daddyrabbit

Dark-- how do you find the quality of the interior, and the vinyl? I've only seen one, and it is the burnt orange demo boat you see in the brochure. It looked OK, but seemed to be a little sloppy like a pre-production boat

As silly as that may sound, that may actually work. I need to study that one for a while. In full disclosure, I have a Malibu 25 LSV that fits like a glove, but I'm working through some quality issues at the moment. My dealer is on it, but I tend to over-plan so I'm just looking at what my next solution would be should the 'bu not get resolved. And there she was - the Ri257 at the boat show. What a beauty.

The door slides closed from the sides, not from the top down. So, no. It's ok, I just thought the 257 was such a cool boat that checked a lot of our boxes.

@BoardCo...thanks very much. I was afraid that would be the case. The Ri257 is about 12" too big for my boathouse. The boathouse is grandfathered, so I cannot modify it's length to accommodate the boat. Any chance they'll make a Ri247?

@BoardCo: would you be willing to measure the overall length from nose to rear of the swim platform on the 257?

Would you be willing to measure the actual length, nose to tip of swim platform? I have a restriction for length in my boathouse. Thanks in advance, DR