ONBOARD Magazine TENDERS & TOYS 2021

BEST GENERAL-PURPOSE TENDER
One of our most recent Feadship new build projects was
the 76m SHERPA. As she is an explorer (the second ever
from Feadship) she really needed a very reliable, hardy
general-purpose tender. After considerable research it was decided
that the SAFE 35 by Safe Boat was the best solution for the owner
(NB there are other tenders onboard). Powered by 3 x 350 Mercury
outboards she is extremely fast and relatively easy to maintain with
easy access to her engines and other technical elements onboard.
Safe Boat not only build private vessels but they also build for law
enforcement, firefighting, military and search and rescue. They are
extremely robust and able to handle the most inclement weather
and seas. Having already navigated the North West Passage and
having travelled all the way down to New Zealand, the SAFE 35
has really been put through its paces and thus far has worked
seamlessly. She’s not going to win any beauty parades, but is
capable of handling the worst that nature can throw at her.
BEST HELICOPTER
Not the biggest but the most impressive
helicopter tender I have seen is the
custom Airbus AS365N3 Dauphin
on the 99m Feadship MADAME GU – a new
build commission by the team at CWP and
for a time, the largest yacht ever launched
from Holland. When it was delivered it was
(and might still be) the only non-military
Dauphin to have a collapsible tail so that it
could fit into the vertically loaded helicopter
hangar in the bow. Able to achieve over 170
knots and with a range of over 500 miles, the
AS365N3 is extremely fast and capable by
normal helicopter standards. To be completely
honest, helicopters are not an area of specialty
for me, so I regularly turn to my chief advisor
Serena - a broker with Blueberry Aviation.
Coincidentally she is also my wife! In fact, she
informs me that the AS365N3 is now a bit old
hat and the best helicopter tender to have is
the newer Airbus H155 Dauphin… but it might
just be because she has one for sale at the
moment!
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