BOUGHT AN RI 257 !

[luluzer 50]

I may need to bring my girl down to Saguaro - sounds lovely!

[Darkside 248]

Saguaro is nice this time of year. St. Patrick's to Halloween is usually board shorts. Weekends in the summer are horrible though, it gets way too crowded.

[Lak3surf3r 714]

Saguaro is nice this time of year. St. Patrick's to Halloween is usually board shorts. Weekends in the summer are horrible though, it gets way too crowded.

I was trunking it in december still man We dont go to Saguaro on summer weekends either. Its amature hour at the docks with all the lake lice and boat rentals!

[carguy79ta 67]

low 60s is doable if air temps are 80s. Awesome.

[Lak3surf3r 714]

low 60s is doable if air temps are 80s. Awesome.

Last week/end we were 64 water and 75 air on Saguaro. Pleasant was about 5 degrees colder on both temps the day after.

Edited February 28, 2017 by Lak3surf3r

[Darkside 248]

Ok so I got to take the Ri257 out today. This thing is absolutely amazing! It handles so much better than expected. It is way more agile than expected, and the ride is very Cadillacesque.

I ordered surf prop (16x13) I think this is going to be very good. RPM 3900 port surf, 3700 goofy surf.

FYI they upgraded bag size! Each rear bag gained 200#, so 200 left, right and rear locker! Locker bag is now 700#! The factory weight puts the platform calf deep! However while surfing the platform is out of the water and DOES NOT TOUCH THE WAVE!

Silent Stinger is awesome! Boat is so quiet, and the H6 had plenty of power, 0-12 almost instantly, not so fast it's pulling your arm out of socket, but also your not waiting for the wave to form.

The most impressive thing is the out of the box unoptimized wave. It took very little effort to get the wave from the brochure! LONG and powerful, I can't wait to go out again this weekend.

Rather than trying to shrink photos here is a link..

 

http://s942.photobucket.com/user/jbbrownaz/library/Ri257%20delivery

Edited March 2, 2017 by Darkside

[wheels 151]

So glad to hear you are stoked! Link is not working.

[Darkside 248]

Let's try again...link works when pasted, I just can't get text to hyperlink...

 

View Album, http://s942.photobucket.com/user/jbbrownaz/library/Ri257%20delivery

Edited March 2, 2017 by Darkside

[wheels 151]

Had to copy and paste. Beautiful looking boat. Boat looks likes its pulling a wheelie in the water. The tush end is crazy low and bow high. How was driving view like that. So different than the malibus sitting in the water with 1000 + lbs in the bow.

[chowder2016 110]

So jealous. Congrats Joe. I have 2 more weeks to go. It's gonna be a long 2 weeks.

 

 

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[truekaotik 458]

Wow that does look rear slammed for sure!! Great pics!!

[Darkside 248]

It is a bit bow high, I am planning to fill center tank next trip, (but I am also adding lead to the rear). It definitely got a laid back stance sitting still. Once you start to move bow does come down a bit. Definitely need the bolster though!

We will also have more than 3 150 pound folks in the boat as well. So with an extra 2000 pounds of people gear and ballast. It should produce an even more epic wave.

[luluzer 50]

Sweet pics Joe! Beauty and the beast

[Darkside 248]

One more picture for the incoming Malibu folks. The bottom half of this was my 24MXZ with full factory ballast, custom 1250# bags, and 20 bags of lead. The top half is the Ri257, bow and center empty, all other factory full. BTW, by Malibu standards I had an EXCEPTIONAL wave.

[wheels 151]

What settings were you running on quicksurf, cats, and stinger?

[Bawshogg 77]

That wave has some MEAT to it!

[Darkside 248]

I do not remember the settings. I know the surf right side quick surf was 75, not sure about CATS or Stinger. NO idea what the surf wrong settings were.

[CO Surfer 289]

Sweet boat! ?? What were you towing it with? Looks like a Ram 1500? ?

[Darkside 248]

Sweet boat! ?? What were you towing it with? Looks like a Ram 1500? ?

Partially right... Ram yes....3500 Dually though. No way I would want to tow that thing with anything less than a 3/4 ton. You know it's back there.

[CO Surfer 289]

I'm with you on that. That's a big boat. My 1500 does fine with my boat. I wouldn't even consider towing a 257 with it.