R5 or R7....need some opinions

Dadof3girls · Post by **Dadof3girls** » Wed May 27, 2020 11:28 pm

Coming from having 4 Rev10 Wetsounds on the tower, I did miss not having some towers to push more sound while people were floating in the water several feet behind the boat. I may look to add a set of tower speakers at some point. Otherwise, I thought the stereo sounded really good!

The boat was awesome. Just so much space for people as well as a ton of storage space, of which we had tons not used. Very very pleased with the new R7 thus far. Very excited to get back to her this weekend to get some more time behind the wheel!

Dadof3girls · Post by **Dadof3girls** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:01 am

Oh and I almost forgot to mention the engine! Love it....lots of power, especially at mid to top end.

AsLan7 · Post by **AsLan7** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:37 am

Dadof3girls wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:01 am Oh and I almost forgot to mention the engine! Love it....lots of power, especially at mid to top end.

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Sounds like you made the right decision Do3G.
Smiles all around.

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TR5 · Post by **TR5** » Thu May 28, 2020 1:07 pm

Really like the color's.... your gone to love your new boat...

BigGib · Post by **BigGib** » Thu May 28, 2020 4:36 pm

Big Block Power wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:53 am Ok I'm turning over a new leaf. Buy the smaller boat and the smaller engine you won't regret it. I heard the saying that I always wished it was 2ft short and a smaller engine.
Congrats on the R7 I hoped that worked.

R7, hand down. Unless an R35 is in the budget?

You won't ever regret going bigger, even if you have to go a couple years older to stay in budget. I have a 302 and wish I had a 336 right now

ajcampen · Post by **ajcampen** » Thu May 28, 2020 5:14 pm

Dadof3girls wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 11:28 pm Coming from having 4 Rev10 Wetsounds on the tower, I did miss not having some towers to push more sound while people were floating in the water several feet behind the boat. I may look to add a set of tower speakers at some point. Otherwise, I thought the stereo sounded really good!

The boat was awesome. Just so much space for people as well as a ton of storage space, of which we had tons not used. Very very pleased with the new R7 thus far. Very excited to get back to her this weekend to get some more time behind the wheel!

D3, what r u getting rid of? Are they JL or something else?

Dadof3girls · Post by **Dadof3girls** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:51 pm

Update after 2 weekends with the new R7. We absolutely made a great decision with purchasing this boat. I loved my Centurion and as hard as it was to give up, I am really loving the R7. There are so many things to like about it. Now I just wait until the weekend so I can get back in it.

AsLan7 · Post by **AsLan7** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:57 pm

Dadof3girls wrote: Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:51 pm Update after 2 weekends with the new R7. We absolutely made a great decision with purchasing this boat. I loved my Centurion and as hard as it was to give up, I am really loving the R7. There are so many things to like about it. Now I just wait until the weekend so I can get back in it.

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Thanks for the updated Captain’s report dof3g.

What are some of the positive aspects that your family really appreciates about the R7? This may help others on the forum.

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Dadof3girls · Post by **Dadof3girls** » Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:54 pm

The ride is very nice. Sits up out of the water, so it doesn’t spray too much in chop. I guess we didn’t realize how much storage is in the R7. I thought we had good storage in our old boat but we definitely underestimated the space available we have now. I can’t speak for the Volvo 380 but the 430 is a Great engine for this boat. The bow also is a great space to accommodate multiple people. We were not even looking for a windless but this has become one of my wife’s favorite things! Everyone that gets on the boat comments about the sea grass snap In carpet.

Only negative so far is the door to the bathroom opens up if you hit too much of a wake. Just needs an adjustment I think.

akorcovelos · Post by **akorcovelos** » Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:27 pm

Doesn’t the door have a latch to lock it under way? Also good for locking wives in the head btw.

Big Block Power · Post by **Big Block Power** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:09 am

akorcovelos wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:27 pm Doesn’t the door have a latch to lock it under way? Also good for locking wives in the head btw.

I would use duck tape on both

Dadof3girls · Post by **Dadof3girls** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:52 pm

There is a latch but pretty sure it doesn’t lock. I will get it right or it will drive me nuts!

Big Block Power · Post by **Big Block Power** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:57 pm

I thought they redesigned that latch a year or 2 ago.

Dadof3girls · Post by **Dadof3girls** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 9:03 pm

Well, I will look it over pretty good in the morning.

Dadof3girls · Post by **Dadof3girls** » Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:23 pm

So no locking mechanism on the door. It did stay closed better but most likely due to a couple of young kids sitting there from keeping it from opening.

Took a long trip on Saturday with 10 on board. Again, I was so happy after the trip. We had so much room to lounge. We did have 5 kids, but still. Great ride and enjoyed watching the fast boats pass us during a poker run.

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