

Hansen had never visited the Cobalt factory before and he was favorably impressed with everything he saw, he reported. “As people who’ve watched the show know, I’ve got a lot of pride in my work boat, the FV Northwestern, but when I saw my R8 Surf coming down the line in the Bayside Blue & Ebony color scheme she chose, it just really stuck out to me because it looked so modern and classy,” he said. Hansen asked his wife June to make the decisions on color and interior choices. Right there and then, the stability had me sold!” Now, I don’t get jealous often, but every wave we hit, his Cobalt just cut right through, we didn’t even feel it! In the boat I had at the time, we’d have been thrashed and bashed, but not in that Cobalt. “The summer before last I was out with a friend in his Cobalt on Lake Chelan, WA, which is near where we live. “We’ll use it for wake surfing and waterskiing, all the water sports, but what I really love about it is the Cobalt ride,” Hansen noted. With wrap-around, yacht-certified seating, the R8 Surf also features Cobalt’s Custom Wave Technology surf system, a specifically designed surf hull, a choice of Volvo forward-drive engines and Cobalt Surf Gate technology to shape perfect waves. We spend a lot of time on the water, and I have a smile on my face every time I get to see my kids and grandkids having fun,” Hansen said.Īt 27’ 10”, the Cobalt R8 Surf is the company’s top-of-the-line surf boat, offering the most room and best ride in the Cobalt Surf series. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity to spoil my family with our new Cobalt.
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11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - In late July, Sig Hansen, veteran crab fisherman and boat captain from the Discovery Channel documentary series Deadliest Catch, visited Cobalt Boats to tour the factory and see the completion of his new 2023 Model R8 Surf, which he plans to use as his family pleasure boat.
