Cobia 240 CC Review and Used Buying Guide

Among Cobia boats for sale, why the 240 CC stands out

Browse Cobia boats for sale and the 240 CC appears again and again, for good reason. It was Cobia's best-known 24-footer for seven model years, it takes either one or two outboards, and it packs a walk-in head into a boat that still fishes like a tournament console. Sport Fishing summed up the formula as a boat built to satisfy the demands of a tournament angler and his or her family.

Cobia builds in Fort Pierce, Florida, and has been part of Maverick Boat Group since 2005, alongside Maverick, Hewes and Pathfinder. That group's standards show up in the details: Sport Fishing listed 100 percent wood-free construction, double-clamped hoses and fittings, pressure-tested epoxy-coated aluminum fuel tanks and a 300-point quality check. The 240 CC arrived for model year 2019, Cobia's configurator offered it through 2025, and for 2026 the company moved on to the new 245 CC.

An inherited hull with a new deck on top

Boating put it neatly: it takes audacity to replace a successful boat, and Cobia did it by keeping the best parts. The 240 CC uses the hull shape and running surface of the earlier 237 CC and adds a redesigned deck and console. The bottom is a variable-deadrise deep-V with 21.5 degrees at the transom, a sharp entry and lots of bow flare, paired with a 17- to 18-inch draft that lets the boat work shallow bays as well as offshore.

The 8-foot 10-inch beam is generous for a 23-foot 7-inch boat. It makes the cockpit wide and stable, and the level floor runs from bow to stern without a step, so anglers can follow a fish around the boat without tripping. The trade-off is that the beam exceeds the 8-foot 6-inch trailering limit, so towing needs a wide-load permit in most states.

The walk-in head that sells the boat

The console is the 240's party trick. A forward-facing seat hides a cooler in its base, and the seat front swings open to reveal a step-down head compartment. Boating's testers found it was not a cramped box but a fully molded space, easy to clean, with a sink, pullout shower and 6 feet of headroom. Salt Water Sportsman noted a mirror and toiletry storage; an electric head with macerator and a pump-out version with a port window were on the option list.

Behind the console, the helm takes two 12-inch multifunction displays or a single 16-inch screen above the switch panel. Salt Water Sportsman describes a double-bolstered helm seat with flip-down armrests sitting in a fiberglass module with a foldaway footrest in front and a tackle station behind, with two drawers and three tackle boxes. A three-sided windshield with wiper and electric vent was available with the hardtop.

Fishing hardware where it counts

Two 33-gallon fish boxes sit in the sole just aft of the helm, in line with the stern door so a fish can be gaffed and dropped on ice in one motion; a macerator pump-out was optional. The transom carries a 28-gallon livewell with a clear lid to port, and a foldaway two-person bench sits off center to starboard. Folded up, that seat lets you lift part of the transom bulkhead as an oversized bilge hatch, a smart touch for service.

Rod storage is typical Cobia: four gunwale holders, horizontal racks for two outfits plus a gaff on each side, and the optional hardtop's powder-coated aluminum frame carried five upright rocket launchers plus two slanted kingfish tubes. Walkways are a full 24 inches wide, and bow seating sits over insulated, self-draining compartments that work as extra fish boxes.

• Twin 33-gallon in-floor fish boxes, macerator optional
• 28-gallon transom livewell with clear lid
• Helm seat tackle station with drawers and tackle trays
• Seven pull-up cleats and a through-stem anchor roller with windlass space
• Fresh water washdown standard

One engine or two, and the numbers each delivered

Cobia rated the 240 CC for 300 hp as a single or twins, and the tests cover both. Boating ran a single Yamaha F300 with a 15.5 by 17 three-blade stainless prop, 65 gallons of fuel and 400 pounds of crew and reached 51 mph. Salt Water Sportsman tested twin Yamaha F150s off Lake Worth Inlet: 30 mph came in an average of 8.1 seconds, the boat held plane down to 19 mph at 2,900 rpm, and top speed was again 51 mph. The magazine quoted a 350-mile range for the F300 boat cruising at 3,500 rpm.

Sport Fishing reported that a pair of Yamaha F115s pushed the boat to 44 mph and returned 3 mpg at 27 mph, a range of about 375 miles on 125 gallons. For most owners, the single F300 is the simplest and lightest package. Twin F150s cost more and add weight but give a get-home engine and better low-speed handling, which is why they became the default in later MSRPs.

What testers would have changed

Boating's test team praised the construction but listed three gripes worth checking on any used boat. The transom cleats sat high and far enough forward that cross-tying could chafe engine cowls. Transom rod holders lacked drain tubes, so water dripped onto pumps rather than draining to the bilge. And the fuel fillers, opposite the helm, had little splash protection to keep fuel burps out of the cockpit next to the batteries.

None of these are deal-breakers, but they explain the small modifications many owners have made. Look for added drain tubes and relocated or added cleats as signs of a thoughtful owner.

240 CC versus the new 245 CC

The 245 CC that replaced it is a different boat: 24 feet 6 inches long, 9 feet 5 inches wide, about 5,700 pounds with engines, 135 gallons of fuel, a 20-degree deadrise and a 350 hp rating, with Seakeeper Ride standard and a starting price of $142,944 with a Yamaha 300. It is bigger and more stable but no longer close to trailer-legal width.

That makes late 240 CCs attractive to buyers who want the lighter, narrower, more efficient boat, and it should help support their resale. Expect 2019 boats from about $70,000 and late-production 2024 or 2025 boats up to about $125,000 depending on power. Annual running costs, excluding depreciation, should land around $6,500 to $14,000 for most owners.