Tenderboat - Taxiboat - Shuttle-boat - Seabus Wikipedia about "TENDER": A yacht tender is used to service and to provide support and entertainment to a private or charter yacht. Known commonly as the 'yacht's tender' a yacht tenderboat will often be a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB) which features cushioned inflatable rubber inner tubes around its rigid (usually fiberglass) hull to protect the yacht when in close contact. Other types of yacht tenderboat include inflatable boats, which are almost completely synthetic rubber or plastic, center console boats, and also rigid inflatable boats (RIB's) which are usually constructed from materials such as fiberglass, wood, steel or aluminum with inflatable synthetic rubber or plastic sponsons. Tenders are motor powered by outboard motor engines or inboard engines burning either petrol/gasoline or diesel. They use either propellers or more recently impellers as utilized by water jet boats.

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 yacht's passengers. Accordingly, the tenders will be employed as pleasure craft or speed boats to drag bananas and for waterskiing, wakeboarding and also to transport and service leisure scuba set diving.

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