Is this the Super Air Nautique 230?

[Erik]

Seems that way. Basically it is expansion under the Super Air Nautique brand - which they needed to do in my opinion.

It does seem that there are now 3 that wear Super Air Nautique branding, but one seems to be emerging as the "one to have".

[JoeCos]

That is one slick, sharp looking boat. I agree, that monster tower has to go. Put the CC tower on and it will be Perfect.

I am anxious to see the layout of the interior.

Thanks for keeping us updated on this Erik!

[DanielC]

Just an opinion. The only true Super Air is a 21 foot, 2 inch boat that was produced until 2005. These wide beam barges, complete with a built in trash can are not Super Airs! I am not saying these are not very nice boats, they are just not Super Airs.

[Erik]

DanielC, While I am tempted to agree with you in principle - the Super Air Nautique was (and still is) just a brand label. The boat we all know and love that was made from from 1994 to 2006 which was called a Super Sport, Super Air, Air 210, Super Air Nautique...was a Super Sport. Eventually it was called a Super Air Nautique 210 semi-permanently and marketed as such, but even the 210 designation was somewhat contrived by Correct Craft marketing. In fact the 210 designation never made a lot of sense to me. Now it does, with 3 other models wearing the same brand label. 210, 220, and 230 shows their new approach to strengthening the Super Air Nautique brand. I stressed the importance of this when I had the opportunity to visit CC HQ and sit in the office of the Marketing Vice President's office and give them my 2 cents on what this brand needed. I think they're doing it. Well.

The hull is and always has been the Super Sport and even the capacity plate on the boat says so.

So, what you said really is very much an opinion. I agree with the spirit behind your comment but the fact is that Super Air Nautique is a brand under the Correct Craft umbrella and never ***really*** or ***officially*** was anything else. It was a Super Sport. The Super Sport no longer exists but they've extended the brand to several boats now. Does it dilute it? Maybe. But it is intentional. Do they have a right to expand on what many consider to be one of the best known wakeboard boat brand names in existence? Mos DEF!

There are several "X-Stars" now and several "Wakesetters". Correct Craft is sort of following suit here with their multi-tier approach to what they want people to accept as the most modern "Super Air Nautique".

[DanielC]

Ok, I relent a little. Maybe what I think is a Super Air should be called the Classic Super Air. I did work a a Nautique dealer in 2003, when CC decided to give all the boats numbers, instead of names, and what was called the Super Air back then was suddenly a "210" After much outcry from dealers, and buyers, we got decals and emblems for all the 2003 "210's" in stock and had sold, and we had to re brand them Super Air. You work in the wakeboard industry, you probably know all this.
If Ford were to make a large full sized station wagon, and call it a Mustang, would you think it would be a Mustang, or would it just dilute the reputation of the name? Same thing if Chevrolet were to make some large four door version of the Camaro.
My personal opinion on this even extends the other way. The 206 is not a Ski Nautique. The Ski Nautique is a closed bow hard core tournament three event ski boat. Names like "Ski Nautique" or Super Air" should be reserved for the paragon boats of the category that Correct Craft makes. It should not extended to boats that compromise performance for marketing, and try to capitalize on a name.

[Erik]

On my site I call the old "Super Air Nautique" the SS/210 Classic in light of the redesign and mothballing of the original.

http://www.wakeboardreport.com/archi...ls_the_su.html

[82tique]

Help me out here... the 210 is 21ft, the 236 is 23ft & change, so is the 230 also 23ft?

[tdkosta]

You mean something like this?

[tdc_worm]

It does seem that there are now 3 that wear Super Air Nautique branding, but one seems to be emerging as the "one to have".

elaborate please....

[nautique06]

Anyone want to buy a 2006 220, perfect condition with 80 hrs. I am going to my dealer and ordering a duplicate as the one shown above...unbelievable and I haven't even seen the interior..

[MHayes]

It does seem that there are now 3 that wear Super Air Nautique branding, but one seems to be emerging as the "one to have".

elaborate please....

I believe that's in Erik's eyes, not to say that it isn't a nice looking boat.

[Erik]

Anyone want to buy a 2006 220, perfect condition with 80 hrs. I am going to my dealer and ordering a duplicate as the one shown above...unbelievable and I haven't even seen the interior..

I should have elaborated on that. Obviously people's preferences are going to differ - some will want a lighter, smaller, potentially more nimble wakeboard model (210) some will want one that is lightly larger (220) and some will want to go balls out and get the one that pulled at the Masters, and happens to be the boat that Correct Craft's more "elite" team chose this year (236). Additionally, 236's went to the riders who have enough clout to choose what boat they get each year rather than being saddled with a stinker. I am talking about Murray, Watson and the like.

So from that perspective, I believe the 236 and now the 230 are the ones to have right now - if you can swallow the price (holy canolie @ the price tag). But it is definitely a personal preference sort of thing. Some people don't want a huge boat. The main guy I ride with can't fathom someone wanting anything larger than my 2001 Super Sport/Super Air. But I sure can.

The way they are positioning the 230 and 236, it sure leads me to believe that they are most confident pulling world class riders than any other boat in the lineup this year. That also makes me think that the 230/236, and the Ski Nautique, are Correct Craft's flagships.

[tdc_worm]

Additionally, 236's went to the riders who have enough clout to choose what boat they get each year rather than being saddled with a stinker. I am talking about Murray, Watson and the like.

fair enough. seems to be a logical perspective. i will, however, disagree with the above statement. there are two things that affect what boat a rider gets:

1. the PWT is pulled by an X Star. to not train behind something with a similar wake (i am not suggesting that the 236 is anything even close as i do not have any experience behind one) as an X Star is handicapping yourself. if they share a similar wake, that may explain something.

2. boat companies, CC included, pay riders (in the form of boats and probably fuel) to rep certain boats, not the other way around. for the relationship to be the most beneficial to the company, it behooves them to place their most recognizable riders in their most expensive boats. the bottom line is dollars. if watson rides behind a 236 it must be the best. if murray's school uses a 236, it must be the best. think of all of the exposure to CC's products that murray's school generates. does CC want little rich kids running home to their rich daddies and convincing them to go buy a 210 for $20k less. probably not.

its a rad boat for sure and the graphics are something fresh and new. that said, i am not wild on the tower.

[Laptom]

If Murray wants to board behind a Ski Nautique it's all up to him. I heard Travis saying (back in the 226 time) that Murray can choose every boat in the line-up of Correct Craft. But he liked the softer wake of the 226 instead of the 210 backdays.

Nevertheless.... Love the 230 so far. Wouldn't mind to put the 236 tower on it, but it's great that CC offers more choices right now! I think the 230 is just a rebadged 236. The 236 has a great wake and it would be quite expensive for CC to have multiple molds for a pretty similar boat. You can notice CC has ramped up in the new factory!

[AbunDiga909]

I like it. If they took off that I/O slash MC windshield and put on the 220/210 one, and switched towers, it'd be perfect.... For me, one of the things that made CC stand out from the rest was that as a driver and passanger, you didn't feel "enclosed" by the windshield; you could always rest your arm at a 90 degree angle without any glass in the way. Its a shame that they're moving away from this trademark style of windshield and going with what everyone else does, imho....

Anybody have any interior shots or specs? It looks like they stretched out the bow and made it a little longer, which would be great--now youd be able to stretch your legs for real...