Offshoreonly.com - would you buy a 390 Vs. 320 ?

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Originally Posted by 1HYPER1 (Post 4606246)

I Had probably the fastest 320 out there and the faster you ran the boat the better the ride,the boat is a drivers boat because of the very short pad it has and it is very sensitive to weight from side to side we ran big tabs on the boat to help the boats attitude to make up for the short pad on the boat.We had a lot of fun with the 320 but if you will be boating where the water can be rough the 390 is the way to go simply because of the length and they are a very well balanced and great overall boat.My 320 was like a 22 Velocity on steroids it would run like a scalded dog and you were driving it and the 390 is much more mild mannered and user friendly.Good luck with what ever one you buy they are both great boats and like anything have there good and bad points.

I do believe I had a very long term relationship with that boat you speak of Bill. When I bought that boat it was the first hull rigged with twins, another was done as a single at the same time. The single was the Miami show boat, mine went to Hutchinson Boat Works at the Syracuse show. I bought the boat with 454 Mags then after a couple seasons I rerigged it with the Merc 525 SC's complete with the SuperChillers, their boost upgrade pulley option, and the CMI E Tops as it was when I sold the boat to Hyper1. Also striped the factory graphics off the boat myself, worked with a computer design friend to make the KalKustom race 41 graphic work on a 32, then repainted the boat as sold to Hyper1. The custom tabs Hyper1 speaks of here I had made by a local machine shop, the owner is a perf boat guy as well, to create more surface to control the chine walk tendencies the first season I had the boat. Stock the boat ran a best of 77, as it sat the day I sold it ran high 90's and was a blast and a half to drive. Hyper1 did get rid of the Bravo drives, played with props and I believe did get it to run over 100.

Revelocity is right on with his post, the 32 is not an easy boat to drive, one needs to spend the time to learn the boat. My take on the 32 was that the added power brought the hull to life, gave the operator the ability to manhandle the hull, and made it a better boat.