ONBOARD Magazine TENDERS & TOYS 2021

ADVERTORIAL
There are a
number of new
innovations which have
come into the industry
to address this storage
need and offer practical
advantages for the crew.
into the tenders themselves to leave space
in the tender garage for other equipment.
ROAM tenders have inbuilt storage for all
adventures and toys.
REMOVABLE BOARD STORAGE
Choosing tenders with integrated storage
from the outset is sensible. Nautique Boats
have some immense standard storage on
board, able to swallow huge amounts of
gear and boards, all of which is self-draining
and ventilated.
On a recent Nautique delivered to a yacht,
we got involved in designing an additional
removable board storage rack which can
mount in the Nautique when stored.
One area often overlooked is having tenders
which fold such as the F-RIB. The F-RIB as
an example can be assembled and inflated in
less than 5 minutes with no hassle and extra
parts to worry about. Simply fit the two
bolts and inflate. These compact inflatable
boats have a rigid fiberglass hull making
them very resistible to wear and tear.
Increasingly popular on large yachts is the
iLC (Inflatable Landing Craft). This is fully
inflatable apart from the transom and can
come in various sizes up to 7m long. The
whole boat is able to be inflated and in use
within 5 minutes, with the 5.5m version
packing down to 1.5m x 0.7m x 0.4m.
SUP Storage chocks
This is an ideal way to get another tender
onboard, which offers some usability not
provided by traditional tenders. The iLC
is the perfect watersports safety boat,
crew boat and beach lander offering shallow
draft, folding bow door and massive load
carrying capacity able to take quadbikes,
motorbikes and more ashore.
Whilst tender manufacturers complain about
storage spaces and low crane capacities
for tender handling, deckhands and officers
complain about the yacht toy and equipment
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