A luxury yacht tender is used to service and to provide support and entertainment to a private or charter luxury yacht. Known commonly as the 'yacht's tender' a luxury yacht tender will often be a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB) which features cushioned inflatable rubber inner tubes around its ridged (usually fiberglass) hull to protect the luxury yacht when in close contact. Tender may mean: one of several types of boat or ship, all sharing the general function of servicing another type of air or sea vessel: seaplane tender - supplies and services seaplanes submarine tender - resupplies submarines motor torpedo boat tender - resupplies motor torpedo boats ships tender - used to transport people... The term luxury yacht refers to a very expensive privately owned yacht which is professionally crewed. ... Two RIBs at Castletown, Portland, England A rigid-hulled inflatable boat, RIB or RHIB is a light-weight but high performance and high capacity boat constructed with a solid, shaped hull and flexible tubes at the gunwale. ... Fiberglass or fibreglass is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ...

Other types of luxury yacht tender include inflatable boats, which are almost totally rubber, and also rigid hulled tenders, which are usually constructed from materials like fiber glass, wood, steel and aluminium. Tenders are motor powered by outboard motor engines or inboard engines burning either petrol or diesel. They use either propellers or more recently impellers as utilized by water jet boats. Two inflatable boats at Horsea Island, England An inflatable boat is a light-weight but high performance and high capacity boat constructed with flexible tubes at the gunwale. ... An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats. ... Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol, in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Diesel or Diesel fuel is a specific fractional distillate of fuel oil (mostly petroleum) that is used as fuel in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An impeller is a rotor inside a tube or conduit to increase the pressure and flow of a fluid. ... A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. ...

Luxury yacht tenders like other types of ship's tender, whilst often used to transport supplies and personnel, are also used for the entertainment and pleasure of the luxury yacht's passengers. Accordingly, the tenders will be employed as pleasure craft or speed boats to drag banana and for waterskiing, wakeboarding and also to transport and service leisure scuba set diving. Lifeboat tender of the Oosterdam; note the face mask over the front windows, and the rolled-up tarp that can be brought down over the entry port to make the boat watertight A ships tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat used to service a ship... A 1962 Rebel. A wooden speedboat with an outboard engine. ... Banana Boat is a Polish male vocal quintet, specializing in contemporary songs of the sea as well as in close-harmony interpretations of classical sea shanties, and recently (as of 2005) also experimenting with other genres of music (Christmas carols, popular songs, jazz compositions). ... Recreational skiiers typically use two skis — other techniques abound. ... This article or section contains inappropriate citations. ... SCUBA is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. ...

Over recent years there has been increased development in the luxury yacht tender market. There is now greater importance given to whether a yacht includes a large tender which boasts all the latest features. Private yachts are being built with stern garages which house the tender and also other associated 'water toys'. Powerful davits are installed on the yacht’s decks to mechanically lift increasingly larger, heavier and more sophisticated tenders.

There are many companies world wide which specialise in the design, building and distribution of luxury yacht tenders. Some of the more established, and well known, suppliers include Nouvurania, Avon, Protector and Zodiac. Because there is now a large and established tender industry, yacht tenders are also increasingly being used more widely by those who do not necessarily own or use luxury yachts, but rather wish to enjoy their tender as an entertainment unto itself.