About this tender
The Whitmarsh 6.2m SOLAS is the rescue-coded version of the yard's ST625 hull. Whitmarsh has been building UK superyacht tenders out of a small operation on the south coast for around fifteen years, and the SOLAS variant takes the same hand-laid GRP deep-V stepped hull and rebuilds it to satisfy the SOLAS rescue boat standard. That means equipment fit-out, structural detail, stability margin and presentation at code inspection are all worked into the build sheet rather than bolted on.
On a commercially-coded yacht above twenty-four metres, you need a SOLAS-compliant rescue boat in the garage. The Whitmarsh 6.2m SOLAS is one of the smaller-yard British options, sitting alongside the Cobra 6.2m SOLAS and competing with the Williams SOLAS 625 on a brief that prioritises hull quality and customisation over volume-builder polish. Console folds down for garage clearance, hull is built to take serious sea, and the equipment package is specified to the captain's flag state requirements.
Highlights
The four details we'd point out first to a captain who hasn't seen one on the water yet.
The base hull is the same hand-laid GRP deep-V stepped form Whitmarsh uses on the standard ST625, reinforced with Divinycell foam. The SOLAS version layers in the structural detailing and equipment fit-out required to present the boat at SOLAS code inspection. Yard size is small, and the build is run as a specification project rather than off a stock list.
The console folds down to a stowed height around 1.25m, which is the line most tender garages on yachts in the thirty-five to fifty metre bracket are cut to. For owners refitting a yacht where the SOLAS slot was pencilled in at low height, the ST625 SOLAS is often the boat that drops in without garage rework.
Whitmarsh runs a small UK operation rather than a production line. Console layout, helm seating, lifting geometry, electronics package, hypalon collar profile and the SOLAS equipment fit-out are all worked through with the captain at order stage. Lead times are longer than a stock builder, and the result is a tender that presents at code inspection without a punch list.
At 6.5m LOA and 2.45m beam, the ST625 SOLAS sits in the bracket most commercially-coded yachts in the forty to fifty-five metre range carry. Lifting points, garage cradle and presentation at delivery are all engineered at the build stage so the tender is ready for first inspection at handover.
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Whitmarsh · Chichester, UK
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