The Cobalt 242 is a study in free-form genetics, following in the wake of previous Cobalts with all its family characteristics of ride, of performance, of obvious good looks ...with all its go-for-it, far-roaming range, its room to ride, its insistence on knowing what might wait around the next cove. Add in reassuring elements of convenience and practicality -- an optional enclosed head compartment shore-based in its functional comfort, big event entertainment systems with next-century clarity and volume, navigational tools ready to guide on towards Tahiti -- and you have here a boat ready right now to take you far, far way from anything resembling an office.