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OC Tenders
The Project
During their 7 years circumnavigation Russell & Karin Carlyon realized none of the tenders available in the market provided all of the key aspects they felt were important for a good tender. Russell’s background as a competitive windsurfer and high performance board builder provided us with the confidence to utilize high tech materials to build a complex light weight structure that we were looking for. To complete the design brief Russell collaborated with his old business partner of 17 years, Kevin Trotter from Styrotech CNC. Together they digitalized Russell’s concept and CNC milled the plugs of the design.
Our Ideals
At OCT we believe cruising tenders should be light enough to be pulled up above the high tide line easily by a cruising couple. Cruising tenders should be a dry, stable experience and the tenders we use every day should stand up to the task. For this reason manufacturers of all tenders should take cruiser’s safety seriously. Cruising tenders should have a full rubrail for protection and total flotation. We also believe that maintenance of cruising tenders should be done easily, with materials at hand, in any location on the planet and it should not cost the earth. The maintenance time on your tender should not surpass maintenance time on your main boat. But most of all we know it is possible to have a tender which fulfils most of our cruising needs, not just some. And that is exactly what we aim to do.
