and the smoothest of quiet rides, we went to the prototype shop with an exterior profile first in mind. Sleek, low, and aggressive. Very, very aggressive, per the R5's Edge graphics, set forward of the sculpted truth that is the R5's transom, swim platform, and sunpad -- cohesive in their integrated design, free-flowing in their easy functionality. The transom is walk-thru, of course. The back-rest is convertible, and the space forward is wide and wider still, with an interior beam almost a foot wider than the ever so super-spacious 242's. We then followed with yachtesque, wraparound seating to capitalize on those wishes for a flawless ride, a ride begun of course in that legendary Cobalt hull. This seating configuration, by the way, belongs only to Cobalt in boats of the R5's size. The twice wide passenger seat forward makes the cockpit even more flexible in its service of a good time -- fully convertible in direct reflection of seating aft. A console door, elegant in its woodgrains and crafted vinyls, opens to a head larger above and all-around than any other boat in the class.

The helm gleams in hand-craftsmanship, in oil-rubbed ebony Makassar trim and duotone aluminum dash panels and switches of stainless steel and five-inch digital gauges with multi-function readouts and, over all, a form-fitted eyebrow in everlasting vinyl. The wheel wraps in leather: one of the most time-honored of Cobalt traditions, this masterpiece of a steering wheel. Our owners have always insisted on comfort and convenience and accessibility -- "ergonomics" to our designers -- and so the R5's armrests and footrests and controls and cupholders and every last little amenity aboard arrives with a form and a function just too ergo for words. And one more name to drop: the Rockford Fosgate stereo, optimized and ready, as we say, to crank.