LASTING IMPRESSION


The tender market has changed enormously over the past 10 years. Henry Ward looks at the importance of design cooperation early in any new build project to ensure the tender complements the mothership and delivers the required results for the owner


Ten years on, I am happy to say that we are now contacted by owners, owners’ representatives and captains to design and custom build tenders early on in the mothership’s commissioning process such that our current ‘in build’ projects have all enjoyed the benefit of comfortable lead times.


Each owner has a unique set of requirements and priorities so in an ideal world, we meet them or their representatives to find out what matters to them most, including how they actually wish to use the tender. Whether they require high speed, a comfortable ride, enough space for a large refrigerator


or


even a carbon fibre dog bowl – whatever they want, they can have!


This personal interaction informs our creative process and with a design in mind, we are then able to liaise with key players on the build team of the mothership in order to establish how our product can fully complement and integrate with theirs.


This collaborative approach impacts positively on the crew’s operations because we can advise on the required lifting arrangements, agree the space that is needed around the tender and plan the systems layout so that servicing is hassle-free.


to commission their superyachts first and then the tender as something of an afterthought.


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Decisions regarding the tender came too late in the design stage of the mothership by which time the space available in the tender garage might already pose a constraint. This also limited the time available for a custom- built tender to be carefully considered and


ince I joined Cockwells in 2011, I have witnessed some welcome developments in the superyacht tender market. Back in the early days, for example, buyers tended


crafted before delivery of the main vessel was due.


Thankfully, most owners now realise that the tender they deploy from their superyacht impacts directly on the quality of their guests’ overall experience and requires a level of consideration equal to the design of the mothership itself.


As the saying goes, “you never get a second chance to make a first impression” and the tender is likely be the guests’ first, last and lasting impression of the owner’s luxury superyacht.


Cockwells currently has a 12m catamaran tender in build for which the client requires a top speed capability of 50 knots. By joining forces with experienced naval architects and race boat designers on our projects, we can be confident at the design stage that our tenders will achieve the required speed. For extra reassurance however, we tank tested this particular hull design at the Wolfson Unit in Southampton to obtain real-life scaled data to support our calculations.


In this case, the hull design was developed specifically for a particular client, but usually, it is far more economical for us to use a proven hull design that we already own the mould for. To date, we have produced


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