Why a G over a 230?

[beamons]

I am in the market for a wake boat. I have been looking at the 230 and a little at the G series. I know many of you have had 230s and then moved to the G23 but why?
I know that there are benefits to both but I would really like to hear about why some did go to the G and why stick with a 230. If possible let's leave price out of it for now.
Why a 230 and why a G?

[doug69]

If you need alot of storage and do a lot of wake boarding the G is the ticket. I don’t so bought the 230. I’m sure someone will post a much more complex answer but that was my basic assessment.


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[tchancey]

I didn't own a 230, but I did just cross shop it with a G21 & ended up with the G. I liked the deeper freeboard & all subfloor ballast. I really didn't like sacs in the lockers on my last boat & it's great not having to move gear to fill all the ballast on the G21. I also preferred the G21's hinged bow seats over the removable ones on the 230.

Happy shopping!

[srock]

Coming from a traditional direct drive I chose a 230 mainly because I wanted some additional space but I wanted to maintain that performance, low slung sports car feel and traditional hull design. I want to have the water rushing by. I would tie up my ski boat to my friends 230 and think holy mothership this thing is big. The G series is one step more like a supertanker. I did not want the huge "family I/O lake boat" feel of a bunch freeboard. I am also on the water so I don't feel the need to haul everything plus the kitchen sink. Given some time, I can see these older direct drives becoming a cool collectors item for those who can park them next to their modern boat.

[thejean]

The surf waves are different too. One isn’t necessarily better than the other so it more depends what you like or are used to. The 230 is big and meaty. Large face and tall. The G has a steeper face and tends to be longer but perhaps not quite as tall.

I will say that the 230 needs extra ballast over stock whereas the G doesn’t necessarily (even though I did add 500 lbs anyway). Doug69 above has his weighted well and it surfs nice. We have another buddy with the same boat with stock pro ballast and it’s an anemic surf wave compared to Doug’s. I’m CONVINCED that all of these boats need to be over 8000 lbs min before fuel and passengers in order to surf to their full potential.

[cptotr]

I have a friend that just passed on what I thought was a smoking deal on a new 2019 230. Pm me if interested and I’ll give you the details.


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[nautiques4life]

I have a friend that just passed on what I thought was a smoking deal on a new 2019 230. Pm me if interested and I’ll give you the details.


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I'm curious what is considered a smoking deal, feel free to PM me, looking for a used 230, but maybe if the #'s work?

[nyryan2001]

Brand new left over 2018 at Action in AZ for $95k

[tibiker]

I owned a 230 for the last 5 years (and a 220 for 3 years prior to that). I just closed on my 2019 G23 and haven't had it on the water yet. I have surfed behind a G25 and spent a week behind my buddies 2018 G23 last year in Lake Powell. That was enough to convince me to make the switch.

My 230 had an amazing wake but, as others mentioned, I had piggyback fat sacs in the rear lockers and under the bow cushions. Total of around 3300 lbs of ballast all together and I had added the NSS to it as well. With that setup, I dialed in a really great wake that almost everyone said was one of the biggest, nicest wakes they've surfed. The problem was that it took some work to get that wave and although I had the NSS, I couldn't switch sides quickly because that hull just didn't produce as good of a surf wave if it was evenly weighted.

When I got to spend some real time with the G23 last summer, it was just so simple and so predictable to dial the wake. All of the extra storage that was available due to the sub floor ballast, and the ability to switch sides without dealing with pumping ballast and or moving people was enough to convince me to make the jump.

The progression for me from the 220 to the 230 and now to the G23 was about moving to a better, more easily replicated surf wave with each upgrade. The 220 could make a good wake for surfing but it was very finicky where the 230 allowed me to adjust the ballast and NSS to get it right almost 100% of the time but it wasn't easy to do like the system on the G23.

One final thing, and it's about build quality and resale. The Nautiques have treated me very well. Never had an ounce of trouble from either boat during those 8 years, which is really amazing for any boat. I found good used boats for a really good price on the 220 and 230 and ended up making some money on the 220 after 3 years and lost less than 3k on the 230 after 5 years! I doubt other brands would be able to do that for me. So buying a new one this time was made much easier because of the way those boats held their value. So I am glad you have your search narrowed down to 2 Nautiques, you really can't go wrong.