About this tender
The Whitmarsh 6.2m, sold in the yard's range as the ST625, is one of the boats we keep on a shortlist when an owner wants a properly engineered British tender at the smaller end of the deck-stowed envelope. Whitmarsh has been building superyacht tenders out of the south coast of England for the better part of fifteen years. The ST625 is their staple in the 6m bracket: deep-V stepped hull, hand-laid GRP with Divinycell foam reinforcement, hypalon tube on a tapered profile, and a folding console that drops the stowed height to roughly 1.25m for garage compliance.
Build philosophy is what brings captains back. Whitmarsh runs a small, hands-on yard with a specification process that engineers each tender to the mothership's lifting geometry, garage envelope and colour deck. The 6.2m sits as a multi-role yacht tender, capable of guest transfers in benign water, crew work in less benign water, and a usable working speed without the brittle ride that plagues some compact RIBs.
Highlights
The four details we'd point out first to a captain who hasn't seen one on the water yet.
The ST625 hull is a deep-V form with multiple steps and a coordinated spray rail layout. It rides drier than a flat-V at the same length and holds a better attitude through chop. Practically, that means crew transfers in a Med summer breeze do not arrive at the passerelle with wet uniforms, and guest tenders are not bracing on every wave.
Console height is the issue that kills most 6m tender purchases when the garage is already cut. Whitmarsh engineers the ST625 console to fold down to a stowed height inside 1.25m. For yachts where the garage was pencilled in at design stage and the tender brief came later, this is often the deciding feature.
Whitmarsh is a small UK yard, not a production line. Hand-laid GRP and Divinycell, Orca Hypalon tubes with three-chamber design and integrated pressure relief valves, Raymarine Axiom electronics, automatic clean-air fire system in the engine bay. Each boat is built to the captain's brief rather than a fixed catalogue.
CE Category C with a maximum of around ten persons in a configuration optimised for guest comfort. Up to 36 knots top end on the right driveline. We see ST625 hulls used for owner day work, crew runs, and dive and watersports support on yachts in the thirty-five to fifty metre bracket.
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The full specification
Specifications, prices, availability, and performance figures are supplied for guidance only and remain subject to confirmation by the yard, seller, broker, survey, contract, and final specification.
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Whitmarsh · Chichester, UK
Tell us about your yacht, your programme, and the missions 6.2m needs to handle. We come back within 48 hours with a written assessment - fit for the brief, lead time, and trade-offs against alternatives in the same band.
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