What this category covers
Equipment terms describe the gear bolted, bonded, or wired into a tender or chase boat after the hull and engines are in place. That includes deck hardware (cleats, fairleads, bow rollers), launch and recovery gear (lifting strops, slings, davit eyes), helm electronics (MFDs, autopilots, radars), seating and shading, and the safety inventory that has to be aboard before the boat can leave the dock.
Why it matters
For owners, equipment is where personal taste meets operational reality. A choice as small as the helm seat upholstery decides whether the boat is comfortable on a two-hour delivery; a choice as large as the davit-end fitting decides whether the tender can be launched safely in three metres of swell. Equipment is also the line item that grows fastest during a build; a disciplined spec at concept stage saves six figures by handover.
Captains read this category most carefully during a refit or pre-charter audit. Chartplotter age, life raft service dates, EPIRB battery life, and fender condition all show up as line items on a flag inspection, and most of the language used to record them lives here.
For project managers and brokers, equipment defines the difference between a boat that is genuinely turnkey and one that needs sixty thousand euros of consumables and electronics before it can hand over. Listings that itemise the equipment package well sell faster.
Where it shows up
- The tender launch and recovery spoke is built around davit, crane, and slipway equipment.
- The tender maintenance and tender refit guide guides use this vocabulary throughout when scoping work.
- The tender specification guide treats the equipment list as one of the four pillars of a complete brief.