About Vector

Vector is a "trawler style" motor yacht, completed in 2003 mostly by the now-defunct Ocean Venturers in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Ocean Venturers went out of business before completing even a single boat, and Vector, mostly complete at the time, was finished off by her original buyer, one Robert Leitz, using labor that was suddenly unemployed due to the bankruptcy. Her USCG certificate of documentation shows "Robert Leitz" as the builder, and she carries a CG-issued "home built" hull number. When asked by anyone other than customs authorities or boarding officers, we just tell people it's an Ocean Venturers.

She has a steel hull and aluminum superstructure or "house" and displaces 110,000 pounds (50 metric tons) in cruising trim, probably closer to 100,000 "light ship." Perhaps 3,000-4,000 pounds of that is ballast in the form of lead pigs secured in the keel area.

Vector by the numbers:
LOA: 52' (molded; 56' including anchor and swim step)

LWL: 48'

Beam: 16'

Draft: 6'0" (cruising trim in salt water)

Bridge Clearance: 27'

Bridge Clearance, mast lowered: 19'8"

Tonnage: 66 Gross, 52 Net

Displacement: 100,000 lbs light ship

Propulsion: Single Lugger (Komat'su) 6108, 370 HP

Transmission: ZF 280, 3:1

Propeller: LH, 32x26, 3" shaft

Cruise speed: 6.5 kt @ 1,500 rpm

Top speed: 9.9 kt @ 2,600 rpm

Steering: Jastram manual hydraulic with bypass and emergency tiller, dual helm stations

Bow thruster: Electric, Max Power, 225 kgf, 10" propellers

Stabilization: Naiad 252 hydraulic

Generator: Northern Lights 16kW

Fuel capacity: 3,000 US gallons in three tanks; normal load 1,500 gallons

Range: 6,000 nm

Fresh water: 500 US gallons

Waste: 90 US gallons

Staterooms: 2 (one queen and one double berth)

Heads: 2, en-suite

Major equipment:

8-person offshore life raft, Viking

EPIRB

Furuno 48nm radar

Class-A AIS transponder

ICOM 802 marine SSB radio

ComNav satellite compass

Simrad autopilot

Nobeltec TimeZero electronic charting system

Multiple VHF radios and GPS displays

Spectra 13gph watermaker

Algae-X fuel polishing and transfer system

7,800 watt-hour LiFePO4 battery system

4,000 watt pure sine inverter-charger (Magnum MS4024)

Highfield 10' aluminum/Hypalon RIB tender with console and 20hp Honda outboard

Electric 800-lb davit crane

Lofrans Falkon windlass with 400' of 1/2" HT chain

Bruce 50 kilo anchor

One of these days I should probably get around to making a video tour of the boat, but for now you will have to use your imagination. Hundreds of photos can be found in the pages of this blog, including some nice shots of various interiors, and when I have some time I will try to link those here. In the meantime here is one exterior shot that gives a nice overview, as we were anchoring off Fort Macon near Beaufort, NC.

Photo: Martin and Stephanie Morris, m/v Blossom.