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By Dean Unger
THERE'S NO SPEED LIMIT ON OPEN WATER, and breaking 115 mph is no stranger to the Vector line – and it won’t land you in hot water with the neighbours. With sleek lines and precision air-stream technology, Kelowna-based Vector Powerboats, is producing some of the fastest marine machines on the planet. The Vector V-280 Type R, for instance, is the equivalent of a dragster on water. Only these boats have a unique element of comfort distinctly lacking in its land-locked cousin. "It's basically a race boat that
has been designed for pleasure use," says Rex Jardine of Vector Powerboats in Kelowna. These
boats were designed via use of a military wind tunnel that aided in the refinement and approach,” Jardine says. “At speed, the V-280 R produces the same ground effect as a high velocity aircraft in order to improve stability on landing. The idea was to produce a high-speed water craft that maintained stability at those high speeds," he explained. "Powered by anywhere from
625-horsepower to 725-horsepower Viper V10 engine, with the supercharged crowd running up to 1200horsepower, the four- passenger Vector is 28 feet in length, has a ten-foot beam, and weighs 3,400 pounds,” says Rex.
Approximately an hour and a half
north of Vector ground zero, on the shores of Shuswap Lake, Little River Boatworld owners, Garth and Cheryl Bradstock, have been eating, sleeping and living boats for more than a decade. They are bred-in-the- bone boat lovers, and their passion for boats and boating culminated in 2002, with the purchase of the dealership, located between Chase and Sorrento. When they took over the business, they were careful to maintain the tradition of excellent customer service that has long been an integral part of Boatworld’s protocols. The dealership is now
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