UTILITY TENDER
6.45m / 21.16'
Utility Tender in carbon / foamcore construction. Outfitted with Yanmar 6BY 260 diesel / Hamiltonjet propulsion. Build now completed, she will be a tender to a 60m Perini Navi sloop. Offered by Constellation Custom Tenders: www.cctenders.com
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Yacht Specifications
| Length Overall | 6.45m / 21.16' |
| Length Waterline | 6.34m / 20.80' |
| Beam | 2.3m / 7.55' |
| Draft | 0.29m / 0.94' |
| Displacement | 1000 kg / 2200# (lightship) |
| Builder | Al Fresco Composites / Custom Yacht Outfitters |
The 21’ / 6.45m Utility Tender shares the same hull and foredeck as the Speedboat, with the cockpit and aft deck cut away for additional room and seating. In styling her, design engineer Ross Weene captured cues of classic speedboat and streamlined automotive design from the 30’s-50’s but focused on making her stand alone as an element of modern design. In short, the goal was to turn heads, to make people say “Wow”.
The design began as a sketch Ross did in 2006 of a “Retro Runabout” that was a style continuation of an “organically sculpted” powerboat he experimented with at the Landing School in 2001. Associates Niall Rafferty and Antony Rushton of Custom Yacht Outfitters remarked at the sketch on our wall, and thought we should develop her more as proposal for a speedboat tender for sloop Perseus3, a new build at Perini Navi. P3’s owner accepted our proposal, and asked that this second tender be built with the same hull, but with open deck and cockpit as a “Utility / Crew Tender.” Stewart Wiley and Ted Brown of Al Fresco Composites were chosen for the build, and “Constellation Custom Tenders” was born.
CNC milled molds let a designer translate very complex shapes from drawing board to production, with perfect accuracy – Mouldcam of Bristol, RI milled the molds 1.2m over-length, to allow a longer 7.7m “barrelback transom” version of the boat to be marketed. Carbon / foamcore construction was chosen for a high strength to weight ratio. The powerplant, a 260 HP Yanmar diesel, powers a Hamiltonjet drive for a top speed of 40 kts. Seating can accommodate 10, and side seats can be removed for additional space to haul yacht gear. A removable folding dodger system attaches to an athwartships arch. A bridle system with single-point pick is used to hoist her in and out of service. She can be MCA certified for use as a her mothership’s rescue vessel.
Constellation Custom Tenders offers both the Speedboat and the Utility for new build, in length range 6.45m – 7.7m. Powerplant options include conventional diesel or electric drive.
VIDEO: UTILITY SEATRIALS JANUARY 2014 ( Link to Youtube)
VIDEO: UTILITY SEATRIALS ONBOARD JANUARY 2014 (Link to Youtube)
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