Carolina Hurricanes Edition SANTE 230

[charlesml3]

I know 230s don't get a lot of love here but I really like them. This is my 2nd. The boat is heavily optioned. Not "fully loaded" because there are some that just don't make sense for me like Coastal. And I didn't get that ridiculous table. One photo below. Imgur album here: https://imgur.com/a/gZFzcnj

[ihaveansv211]

Love the 230. Congrats!

[GMLIII]

I know 230s don't get a lot of love here but I really like them. This is my 2nd. The boat is heavily optioned. Not "fully loaded" because there are some that just don't make sense for me like Coastal. And I didn't get that ridiculous table. One photo below. Imgur album here: https://imgur.com/a/gZFzcnj

Very nice , enjoy Charles

[MTRBTR]

I would get a 230 before a G any day. Awesome boat and colors.

[surroundsound64]

I’m biased, but the 230 is probably the best bang for the buck.

[charlesml3]

I still maintain that the 230 surfs fantastic. The wake isn’t as tall as the G23, but it’s much longer.


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[Evening Shade]

Congrats! Love the color combo. Its the same color as my boat, except I went with mocha Sea Dek.

What made you decide to get a new boat so soon? I seem to recall you kept your previous Air for a long time.

[charlesml3]

Congrats! Love the color combo. Its the same color as my boat, except I went with mocha Sea Dek.

What made you decide to get a new boat so soon? I seem to recall you kept your previous Air for a long time.

You have a good memory. I kept my 99 Air for 17 years.

So the decision to sell the 2017 230 and get a 2019 wasn't any one, big reason. Instead it was a series of smaller ones:

- The dashboard. In 2018, Nautique ended the LINC 2.0 and went to LINC Panoray for everything, including the 230. The LINC 2.0 was OK, everything was there, but it was clunky to get around using all hard buttons. The Panoray touchscreen with the rotary control knob and hard buttons has made this much, much easier.

- The Hydrogate lever. Worked fine, but again, clunky. As soon as you dropped off to pick up your surfer, it would go back to zero. Had to remember to move it every time if you wanted something other than zero. Plus I couldn't control it with the Pebble.

- The infamous Polk PA4A headunit. I learned to live with it, but it was not wonderful. It had a poor Bluetooth system in it. It would easily get disconnected and refuse to reconnect without a power-off, power-on. I could have replaced it with the JL but it would have been around $1000 to do that.

- I wanted heated seats. I could have retrofitted them but then I'm putting money into that boat.

- The tower speakers. They were Focal/Roswell Marines. I just didn't really love them. Again, I could have swapped them for JLs...

- Paddle-wheel supplement for Zero Off. This wasn't available in 2017. We surf in current fairly often so this will be a HUGE help.

There were a few other small issues. The new boat came with all USB outlets instead of cigarette plugs. Things like that.

It finally came down to deciding if I wanted to put more money into my 2017 (which wouldn't fix all of the things I didn't like) or just sell it and order a new one.

-Charles

[Evening Shade]

You have a good memory. I kept my 99 Air for 17 years.

So the decision to sell the 2017 230 and get a 2019 wasn't any one, big reason. Instead it was a series of smaller ones:

- The dashboard. In 2018, Nautique ended the LINC 2.0 and went to LINC Panoray for everything, including the 230. The LINC 2.0 was OK, everything was there, but it was clunky to get around using all hard buttons. The Panoray touchscreen with the rotary control knob and hard buttons has made this much, much easier.

- The Hydrogate lever. Worked fine, but again, clunky. As soon as you dropped off to pick up your surfer, it would go back to zero. Had to remember to move it every time if you wanted something other than zero. Plus I couldn't control it with the Pebble.

- The infamous Polk PA4A headunit. I learned to live with it, but it was not wonderful. It had a poor Bluetooth system in it. It would easily get disconnected and refuse to reconnect without a power-off, power-on. I could have replaced it with the JL but it would have been around $1000 to do that.

- I wanted heated seats. I could have retrofitted them but then I'm putting money into that boat.

- The tower speakers. They were Focal/Roswell Marines. I just didn't really love them. Again, I could have swapped them for JLs...

- Paddle-wheel supplement for Zero Off. This wasn't available in 2017. We surf in current fairly often so this will be a HUGE help.

There were a few other small issues. The new boat came with all USB outlets instead of cigarette plugs. Things like that.

It finally came down to deciding if I wanted to put more money into my 2017 (which wouldn't fix all of the things I didn't like) or just sell it and order a new one.

-Charles

I agree with all the things you listed. Those are many of the same reasons I traded my 2011 210 for a 2017 GS20. I will also add that the GS20 handles chop better than my 210 did and the tower/Z5 bimini on my 210 rattled so much it drove me insane.

[kevonmma]

Hey Charles, Nautique will be building a GS22 for us in the next month or so and I was reading your reasons for upgrading to a 2012. I found the paddle wheel reason interesting. I have a 2012 210 with River Mode, which I always found to be useless in any kind of current. Have you had a chance to use the new paddle wheel feature and compare this to the 2017 and earlier version?
Kevin

[charlesml3]

Hey Charles, Nautique will be building a GS22 for us in the next month or so and I was reading your reasons for upgrading to a 2012. I found the paddle wheel reason interesting. I have a 2012 210 with River Mode, which I always found to be useless in any kind of current. Have you had a chance to use the new paddle wheel feature and compare this to the 2017 and earlier version?
Kevin

Not yet. The water here is still in the mid-50s and I'm just not going to get in that. A few times a year we find ourselves surfing in a pretty decent current. Enough that it REALLY makes a difference in the wake when we have to turn around and go back the other way. We'd been compensating for that by just adjusting the boat speed with the Pebble. I opted for the Paddle Wheel supplement to see if this would mitigate it. It's only $101. Most definitely the least expensive option I picked.

-Charles