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What is a tender? Excellent speed, surrounded by stylish and modern hull! It can serve as a nice accessory for a superyacht or become an independent boat.
All owners of yachts immediately understand that they need a tender boat to take them from the anchorage to the coast. This can be not only a small inflatable boat that can be thrown into the water quickly but also a yacht-style boat that matches its size and reflects the character of the owner.
RIBs are currently the most popular tenders in the global water engine market. The models are mainly manufactured with a length of 3 to 15 meters and can be designed for 2 to 3 people and a couple of dozen passengers. The first question that a manager asks you when buying a tender: how big your yacht is and how the tender would be stored. It is important to know the weight, dimensions and type of launch.
RIB tenders are used on yachts 20 to 50 meters long. The motors are both classically mounted and used as a water jet and hidden in the hull of the boat. The latter differ advantageously in that they develop a very decent speed and are safer for bathers since they have no open moving parts in the form of screws.
Typically, tenders are used to get passengers ashore, food on a yacht, and garbage ashore. Do you need to understand the additional purpose of the boat you are going to buy - would it be a simple ship for landing on a non-equipped shore or would it be needed for day trips from a yacht? Probably you would like to use it for entertainment, water skiing, wakeboarding and an inflatable attraction? If so, you need to take the RIB with you with a wakeboard rack, a powerful motor and a sufficient number of passenger seats.
The next category is a classic style tender, which can either be a series model of a small boat or custom-made for a particular superyacht. For those who want a larger tender than the garage can hold, the Italian company AerMarine offers Alusmart models - aluminium tenders with a rigid body that are extremely light, comfortable and powerful even with low power consumption. A special feature of Alusmart is the "soft nose" - an exclusive solution to place a tender that is 70 cm longer than an existing garage, thanks to a nose that can be downloaded separately from the body.
Limousine tenders, luxury boats with a fully enclosed cabin for VIP passengers with interior and exterior decoration made of expensive materials, are already running on yachts with a size of 50 meters or more. Large yachts sometimes have several tenders for different tasks: a limousine tender for the transportation of guests, a tender for water activities and fishing, a tender for the crew (delivery of food and garbage collection), a tender for SOLAS, which it should be on board to ensure the safety of passengers.
The location of the tender on board of the yacht depends on the size and arrangement of the ship. Some owners prefer to simply tow offers behind the yacht instead of setting the deck. For yachts up to 26 meters, the tender can be on a flybridge or attached to a bathing platform. With a boat size of 30 meters and more, it is almost always in a separate garage in the stern of the yacht. However, at the large yachts, tender and jet skis can also be located on the bow, leaving space for the Beach Club in the stern.
Pay attention to the water area in which the boat is used and the maximum sea activity in this area. The answers to all of these questions affect the size of the tender, its configuration, additional options, the performance of the outboard motor and thus the purchase budget.
At the Marine.Expert online-store you can choose a tender, an outboard motor, a RIB, SUP-surf and other necessary goods and accessories for your yacht.
Characteristics of the proper operation of the tender:
The presence of a tender enables not only the carrying of freight transports and ship manoeuvres but also the use of the boat for recreational purposes. However, it must be noted that the tender has its technical characteristics and is dangerous when mismanaged. Follow the rules below to avoid problems:
Launch the tender into the water:
What else needs to be considered when using the tender?
When returning to the yacht, turn off the fuel and leave the engine on to burn out the remaining fuel in the system. If you are using an electric motor such as Torqeedo Travel, simply connect the battery to the charger so that it is fully ready next time.