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Vanguard vector manufacturer: vanguard designed by: bob ames / steve clark.
| LOA | 15.25′ |
| LWL | — |
| Beam | 6′ |
| Draft (Deep) | — |
| Draft (Shoal) | 4.75′ |
| Displacement | — |
| Ballast | 180 lbs. |
| Sail Area | 160 sq. ft. |
| Rig: I | — |
| Rig: J | — |
| Rig: E | — |
| Rig: P | — |
| Sail Area (Main) | — |
| Sail Area (100% Jib) | — |
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My own recent experiences racing a Tasar dinghy with my wife were often humbling. But I'm now an even better sailor because of those mind-expanding, ego-deflating moments. If you came to sailing late and your first boat was a 28-footer or a 34-footer, do yourself a favor. Buy, rent, borrow or steal a planing dinghy and go out and put yourself at the low end of the learning curve. You will never regret it, at least not once you dry out.
Maybe the trick is to buy a Vanguard Vector for your kid. Let him go out and learn the boat. Then, when your kid has mastered whatever is needed to keep the Vector upright, you agree to go along as crew.
Better yet, you drive and let your kid go through the athletics of keeping the boat on its pointed little feet. Before long you will have mom out on the trapeze and you will be sitting back tiller in one hand, mainsheet in the other hollering as you blast-reach on a full plane into the marina.
The first thing you need to master with the Vector is how to keep it from capsizing while it sits at the dock. It's hard to look cool while your boat is laying sideways. (I never actually had this happen with my Tasar, but there were moments when I uttered the universal sailor's prayer, "Holy #$%!" as I struggled to belly crawl my way to the dock from a less than stable platform.) The Vector is a light and lively 200 pounds, and you had better keep one hand on the shroud if you want to keep it in a dignified position before shoving off.
Once you're on your way and finished short-tacking through the cut to open water, you finally begin to relax. Now you can get that mainsheet adjusted so the boom is over the quarter. Your mate has finally made it all the way out in the trapeze, and the jib is actually in and not just happily flapping away. Your Vector is beginning to accelerate. For pretty much for the first time the boat is under your control. Hardening up slightly you begin to find some real enjoyment. The boat even feels kind of stable as long as your crew adjusts his position to the changing heel angles. It wants to go in a straight line so you can stop worrying about steering and study your mainsail shape. Maybe it's time to ooch yourself out onto the trapeze so you can sheet in the rest of the main.
Then, finally, you are out on the wire and looking back at the boat almost like you are an observer of the whole thing. You're out here. The boat is down there. You can actually watch the boat move through the water from a removed perspective.
Bearing off you extend the bowsprit and the chute goes up. Then you sheet in the big sail and your Vector accelerates a little quicker than you had in mind. But the funny thing is that as the boat picks up speed things begin to settle down even more. The faster you go the more stable the Vector feels. Before you can say "Uffa Fox" you are planing off on what has become a beam reach.
Back at the marina entrance you look at your mate and after figuring out how to get the chute down you harden up and head up the bay again for another couple more tacks that will take you far enough upwind to get the chute up again. It's wet, it's scary at times, but it sure is fun and you can look right down your nose at the couple in the 35-footer with the jib halyard wrapped around the headstay and three fenders dangling. Who cares if you capsize the Vector at the dock a couple of times as you unrig the boat. You've earned the right to laugh at yourselves.
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Sailboat - Vanguard Vector racing dinghy, Olympic-class trainer
1997 vanguard vector.
- Price: Contact seller
- Condition: Used
- Make: Vanguard
- Model: Vector
- Type: Dinghy
- Location: Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
Description
Vanguard Vector -- ARE YOU READY TO SAIL FAST? High-tech trainer for 49ers, the top Olympic class. One of only 60 built (not sure of year - will check that). Will plane with only 8 knot wind. Dual trapeze, carbon-fiber mast, virtually unused and in excellent condition, all three sails (includingspinnaker)and trailer in good condition. Includes everything, including dolly and custom boat covers. I and the previous owner are both over 60 and this is nowtoo much boat for me.Call 828-290-7083.
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Vanguard Vanguard Vector < Return to Vanguard Vanguard Vector Manufacturer: Vanguard Designed by: Bob Ames / Steve Clark LOA 15.25' LWL -- Beam 6' Draft (Deep) -- Draft (Shoal) 4.75' Displacement --
I sailed Vectors for several months back in the day and wrote an article about the boat for Sailing World. There's a bunch about the boat in the archives. I thought it was a great boat that was a lot of fun. Vanguard pushed the boat harder than people realize -- it's just a tricky boat to...
