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

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.

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 ?

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!!!!

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

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

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).

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.

Which 32 Victory are you looking at ??

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