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the boat in an 11-bay garage. Garth himself uses a Vector to burn through the commute from his home in Anglemont, on the north side of Shuswap Lake, to the shop in Sorrento: a trip that sometimes takes more than an hour by road, is reduced to 15 minutes or so by Vector. The Bradstocks have been retailing


the Vector line since 2006, “We have one in the water ourselves,” he explains. “Technically speaking, there are faster boats out there, but this is the fastest single-engine V-hull on the lake, hands down,” All three Vector boats he's owned


since they started carrying the line, have been V280's – different engines, but the same model. “If I didn’t own the dealership,” Garth says, “I would own a 42… without question. I choose not to, largely because it’s difficult to keep the 42 quiet enough to avoid disturbing the neighbours on a daily basis. The 42 is a monster boat: twin engines, super charged, and a sleek design. I would also be going through plenty of fuel, to say the least, Garth explains, reflecting on his daily commute from the north end of the lake. “With the V280, I can at least muffle it enough so it doesn't piss people off.” Whether V280 or the Vector Model


42, these boats are bullet proof. Again, with the daily commute up and down the lake in mind, Garth says he would easily put ten years on a boat compared to normal users. But the boats have easily weathered the rigorous use.


One of Garth’s customers collects


custom cars and displays them in a high-end showroom: his Vector is right there in the showroom looking right as rain upon a polished black and white tiled floor. “The vector is actually a registered work of art in the United States,” Garth explains. “Designer, Ocke Mannerfelt, has won numerous international awards for his designs – from cruise ships to pleasure-craft. When he designed the 28, his son was racing boats and immediately took a shine to it. Ocke was convinced he was going to wind up getting himself killed, so he built a somewhat tuned down model that still had enough guts to win races, but not too much power to lose at high speeds.” This year, we've pulled out two


seats in the back and designed a fit for three seats, resulting in a five-passenger model; we’ve thrown in some mood lighting up front, and created various colour schemes. We can now even tune the engine to achieve 1200 horse power if requested. The raw data used to design these


boats comes from rigorous wind- tunnel and hydrodynamic research. With these research results, they’ve managed to increase stability and safety. This means that Vector boats are able to maintain higher speeds in high intensity situations. The technology is applied to standard Vector boat designs, resulting in increased safety and higher fuel efficiency. It was precisely the valuable experience gained from


the years of observation and first- hand experience at the racing circuit that have enabled Vector to develop very energy efficient pleasure crafts for serial production.


CHECK OUT THE VECTOR 280 R PACKAGE:


VECTOR 280 R ILMOR MV10-710 (710HP)


Equipment and Feature List: LENGTH: 28.38’ BEAM: 10’ WEIGHT: 3,600 LBS DRIVE: TEAGUE PLATINUM XR HAND-LAID CONSTRUCTION (WOOD-FREE) WITH PENSKE FOAM- CORE TRANSOM AND STRINGERS PATENTED WING & STEP- HULL DESIGN SEAMLESS HULL-DECK JOINTS SHIELDS POLYCARBONATE 0.5” WINDSHIELD, W/SUPERCOAT AND ANTI-FOGGING COATINGS 2+2 CUSTOM FABRICATED RACING SEATS LIVORSI MONSTER GAUGES W/ CUSTOM BILLET BACKLIT, ROCKER-STYLE DASH SWITCHES FULL HYDRAULIC STEERING BY IMCO CUSTOM HIGH PERFORMANCE GRAPHICS UPHOLSTERED V-BERTH W/ MATTRESS & STORAGE COCKPIT CARPET & INSULATED IN-FLOOR COOLER 316 STAINLESS STEEL HARDWARE THROUGHOUT IMCO QUAD RAMS & SWITCHABLE EXHAUST CMI TAILPIPES & MUFFLERS POLISHED MANIFOLDS W/ SILVER UPPER BILLET SWIM STEPS W/ RETRACTING LADDER EXTREME TRI-AXLE, COLOR MATCHED TRAILER


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