Vanguard Vector. 2001 June 7. By Robert H. Perry. One design dinghyr. I don't know any sailor who likes to go slow. If that sailor exists I don't want to meet him. Making your boat go as fast as possible is just plain good seamanship in my book. And when it comes to sailing fast and well, there are few ways to better hone your skills than on a ...
Vanguard VECTOR Skiff / Sailboat. The Vanguard Vector was designed by Bob Ames and Steve Clark to be the fasted mono-hull on the water, and it is !!!!. It's a 15.5' Skiff, w/ a bow-pole bringing the boat to 22'. It's meant for 2, but can be sailed by 1. The boat features dual trapezes, and a self tacking jib.
Vanguard preowned sailboats for sale by owner. Vanguard used sailboats for sale by owner. Home. Register & Post. View All Sailboats ... Sort by: Length Year Price Added. Vanguard VECTOR: Length: 16' Beam: 6' Draft: 3' Year: 2010: Type: dinghy: Hull: fiberglass monohull: Location: Long Beach Island, New York; Asking: $4,000: Sailboat Added 24 ...
A boat with a BN of 1.6 or greater is a boat that will be reefed often in offshore cruising. Derek Harvey, "Multihulls for Cruising and Racing", International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1991, states that a BN of 1 is generally accepted as the dividing line between so-called slow and fast multihulls.
3'. New York. $4,000. Description: Vanguard VECTOR Skiff / Sailboat. The Vanguard Vector was designed by Bob Ames and Steve Clark to be the fasted mono-hull on the water, and it is !!!!. Its a 15.5 Skiff, w/ a bow-pole bringing the boat to 22. Its meant for 2, but can be sailed by 1. The boat features dual trapezes, and a self tacking jib.
The 2006 Vanguard Sailboats Vector sailboat has a fiberglass hull and has an overall length of 15.25 feet (sometimes referred to as LOA). The width (or beam) of this craft is 60 inches. This boat is rigged as a Sloop. The sail area for the sailboat is 160 square feet. The displacement for the boat is approximately 180 lbs.
2007 Vanguard Sailboats Vector. This Vanguard Sailboats Vector sailboat has a fiberglass hull and an LOA of 15.25 feet (length over all). The boat has a 60 inch beam. This sailboat is set up to sail as a Sloop. The craft has 160 square feet of sail area. Displacement for the boat is 180 lbs. The draft of this sailboat is approximately 4'9".
Sailing World may receive financial compensation for products purchased through this site. ... Vanguard Vector. Best Performance Dinghy By Sw Staff Updated: October 17, 2001
Vanguard Vector, 2001, Chattanooga, Tennessee, yacht for sale, sailboat for sale. ... Go to Sailing Texas classifieds for current sailboats for sale . Vanguard Vector, 2001 $3,325 15'3" loa 6' beam, 4'9' draft, 180 pound hull weight Sail area 160 sq ft, spinnaker 210 sq ft.
Go to Sailing Texas classifieds for current sailboats for sale . Vanguard Vector 16', 2000 6' beam, 4'9' draft, weighs 180 pounds. Sail area 160 sq ft, spinnaker 210 sq ft. Carbon fiber mast, sails and boat stored inside. Fast boat. With trailer & beach dolley SOLD : Sailboats for sale ...
Go to Sailing Texas classifieds for current sailboats for sale . Vanguard Vector, 2001 15'3" 6' beam Omaha, NE I purchased this boat in 2013, but was only able to sail it a few times due to work related moves to lackluster sailing areas - Free time is now consumed by cycling so I would like this boat to move on get some use.
Vector is a 15′ 3″ / 4.7 m monohull sailboat designed by Bob Ames and built by Vanguard Sailboats (USA) starting in 2001. Great choice! Your favorites are temporarily saved for this session.
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Vanguard Vector 15', 2001 Boat is in great overall shape. Very, very fast. Carbon fiber mast. All 3 sails like new. Comes with boat cover. NO trailer included, but can deliver locally. SPECIFICATIONS LOA - 15' 3" Beam - 6' 0" Draft - 4' 9" Sail Area - 160 ft2 Spinnaker - 210 ft2 ...
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Vanguard VECTOR Skiff / Sailboat. The Vanguard Vector was designed by Bob Ames and Steve Clark to be the fasted mono-hull on the water, and it is !!!!. Its a 15.5 Skiff, w/ a bow-pole bringing the boat to 22. Its meant for 2, but can be sailed by 1. The boat features dual trapezes, and a self tacking jib.