Williams · New build
SOLAS 625
6.3m
Length
40kt
Top Speed
11
People
Prices on request
SOLAS Tenders | Superyacht Tenders
Rescue craft and compliant tenders for commercially coded yachts.
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SOLAS inventory
10 boats
Inventory
Availability
Length
New build
Williams · New build
SOLAS 565
5.7m
Length
38kt
Top Speed
9
People
Prices on request
Williams · New build
SOLAS 505
5.0m
Length
31kt
Top Speed
9
People
Prices on request
Whitmarsh · New build
6.2m
6.3m
Length
36kt
Top Speed
8
People
Prices on request
Whitmarsh · New build
6.2m SOLAS
6.3m
Length
35kt
Top Speed
8
People
Prices on request
Pascoe · New build
6.2m SOLAS
6.2m
Length
30kt
Top Speed
12
People
Prices on request
Cobra · New build
6.2m SOLAS
6.2m
Length
35kt
Top Speed
8
People
Prices on request
Castoldi · New build
19 RB/ SOLAS
6.0m
Length
36kt
Top Speed
6
People
Prices on request
Castoldi · New build
18 RB/ SOLAS
5.7m
Length
37kt
Top Speed
6
People
Prices on request
Castoldi · New build
14 RB/SOLAS
4.3m
Length
34kt
Top Speed
6
People
Prices on request
Pre-owned
Guide
SOLAS buyer notes
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About solas
SOLAS tenders are specification-led: certification, launch and recovery, rescue role, and flag/class acceptance matter before finish. This category gathers new-build and pre-owned SOLAS-suitable craft for early-stage comparison.
What is a SOLAS rescue tender?
A coded survival craft built and certified to the lifesaving requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. It must launch in seconds, recover crew or passengers from the water up to its design sea state, and self-right after capsize on the larger hulls.
Which yachts need a SOLAS tender?
As a rule of thumb, any yacht above 500 GT (typically 50m and up) operating commercially carries SOLAS lifesaving requirements that include a rescue tender. Privately registered yachts below 500 GT may carry SOLAS-coded craft voluntarily; some flags such as Cayman REG, Marshall Islands and Malta have variable thresholds.
How big is a SOLAS rescue tender?
Three bands: 5 to 6.5m for yachts in the 50 to 70m range; 6.5 to 8m for 70 to 90m yachts, often dual-purpose rescue plus working tender; 8m+ on yachts above 90m. Self-righting is mandatory above 6m on most flags.
Can a SOLAS tender double as a guest tender?
Mid-size 6.5 to 8m units are sometimes run dual-purpose as SOLAS rescue plus working tender, but the construction, certification and permanent rigging requirements make a SOLAS unit a poor guest limousine. The common pattern is one dedicated SOLAS tender plus separate guest tenders.
What does SOLAS compliance cost to maintain?
Budget roughly EUR 10k to 20k per year in routine compliance on top of normal maintenance, with annual flag-state inspection and a five-year major refit cycle covering structural integrity, sealing, lifting-point recertification and equipment renewal.
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Featured guides
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SOLAS Tender Compliance
A SOLAS rescue tender is type-approved life-saving equipment, mandatory on yachts of 500 GT and over in commercial service. This guide explains what the LSA Code requires, which builders hold current type approvals, and how the choice drives garage and davit design.
ReadThe Complete Guide to Buying a Superyacht Tender
Most tender purchases go wrong in the brief, not the build. This guide walks the buying process end to end, brief first, garage envelope second, propulsion third, yard shortlist fourth, contract fifth, the way we run it for owners.
ReadDavit Systems and Launch/Recovery for Tenders
The davit is the part of the tender programme nobody thinks about until it fails. This guide explains the launch-and-recovery options, the SWL and cost that drive them, and why the geometry is locked at yacht-concept stage before the tender is chosen.
Library
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How to Choose a SOLAS Tender
A decision-ordered framework for owners and managers specifying a compliant SOLAS rescue tender.
ReadSOLAS Rescue Boat vs Tender
A coded survival craft and a leisure tender look alike but answer to different rules.
ReadSOLAS Tender Coding and Certification
How a rescue tender earns SOLAS certification and stays compliant, from type approval through annual survey to recertification.
ReadSOLAS Compliance Basics
Construction standard, equipment fit, coding cycle, and the cost of staying compliant.
ReadSOLAS Tender Requirements
Which yachts must carry one, the LSA Code performance standard, mandatory equipment, launch and recovery times, and the drill obligations behind them.
ReadSOLAS Tender Builders
Pascoe, Cobra, Whitmarsh, SOLAS Marine and where coded RIBs cross over with rescue duty.
ReadSOLAS Tender Cost
What a coded rescue tender costs to buy, certify, and keep in survey, set against a standard guest tender.
ReadSOLAS Tender Sizes
How persons-capacity and the LSA Code drive the dimensions of a coded rescue tender, and how to match one to the yacht.
ReadWhat Is a SOLAS Tender?
A SOLAS tender is the type-approved rescue craft a commercially registered yacht above 500 GT must carry to satisfy international Safety of Life at Sea requirements.
Glossary
SOLAS terms worth knowing
SOLASInternational convention requiring rescue tenders on commercial passenger vessels.SOLAS TenderRescue-coded tender that meets SOLAS lifesaving requirements on yachts above 500GT.LSA CodeThe IMO International Life-Saving Appliance Code that sets the mandatory technical standards for survival craft, rescue boats, and safety gear required by SOLAS Chapter III.Fast Rescue BoatA high-performance rescue craft built to SOLAS standards, capable of at least 20 knots, used to recover people from the water quickly in an emergency.
Destinations
Where these boats work
Monaco
Monaco
The densest large-yacht harbour in the world runs a captain-led tender market that peaks hard around the Grand Prix.
USAFort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale is the largest concentrated superyacht tender market in the Americas and the West's busiest refit-and-transport hub.
New ZealandAuckland
Auckland is the southern hemisphere's yacht-refit capital and the natural staging port for any superyacht working the Pacific season.
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