To starboard is a wet bar with deep stainless-steel sink, pressure water system, a long Corian counter and an Igloo icechest in a custom rack underneath. If you want to entertain a dozen people, you've got plenty of seating but, if you'd rather have the cockpit open for waterskiing or skindiving, you can fold the spare seating away. A 6-foot settee runs across the aft edge of the cockpit and a nice touch is the fold-down bench seating on the port side that is surprisingly comfortable. With Cobalt, you can pick the hull color, select the upholstery and browse through an options list for equipment and engines. No, they're not in the least expensive, nor are they package boats that are delivered just one way. The result is that Cobalt boats have become a benchmark against which other boats are judged. Based in America's heartland (Neodesha, Kansas), Cobalt draws a dedicated workforce from a small town that maintains traditional values and a pride in their own excellence. Cobalt has been building high-quality products for more than two decades, and part of that excellence comes from their location. Before we dissect this unusual boat, let's take a look at the company behind it. When we turned to run home, the throttle stayed down and we raced up the watery hillocks and dropped into the valleys with equal aplomb. After only a few moments, however, I relaxed my grip on the wheel, secure in the comfortable ride. Barry grinned across at me, and aimed his arm at where we should head for a real test: directly upwind into the seas. In the patternless washing-machine slop at the entrance we sliced cleanly forward, throwing sheets of spray out flat as our deep-V blasted through without flinching. Instinctively, I braced myself for the first impact of hull against unyielding wave, but it never came. The starting point for the Cobalt 272 is a Jim Wynne designed hull.
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