What this category covers
Tender type entries name the recognised families of superyacht tender: limousines, opens, sport tenders, beachlanders, RIBs, catamarans, crew tenders, SOLAS rescue boats, and the electric and hybrid variants now appearing across each. Each name is shorthand for a hull form, a mission profile, and a typical equipment package, and most owner conversations begin with picking which family the next boat belongs to.
Why it matters
For owners, the type label is the first decision in the build process and the one that constrains everything that follows. A limousine is not an open with a cabin bolted on; the proportions, the freeboard, the air conditioning load, and the noise budget are different from the keel up. Buy the wrong type and no amount of refit work brings it round.
For captains, the type vocabulary is how operational expectations are set. A beachlander is expected to take the bow on coral; a limousine is expected to land white-shoe guests at the Eden Roc steps without a drop of spray on a jacket. Mixing those expectations is how complaints start.
For project managers and brokers, type names drive the comparable set on valuations and on listings. Owners shopping a six-metre open are not the same audience as owners shopping a ten-metre limousine, and the listings live on different shelves accordingly.
Where it shows up
- The tenders pillar and the how to choose a superyacht tender guide are the two pages where this vocabulary appears most densely.
- Every product spoke in the tender library (from limousine tenders to electric tenders) is named after a term in this category.
- The tender vs chase boat comparison uses these names to draw the line between true tenders and the chase boat category covered in chase boats.