Non-Exclusionary White Boat thread

[Ytmsn]

Congratulations! Is that a 30?

[AsLan7]

Hey all

Can I join your club? She should be delivered in a few weeks! I traded in my red boat club membership for the white club.

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Lookin’ good TRS23! What ya got powerin’ her?

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[trs23]

Twin V8-300s

[liquid]

Congrats. She's filthy!

Excellent usage there BB. She is indeed Filthy.

[tgrace98]

Some more white boat porn

[liquid]

Gorgeous.

[Bfun220]

Looking good.

[liquid]

Looking good.

Is that Bobby Brown?

[akorcovelos]

Enough hard parking shots, lets see you buzz the tower!

[tgrace98]

Here you go. All I’ve got for now

[AsLan7]

Great pics tg98.

[cmattj]

Great pics indeed. ! Dont mind that Pesky small craft advisory.

[Traveller14]

So I took delivery of our new R5 430hp basic options boring white non surf boat. I haven’t used it as much as I normally would but have had it out 5 or 6 times. I thought I’d share some observations that will be obvious to most of you but maybe not all. I learned a lot here before ordered so if my points help anyone still shopping great. Here are a few things I can remember.

- Wow the throttle is touchy compared to my previous boat ( 2013 Regal 2300). I was warned about the electronic controls but still it caught me off guard. I made a pretty clumsy landing my first attempt going into the boat house. Of course people were watching. I’m think I’m used to it now but that first time was hairy
- I’ve read several conversations here about the sound of the old 8.2l vs this 6.2l. I don’t know what the 8.2 sounds like but this one definitely sounds great when you accelerate hard. I think it’s quieter than my regal with the 5.7 when cruising which is a big bonus if you want to talk. I’m pretty happy with the sound
- First boat I have ever sat in that had a good view of where you were going with the bolster down so you’re looking through the windshield. I’ve always had to look over the glass before
- A little faster than advertised. The GPS bounces around but seems to average 56 to 58 at full throttle and trim at 29 degrees. I’m still playing with that trying to guess the best spot. I’m curious what setting others get there too end at
- Why didn’t anyone warn about the damn Bimini? The delivery guy told me it was a 2 person job. Of course I tried it alone and did everything in the wrong order. It took a good 25 minutes to figure it out. I think it will 5-10 minutes next time if I do it in the right order but still it’s not something you want to open and close several times a day. Most importantly though, it was rigid and silent at over 50 mph so I’m happy with it.
- I bought trim tabs because of this chat group. The salesman said no need for them. I’m happy to say I’ve used them several times and like having them. Saves feeling like a dick asking people to rearrange themselves.
- This boat is very solid. I knew that from a test drive but after several days of driving it under different conditions I’m happy that we all notice the difference from the slightly shorter Regal.
- Salesman’s break in instructions were ‘don’t drive at WOT all day long’. After break in no problem. This is a lot less conservative than most comments on this site but I tend to agree with him that break in isn’t really required. No one breaks in cars anymore and I’m too old to spend 20 hours going slow

Ive included a picture of the first boat I got to drive by myself. It’s a 14’ Traveler with a 40 Evinrude (I spelled my own name wrong for some reason). It was white on the sides so I included it. R5 is in boathouse which is still under construction and at a restaurant stop with the family

[tgrace98]

Great write up traveler!

Yes the Bimini on the arch is stupid how hard it is to fold out. For sure a 2 person job. Mine will be out until fall.

My R7 with the 380 will do 50-52mph depending on conditions and load. So I’d say your 56-58 in an r5 with the 430 is spot on.

I came from a 262 so the build is as expected to me. I just like all the new features of the R7 and with the extra 1000lbs it handles the wake much better.

My dealer just told me to not travel at the same rpm for more than 6-8mins for the first 10hrs. I upheld to that

[AsLan7]

So I took delivery of our new R5 430hp basic options boring white non surf boat. I haven’t used it as much as I normally would but have had it out 5 or 6 times. I thought I’d share some observations that will be obvious to most of you but maybe not all. I learned a lot here before ordered so if my points help anyone still shopping great. Here are a few things I can remember.

- Wow the throttle is touchy compared to my previous boat ( 2013 Regal 2300). I was warned about the electronic controls but still it caught me off guard. I made a pretty clumsy landing my first attempt going into the boat house. Of course people were watching. I’m think I’m used to it now but that first time was hairy
- I’ve read several conversations here about the sound of the old 8.2l vs this 6.2l. I don’t know what the 8.2 sounds like but this one definitely sounds great when you accelerate hard. I think it’s quieter than my regal with the 5.7 when cruising which is a big bonus if you want to talk. I’m pretty happy with the sound
- First boat I have ever sat in that had a good view of where you were going with the bolster down so you’re looking through the windshield. I’ve always had to look over the glass before
- A little faster than advertised. The GPS bounces around but seems to average 56 to 58 at full throttle and trim at 29 degrees. I’m still playing with that trying to guess the best spot. I’m curious what setting others get there too end at
- Why didn’t anyone warn about the damn Bimini? The delivery guy told me it was a 2 person job. Of course I tried it alone and did everything in the wrong order. It took a good 25 minutes to figure it out. I think it will 5-10 minutes next time if I do it in the right order but still it’s not something you want to open and close several times a day. Most importantly though, it was rigid and silent at over 50 mph so I’m happy with it.
- I bought trim tabs because of this chat group. The salesman said no need for them. I’m happy to say I’ve used them several times and like having them. Saves feeling like a dick asking people to rearrange themselves.
- This boat is very solid. I knew that from a test drive but after several days of driving it under different conditions I’m happy that we all notice the difference from the slightly shorter Regal.
- Salesman’s break in instructions were ‘don’t drive at WOT all day long’. After break in no problem. This is a lot less conservative than most comments on this site but I tend to agree with him that break in isn’t really required. No one breaks in cars anymore and I’m too old to spend 20 hours going slow

Ive included a picture of the first boat I got to drive by myself. It’s a 14’ Traveler with a 40 Evinrude (I spelled my own name wrong for some reason). It was white on the sides so I included it. R5 is in boathouse which is still under construction and at a restaurant stop with the family

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That is a remarkable write up with even more remarkable pics T14! Thank you for taking the time to do that.

430 horsies in an R5....You're my hero brutha! That's how I would have ordered it....all that HP....from a small block! We still think it is just a clandestine software flash from the Mercury boys to unleash the full 430 pony fury from the 380 horse. (detuned down to 380 horse at the factory for marketing niche purposes)....although no one has been able to confirm this yet. Still the $6-9,000 upgrade makes yours a unicorn in the making....especially with all the other options you've ordered on it.

Loce the flashback pic too. You've got boating in your veins my friend.

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