Essential for getting ashore, your tender is the perfect complement to your multihull. An inflatable dinghy that is forgotten about when under way, at least during long passages (thanks to a pair of davits, between the two hulls for a catamaran), but which can be quickly put back in the water as soon as you’re in that first anchorage. And since multihulls prefer deserted beaches over marinas, the tender is often in use!
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Published on 21/03/2019
By
Emmanuel van Deth
Issue:
165
Published:
May.
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Jun.
2019
A good dinghy is first and foremost one that corresponds to the maximum size of your multihull and the robustness of the davits. A "large" rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB) powered by a 10 or 15 HP outboard motor (preferably a 4-stroke, less polluting and requiring no oil mixing) is ideal: you won’t get as wet as with a smaller boat in any chop, you’ll go faster and above all have a greater load capacity. The entire crew will be able to get aboard. All that remains is to manage the weight on board, which is the number one enemy of multihulls. Naturally this is of…
