About this tender
The 42 Speedster is the build we ask Anvera for when the programme needs a genuine high-speed open that can double as a superyacht tender without the weight and garage penalties of a sterndrive or shaft platform. At 12.90m overall and built entirely in carbon fibre, it sits at the sharper end of Anvera's line - lighter than the 42 GT, simpler to maintain than any surface-drive configuration, and fast enough at 63 knots to keep pace with a chase schedule rather than simply follow one.
Anvera's decision to spec the 42 Speedster with triple Mercury 450R outboards is the defining engineering choice on this hull. Each unit puts out 450 hp from a supercharged 4.6-litre V8 FourStroke, which means 1,350 hp across the transom on a carbon boat that carries none of the structural weight associated with inboard installations. The result, confirmed on demonstrator sea trials, is a top speed in the low sixties - a number that puts it ahead of most comparable Italian open platforms in this length bracket.
The deck layout reflects how these boats actually get used on a superyacht programme. Both aft sides fold down to create a beach-club terrace at anchor, with space for Seabob storage inside the hull structure. A single cabin with skylight, a bathroom, and a convertible cockpit table to sunbed cover the overnight or multi-day brief. None of this compromises the running trim, because the carbon construction keeps displacement low enough for the triple outboard package to do its job at full chat.
We'd put the 42 Speedster alongside the best fast Italian open builds of the last decade. The CE-B ocean certification, the quality of the carbon lay-up, and the practicality of an outboard platform - field-serviceable, replaceable, and available in any major marina - make this a serious conversation for any owner running a chase-and-tender programme from a vessel over 50 metres.
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The 42 Speedster is built entirely in carbon fibre, which keeps displacement low relative to hull volume and is central to achieving the performance figures that the triple-outboard package delivers. Anvera's carbon expertise transfers directly from their larger chase and tender programmes, and the finish is consistent with that lineage.
Three Mercury Racing 450R units, each a supercharged 4.6-litre V8 FourStroke producing 450 hp, give 1,350 hp at the transom. The outboard configuration simplifies servicing logistics on a superyacht programme and allows each engine to be swapped independently without a haulout or major engineering intervention.
Top speed of up to 63 knots has been reported on the demonstrator hull with the triple Mercury 450R fit. This places the 42 Speedster at the fast end of the 12-13m open category and makes it a credible chase platform, not merely a tender that happens to be quick.
Both aft sides fold outboard at anchor to create an extended beach platform. Seabob storage is integrated into the hull structure rather than bolted on, keeping the deck uncluttered underway. It is one of the features that makes this hull useful across both the transit and at-anchor phases of a programme.
The 42 Speedster carries CE Category B certification, permitting operation up to 200 nautical miles offshore. For owners running Mediterranean or Atlantic programmes, this is the certification that matters - it opens routes a coastal-only boat cannot legally cover.
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Anvera · Misano Adriatico, Italy
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