JP CUSTOM RIBS


breaking boundaries across every aspect of design. Hand crafted in New Zealand, JP RIBS offers bespoke tender packages, which are tailored specifically to suit the client’s and crew’s requirements. Being fully customisable, the client has unlimited options to create a tender as simple or complex as desired. Each RIB is constructed with performance, comfort and functionality in mind and is complimented by the signature JP RIBS stealth aesthetic - sleek graphite tubes, glossy surfaces and luxurious leather upholstery along with teak decking and shiny stainless-steel finishes are the premium touches that make a JP RIB like no other. Tenders are available with or without cabins and are fitted with inboard or outboard engines. Combining high spec technology and unparalleled performance, with the care and attention to detail that comes through hand moulding by craftsman with impeccable pedigree; JP RIBS offers a custom solution for all superyacht tenders and RIBS. For more details Tel: +39 345 0123318 or visit www.jpribs.com


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THE TENDER FOR CORAL ISLAND HAD FEATURES INCLUDING A LAMINATED GLASS WINDSCREEN, BORROWED FROM A 1959, 62 SERIES CADILLAC


working on new boat constructions and repairs. By 1992 he had won his first contract to build two 7.5m tenders for Coral Island, designed by the late Jon Bannenberg. The completion of these early tenders heralded a new era in customised limousine tender construction. The bar had been lifted.


The tender for Coral Island had features that included a laminated glass windscreen, borrowed from a 1959, 62 series Cadillac Convertible. Its windscreen wiper was a single blade, articulated unit taken from a 500SL Mercedes Benz. The screen wiper washers were from a 911 Porsche. The anchor winch was a Muir, concealed below the foredeck and the anchor was a custom made stainless item fitted to the bow. The steering wheel was a billet Budnik, made by an American hot rod parts manufacturer. The transom view of the tender, shared much with the McLaren F1.


Jon had gifted Vikal a detailed brochure of the McLaren F1 as an inspiration for the build. Hence the central driving position and


the split rear window were both employed on this tender as per the F1 vehicle.


The level of design, build quality and detail set new standards in the industry. For the first time a Limousine Tender was presented at the level of finish offered in the yacht. As one captain commented, “It’s not just a tender, but a true baby motor yacht.” Since then Vikal have delivered nearly 60 tenders to motor yachts over 75 metres.


Richard Faulkner, a Director of Compass tenders in Hamble UK has discovered his firm is spreading its appeal to superyacht owners. He says, “They are clearly seeing the appeal of personalising their tender to capture accents of the mothership’s design and make their tenders fit a specific list of requirements for their usage. Our speciality is to give our clients what they want within reason! Our variants of open tenders in the 8.5m – 10.5m range has been successful in terms of numbers sold. Our Latitude Limousine Tender has been extremely successful, with hull 4 being


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