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BUILD | DELIVERY | AFTER-SALES | BROKERAGE | SLIDES | JET SKIS | SEABOBS | FLYBOARDS | & LOTS MORE Contact | UK: +44 2380 01 63 63 | FR: +33 489 733 347 | US: +1 954 302 9066 email: [email protected] | www.superyachttendersandtoys.com MAA16124 sytt full page ads for supryacht report 210x297.indd 1 10/06/2016 09:59 TENDERS & TOYS GUIDE 2016 1 All your tenders, EDITORIAL Editorial director: Will Mathieson [email protected] CONTENTS Group owner editor: Dominique Afacan [email protected] all your toys 2 EDITOR’S LETTER Group technical editor: Tim Thomas Dominique Afacan discusses how the tenders and toys buying process [email protected] should progress to ensure owner, guests and crew get the best from Business editor: Rory Jackson their purchase. [email protected] Design editor: Andrew Johansson 4 THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL TENDER [email protected] Tenders With a wide range of options and influences from inside and outside the industry, it is easy to be overloaded by the plethora of features and COMMERCIAL options available on superyacht tenders. But what are the key elements Commercial director: Roland Archdall of the modern superyacht tender – and which ideas are becoming [email protected] obsolete? Design editor Andrew Johansson investigates. Group account director: Andy Howell [email protected] 6 FOR THE PLAYERS Account manager – Italy: Luciano Aglioni Superyacht toys have a habit of bringing out the child in all of us, and [email protected] it’s easy enough to fall into the trap of wanting the newest, shiniest Account manager: Phoebe Jackson gizmo in town. However, as Rory Jackson discovers, there is more to toy [email protected] shopping than meets the eye, and yacht usage has a lot to do with it. Account manager: Suzie Hine [email protected] 10 POWER PLAY Account manager: Nick Shrimpton As hybrid tech gathers pace in the yachting psyche, will we see more [email protected] electric and hybrid tenders offering an alternative to conventional Account manager: Charles Finney diesel inboards and petrol outboards? Tim Thomas dips a toe into an [email protected] alternative tender market. Account manager: Mark Henthorne [email protected] 13 TYPICAL TENDER DIMENSIONS Account manager: Jonny Sutton Toys A sample case study of the number of tenders and their approximate [email protected] dimensions within five size categories. 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Periodical Postage Paid at Piscataway, NJ and additional offices Postmaster: Send address changes to The Superyacht Owner, C/O Mail Right Contact | UK: +44 2380 01 63 63 | FR: +33 489 733 347 | US: +1 954 302 9066 International 1637 Stelton Road Ste B4, Piscataway NJ 08854 email: [email protected] | www.superyachttendersandtoys.com MAA16124 sytt full page ads for supryacht report 210x297.indd 1 10/06/2016 09:59 2 TENDERS & TOYS GUIDE 2016 EDITOR’S LETTER – DOMINIQUE AFACAN Dominique Afacan discusses As I write this letter, a photograph is taken into consideration during the tender how the tenders and toys buying circulating on social media that depicts a purchase process. Listening to the captain process should progress to tender crashed smack-bang into the side of and crew about which tenders best suit the a 38m superyacht in Ibiza. Not the best press needs of the owner will almost always result ensure owner, guests and crew for the humble tender, but it’s certainly in the correct purchase.” get the best from their purchase. got owners talking. Hopefully, the pages Vogele adds yet another vital consideration that follow will shed a more positive light – space. “Major decisions are usually dictated on what should be an enjoyable aspect of by the limitations of space,” he explains. superyacht ownership. Showcasing a cross- “The size and horsepower one might like in section of tenders and toys, this edition – an ideal world are not necessarily suitable the third in the series – aims to make sense for the storage space available on the yacht.” of a marketplace crowded with hundreds Nigel Stuart, managing director of Spirit of manufacturers, offering both insightful Yachts, points to further common mistakes articles and plenty of buying inspiration. that are made in tender purchases. Top of With countless options on the market, his list is picking engines and equipment making the correct purchasing decisions that don’t have a good support network and can be tough. The temptation is to think can’t easily be maintained on a regular basis. first of appearance, when, in reality, a He also warns against being distracted by a beautiful exterior should be one of the last new gadget or add-on while forgetting the things to consider. Buying a tender requires core criteria of the tender. serious research and, crucially, a deeper When it comes to toys, there’s room for understanding of how it will be used. In a little more light-mindedness –although addition to the owner’s requirements, input choosing a perfectly stocked toy store can from the captain and crew is vital. As Marco be a real selling point for a charter yacht. Vogele, owner of S/Y Inouï, told me, “Tender And choosing is tough: toys have become decisions should always be made together big business, and from the old favourites with the crew. They have to handle, operate to the new and the frankly mind-blowing, and maintain these toys and certainly hear the list is seemingly endless. A quick poll much more on the dock about strengths and of our editorial bureau’s favourites threw weaknesses than I do.” up DeepFlight’s Dragon submarine, Lulu Trask, editor of The Crew Report, Lampuga’s electric surfboards and the agrees: “Owners and guests will be RS600 singlehander racing skiff dinghy transported; crew will be driving. Captains just for starters, although, tellingly, this set will have had plenty of tender experience off a heated debate involving handfuls of as they have risen up through the ranks alternatives. on board. They will know which tenders Ultimately, the correct purchase of both are the easiest to maintain, those likely tenders and toys should deliver a lot of to be delivered on time, those that the fun (and function) for owners and guests guests find the most comfortable, those and lead to ever-richer superyachting that are best suited to just a few guests at experiences.