I will be buying this boat within 2 years, can;t wait. Been heading up to the PacWest the last couple of years to check everything out, will be my new home soon:-) Love these boats.
+Kirk Williams -- If you really can't wait, next time you're up here you can charter a "classic" R-29 at Anacortes Yacht Charters if you have sufficient prior boating experience. It would be a good way to temporarily sate your appetite until you buy one. (Disclaimer: it's my brother's boat.)
I have the 26ft and choose it for the pilothouse door. I go fishing by myself and have the fishing pol next to me. Fish strikes, salmon trolling, put the engine on neutral and fight the fish. Apparently, no one at Ranger taut of that.
I would have liked him to try and get in the mid-berth. I think the 31' might have a usable mid-berth, but I just tried the one in the '27 we just bought. I'm only 5'10", but if I slid onto the mattress far enough for my head to rest on the mattress, I was in a fiberglass sandwich so tight that I could not turn over. It might work if I slid my head out where it would be by the "office" chair which might allow turning over. My wife is way too claustrophobic for that bed. Otherwise, we love the boat; bought it late last week.
+Donandnan Elmore Congratulations on your purchase. Yeah, the quarter berth looks like it's really more suitable for a child than a "full-size adult." One thing I like about the 27 versus the 29/31 is the head compartment being on the saloon level and easily accessed from the cockpit, rather than needing to traipse through the saloon and down steps. I also like that it's truly trailerable. The 29/31 is marketed as trailerable, but with a ten-foot beam you need a permit.
@@thewatchman6074 I just pulled up the specs for the classic R-27 shown here, as well as the new outboard-powered R-27OB. The classic R-27 actually got better fuel economy in testing than Dave stated here: he said 14 to 15 knots at 7GPH, and in the test it was getting 15.5 knots at 3600RPM, and burning 6.3 gallons per hour. The new R-27OB was only getting 10 knots at the closest comparable of 6.6GPH. (The R-27OB was getting an insignificantly better 16 knots at 4000RPM, but burning 11.8 gallons per hour to do it.) Of course that's sort of an apples to oranges comparison, because the R-27 had a top speed of 20.6 knots at WOT (4200RPM/8.7GPH), whereas the R-27OB had a top speed of 37 knots at WOT (5900RPM/26.5GPH). If the classic R-27 was anything like my brother's classic R-29, you wouldn't want to run it at top speed for more than 15 or 20 minutes because it would over heat, but at a fast cruise of 19 knots at 4000RPM it was burning 7.9GPH, which is pretty darned good, and if you slowed down to a displacement speed of 7 knots you'd only burn 1.8GPH and would have a range of over 380 nautical miles (no reserve) on a full tank (100 gallons).
I will be buying this boat within 2 years, can;t wait. Been heading up to the PacWest the last couple of years to check everything out, will be my new home soon:-) Love these boats.
+Kirk Williams -- If you really can't wait, next time you're up here you can charter a "classic" R-29 at Anacortes Yacht Charters if you have sufficient prior boating experience. It would be a good way to temporarily sate your appetite until you buy one. (Disclaimer: it's my brother's boat.)
I have the 26ft and choose it for the pilothouse door. I go fishing by myself and have the fishing pol next to me. Fish strikes, salmon trolling, put the engine on neutral and fight the fish. Apparently, no one at Ranger taut of that.
I would have liked him to try and get in the mid-berth. I think the 31' might have a usable mid-berth, but I just tried the one in the '27 we just bought. I'm only 5'10", but if I slid onto the mattress far enough for my head to rest on the mattress, I was in a fiberglass sandwich so tight that I could not turn over. It might work if I slid my head out where it would be by the "office" chair which might allow turning over. My wife is way too claustrophobic for that bed. Otherwise, we love the boat; bought it late last week.
+Donandnan Elmore Congratulations on your purchase. Yeah, the quarter berth looks like it's really more suitable for a child than a "full-size adult." One thing I like about the 27 versus the 29/31 is the head compartment being on the saloon level and easily accessed from the cockpit, rather than needing to traipse through the saloon and down steps. I also like that it's truly trailerable. The 29/31 is marketed as trailerable, but with a ten-foot beam you need a permit.
Is it just me, but in no way would I call 7 gallons an hour "fuel efficient?"
I guess you haven't skippered many 27-foot+ cruisers. 7GPH is VERY fuel efficient.
@@seikibrian8641 True.
@@thewatchman6074 I just pulled up the specs for the classic R-27 shown here, as well as the new outboard-powered R-27OB. The classic R-27 actually got better fuel economy in testing than Dave stated here: he said 14 to 15 knots at 7GPH, and in the test it was getting 15.5 knots at 3600RPM, and burning 6.3 gallons per hour. The new R-27OB was only getting 10 knots at the closest comparable of 6.6GPH. (The R-27OB was getting an insignificantly better 16 knots at 4000RPM, but burning 11.8 gallons per hour to do it.) Of course that's sort of an apples to oranges comparison, because the R-27 had a top speed of 20.6 knots at WOT (4200RPM/8.7GPH), whereas the R-27OB had a top speed of 37 knots at WOT (5900RPM/26.5GPH). If the classic R-27 was anything like my brother's classic R-29, you wouldn't want to run it at top speed for more than 15 or 20 minutes because it would over heat, but at a fast cruise of 19 knots at 4000RPM it was burning 7.9GPH, which is pretty darned good, and if you slowed down to a displacement speed of 7 knots you'd only burn 1.8GPH and would have a range of over 380 nautical miles (no reserve) on a full tank (100 gallons).
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