Victoire 1122 Buyer's Guide
The Victoire 1122 is a limited-production Dutch cruiser with just twenty hulls launched between 1994 and 2005, designed by D. Koopmans Jachtontwerpers and built by Victoire Yachts in the yard's final productive decade. For a shopper scanning brokerage listings, she is a rare find: a 36-foot masthead sloop with a solid fiberglass hull, a fin keel, and a skeg-hung rudder, powered by a single Volvo Penta MD2040 diesel. Her scarcity means any purchase decision rests on a careful read of the individual hull rather than fleet averages.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every 1122 shares the same essential platform: about 36.8 feet overall, a 30.2-foot waterline, and a beam near 11.5 feet. The fin-keel hull draws between 6.23 and 6.53 feet depending on load, keeping her to deeper berths. Below, the design carries roughly 79 gallons of water and 48 gallons of diesel, a provisioning envelope suited to extended two-person cruising.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
No equipment summary is available for the 1122, so equipment must be judged hull by hull rather than by fleet norm. The one firmly documented rigging fact is that her original running rig used 14 mm sheets throughout — 11.2 m jib and genoa sheets, a 28.1 m mainsheet, and 24.7 m spinnaker sheets anchor. A buyer should verify that any listed boat still carries appropriately sized sheet gear and a masthead-rigged spars set, since a conversion to smaller line or a fractional rig would signal undocumented modification.
What to Inspect
Because no model-specific defect bulletins exist in the available material, the inspection should follow standard practice for a solid-fiberglass Dutch cruiser of the era: confirm hull integrity, check the Volvo Penta MD2040 for hours and service history, and examine the fin keel-to-hull joint and skeg-hung rudder bearing for play.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
No regional market data is supplied for the 1122, so availability cannot be characterized by geography. For the buyer, the takeaway is straightforward:
- Confirm the masthead rig and 14 mm sheet inventory match the design anchor
- Budget for self-supported ownership given low production volume
- Survey the keel joint and rudder bearing as the highest-risk structural points
- Accept limited resale liquidity due to the twenty-boat production run
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Victoire 1122. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 1 | $145,056 | — |
| Jun 25 | 1 | $151,216 | +4.2% |
| Sep 25 | 3 | $145,056 | -4.1% |
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