230 or 216 ?

[sbarfoot]

Trying to decide between the two boats to buy. Will mostly wakeboard and surf occasionally slalom. Concerned about the surfing behind the 230 with just stock tanks. Thoughts ?

[doug69]

I don’t know anything about the 216 but have a 2016 230 with the upgraded ballast and bow bag and it surfs awesome. Lots of threads on here talking about the setup.


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[distinguishedmotorsports]

surprised you are not checking out the 236. i suppose it depends on your budget.

stock ballast surfing behind the 230 is decent, but not great. with additional bags and maybe a wake shaper you can have one of the best surf waves around.

the 236 nautique was designed as a cross over boat and has one or two features set up for skiers. 230 or 236 will need some more ballast or weight up front and over the stock rear tanks.

as far as wake boarding, idk. i believe the 216 might be a better wake boarding boat. the 23X are big boats, 25.5' LOA


there is a reason why nautique is STILL producing the 230 with only slight changes to the hull over 12 years later. its a great hull.

[Guntersville230]

May depend on what year 230 you are looking at too because there was a hull change in 2014 I believe that will make the set up different before/after these years. A stock 230 2015 with proballast (my currrent boat) surfed well stock (I am 6'2" 250lbs) but bigger is always better so I did upgrade to the 750lb sacs instead of the stock 400lb. Wakeboard wake is a little harder to clean up at slower speeds. If your gonna go slower empty everything except maybe a little in the belly tank and mess with the wakegate until you get the set up you like.

I have NO experience with a 236 so maybe someone else can chime in....good luck shopping!

[Blamey]

Unless I've missed something, they only difference between the 236 and the 230 are graphics and vinyl. I think you could order the 236 without ballast and a tower but most will have those.

230 is considered a great surf boat and great wakeboard boat. The one issue is Wakeboarding the wake washes over at slower speeds so if you have beginners or kids it's something to consider. Ski wake is okay for a big V drive but if you want to do slalom, it's not ideal.

The 230 did change in 2014 and apparently was made better for surfing but there is no info on what the change was apart from fitting the NSS( Nautique Surf System) better. I assume you are looking at a pre 2014 if the other boat is a 216.


I know nothing about the 216 but I'd go with the 230 as if a more popular boat has a great rep and is bigger. Bigger is almost always better.



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[sbarfoot]

Thank you all for the responses. The 230 is a 2011 with stock 1100 lb ballast. Wakeboard speeds are 18.5 surf at 10.5. 230 is the way I will go I believe.

[Blamey]

Thank you all for the responses. The 230 is a 2011 with stock 1100 lb ballast. Wakeboard speeds are 18.5 surf at 10.5. 230 is the way I will go I believe.

18.5 maybe a little slow for the 230. There was a post recently discussing this and that you need to go a little faster to clean up the wake.

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[shag]

226 was the crossover... 236 was actually the virgin year (2007 if I remember right) of the 230... In 2008 they called it the 230... And I have one with just over 1000 hours and running perfect.

[sbarfoot]

Does it surf well with stock ballast

[NautiqueJeff]

226 was the crossover... 236 was actually the virgin year (2007 if I remember right) of the 230... In 2008 they called it the 230... And I have one with just over 1000 hours and running perfect.

That's not entirely accurate. In 2008 and 2009, they made both the 236 and the 230. The 236 was marketed as a crossover boat while the 230 was marketed as a wakeboard boat. Check out the brochures on this site.

There was basically no difference in the two boats though, other than graphics and vinyl patterns.

[hondaprlud]

18.5 maybe a little slow for the 230. There was a post recently discussing this and that you need to go a little faster to clean up the wake.

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My 230 doesn't clean up the WB wake until 21.5 MPH. You will not like the WB wake at 18.5.

[sbarfoot]

How does yours surf ?

[hondaprlud]

It surfs awesome! One of the best surf boats of that era. When we first got it we surfed it really listed because I couldn’t find a place where a shaper stayed put. But now we ride with a slight list and it’s a great wave.


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