32 victory in open water

superchabin · 06-09-2008, 05:09 PM

hello every one

I saw a advantage victory 32 for sale, here on OSO and quite interested in.. (nice lookin' , great cockpit space , nice cabin..)

is this boat suitable for open water ride
how solid is the hull and materials used on them ?

thanks

hammer01 · 06-10-2008, 01:34 PM

Not sure its actual oss class but it won the class several years ago. A buddy of mine had the 32 with 502's and blowers. it was a beast, topped out around 100mph. He ran it at LOTO and it was a handful in the big stuff but the boat was well constructed in terms of quality. Ample space down below for a 32 and I loved the quad bolster setup. it was a 70-75mph boat with stock 502's all day long. We ran several poker runs on Saturday afternoons down there and it was fun!!! Good luck.

superchabin · 06-10-2008, 02:23 PM

thanks for the reply but i was talking of ride in open salt water.

I don't know if there is any difference as i always boat on ocean and in my opinion it's more hard for the hull than boating in freshwater as lake..

any idea ?

hammer01 · 06-11-2008, 12:56 PM

Please feel free to chime into some of the LOTO threads to get an idea of conditions there. Typical weekends can be 3-8 footers and a lot of big boat wakes!!!!

the bear · 06-16-2008, 12:06 PM

I use my 32 open bow at loto and have no issues, I would think it would do fine.

ToMorrow44 · 06-18-2008, 12:09 AM

The 32 Dominated Factory 2 racing for years so I have no doubt that it would handle rough water well. My 27 handles the some big water in the Pacific just fine, so I would imagine that the 5 more feet and another motor in the 32 would only make it better.
-Tom

LHC30Victory · 06-10-2009, 01:57 PM

Although not a 32, I have a 30 with twin HO's and have run it from long beach to catalina several times - SCOPE runs, Fun runs etc.

It runs very well and I think the 32 is that much better as it was the original design - the 30 is a cut down...

I have had it in 8ft + seas (by poor chance) and was manageable. In 2-4 foot with washboard, it did well. I think I need more seat time to really tell though (I mostly run at Havasu).

310DETAILNOW.COM · 06-14-2009, 04:58 PM

32' VICTORYS ARE FINE IN THE ROUGHES OF WATER THATS WHAT THEY WERE MADE FOR ONLY THING WITH THE 3 STEP HULL BE SURE TO HAVE THE TRIM TABS AT LEAST ON 1OR 2 BECAUSE THEY TEND TO CHINE WALK FROM SIDE SWELLS IF NOT IN THAT POSITION OTHER THAN THAT ITS ONE HELL OF BOAT IN THE OPEN OCEAN EVEN AT 110MPH.

whataride · 06-15-2009, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by superchabin

hello every one

I saw a advantage victory 32 for sale, here on OSO and quite interested in.. (nice lookin' , great cockpit space , nice cabin..)

is this boat suitable for open water ride
how solid is the hull and materials used on them ?

thanks

Which 32 Victory are you looking at ??

superchabin · 06-23-2009, 05:43 PM

it was a red / white one at national liquidators in florida at this time.. with quad bolster configuration