Luxury Yacht Tenders

STYLISH BUT PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

Despite the wide choice of tenders available in today's market, it is often thought that the requirements for a particular tender are so unique that a standard design cannot be used. But this is precisely where Seahorse Yacht Tenders can offer the ideal solution. We deliver uniquely stylish yet practical tender designs that are flexible enough to be adapted to a wide range of customer specifications.

Of course, tenders serving luxury yachts should share the same high specifications as the mothership and offer considerably more facilities than the ordinary off-the-peg, rigid-inflatable boat. Designs can be customised to suit the owner's specific needs and requirements. Comfort levels can be raised by adding various deck options to a standard hull. For example: a full range of electronic equipment, a fridge, a toilet or perhaps a folding bimini top with removable windscreens. If required, self supporting capabilities for long-range operation can be build in.

AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF TENDER DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

The typical customer is no longer looking for a standard off-the-shelf runabout, but for a purpose-built, multi-task vessel that can play a whole variety of roles. Although primarily intended for guest and crew transport when the yacht is at anchor, it is also likely to be used as a sports boat - for water skiing or paragliding, for example - or as a work boat and even as a rescue/life boat. This means that the tender must be well equipped, fast, light and strong. Use of modern composite materials allows for the lightweight strength that can cope with the power needed to achieve high speed performance.

As yachts have grown in size over the last twenty years, so too have tenders. And as yacht design has become more sophisticated, tenders have kept pace with new trends. Yacht crews occupy an increasingly specialised niche in the seafaring community, and have become used to working with high quality equipment. They rightly demand the same high standards of styling and performance for tenders as for the yachts that they support. Often this is carried out by well known marine architects, whose tenders feature the same level of sophistication and build quality as the megayachts they design.