2027 Nautique Super Air Nautique G23 Paragon

The G Paragon sits at the top of the Nautique range, and the numbers explain why. This new 2027, stock #5037, is a 23-footer on a 102-inch beam that weighs 7,750 lbs dry and carries up to 3,700 lbs of ballast with the supplemental tanks filled. That is the most mass and the most ballast in the lineup, and mass is what makes a surf wave long and pushy rather than steep and short.

Paragon is not a trim level on a G23. It is a heavier hull with its own running surface, built specifically to displace more water. Engine options run to 630 horsepower with 665 lb-ft of torque, with a diesel available at 595 lb-ft. On a boat this heavy, torque is the specification that matters, because the engine has to lift nearly ten thousand pounds of boat, ballast, and passengers onto plane and pull a rider up without hesitating.

Draft is 34 inches, deeper than the smaller Nautiques. That is the honest consequence of a hull designed to sit low and push water, and it is exactly why the wave is what it is. Worth knowing if your dock or favourite cove is shallow.

Capacity is 16 people and 2,500 lbs of payload with 65.6 gallons of fuel, so a full day of sets with two families aboard is comfortable rather than marginal. The surf technology is the complete suite: configurable running surface, a hydraulically shaped and switched wave, GPS speed control holding a tenth of a mile per hour, and rider profiles stored at the helm so each person's setup returns with one touch.

Why this is the right boat: if you have ridden behind good surf boats and still wanted more push and a longer pocket, the Paragon is the answer, and there is not much above it. It is for the household where surfing is the sport rather than one of the activities.

It is new and in our indoor showroom at 3545 Osage Beach Pkwy. in Osage Beach. Kelly's Port has been family owned on the Lake of the Ozarks since 1977, and we will put you behind it and dial the wave in with your riders. Call 573.348.3888 to see stock #5037.