Spotted at Bucklers Hard last night!

[dustywings]

When walking down the dock last night I spotted this and the colour made me take closer look. Turned out to be a Vikal which is not something I had come across before, turns out they
Are superyacht tenders.

 

[Seastoke]

When walking down the dock last night I spotted this and the colour made me take closer look. Turned out to be a Vikal which is not something I had come across before, turns out they
Are superyacht tenders.

The stern looks shit

 

[Bouba]

The stern looks shit

I don’t like the whole thing but the plywood stern is especially bad

 

[Lower Limit 1909]

Looking at the forward seats - if it has any oomph I'd have thought the helmsman and their sidekick would be in danger of ending up in their passenger's laps.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

That bad boy was at Swanwick last week. I took a good look... err, horrid. IMHO.

 

[dustywings]

That bad boy was at Swanwick last week. I took a good look... err, horrid. IMHO.

It is an odd looking thing, a bit like they didn't finish designing it before it was built!

 

[Offshore57]

Pity they built it at all.....2 wasted motors...

 

[Firefly625]

oh dear

 

[[2068]]

It's mum thinks it is good looking.

 

[burgundyben]

The stern looks shit

Did you see the rest of it?

 

[PalmaTarga]

Same as an inflatable with a 2hp tiller, it's a tender. It's not designed to be a performance boat, nor a liveabord. It's job is to ship people to shore, and turn some heads at the restaurant on arrival. I'm sure some fancy stern lighting in those cavity's will add to the effect, so I think it meets the brief on that front. I doubt it's the only tender on board either.

Agreed it's a somewhat strange stern, but so is the latest LR Discovery and that seems to be selling.

 

[BruceK]

To me it has the flair of a pre 1920's coach build with a very modern take. For what is is I kind of like it.

 

[Portofino]

Same as an inflatable with a 2hp tiller, it's a tender. It's not designed to be a performance boat, nor a liveabord. It's job is to ship people to shore, and turn some heads at the restaurant on arrival. I'm sure some fancy stern lighting in those cavity's will add to the effect, so I think it meets the brief on that front. I doubt it's the only tender on board either.

Agreed it's a somewhat strange stern, but so is the latest LR Discovery and that seems to be selling.

Agree with the tone of ^^^ I need to see the mothership ,or its designers / manufacturers intended motherships if this is a one off orphan that’s been cuckooed out , and the rest of the garage contents before commenting .
Then I can comment wearing the right hat so to speak .

 

[petem]

Same as an inflatable with a 2hp tiller, it's a tender. It's not designed to be a performance boat, nor a liveabord. It's job is to ship people to shore, and turn some heads at the restaurant on arrival. I'm sure some fancy stern lighting in those cavity's will add to the effect, so I think it meets the brief on that front. I doubt it's the only tender on board either.

It'll turn heads alright, mainly from people wondering if it's been hit with an ugly stick.

 

[petem]

Agree with the tone of ^^^ I need to see the mothership ,or its designers / manufacturers intended motherships if this is a one off orphan that’s been cuckooed out , and the rest of the garage contents before commenting .
Then I can comment wearing the right hat so to speak .

Porto, I can't see how you can describe it as anything other than ghastly.

 

[BruceK]

Porto, I can't see how you can describe it as anything other than ghastly.

Well tbh, popular modern boats look like they were modelled off a steam iron and that imo looks ghastly so each to their own. In anything other than a "gentleman's" tender I'd say fail but here I think it's rather fitting in a retro way. There is a sort of sheik styling that says I dont give a toss what you plebs think. Fabulous :encouragement:

 

[PalmaTarga]

Porto, I can't see how you can describe it as anything other than ghastly.

It turned DustyWing's head enough for him to research the brand and post publicly about it. To me, that's a win for the designer and the marketing department. Regardless of what anyone's opinion is it's got people talking.

The world would be a boring place if everyone liked and owned the same things. Luckily for those offended by the design, as a tender it will spend a large percentage of it's life locked away.

 

[petem]

Looks a bit "Mohamed Al-Fayed" to me. Anyhow, I wonder how it has ended up at Bucklers Hard? A Superyacht cast off perhaps?

 

[burgundyben]

Well tbh, popular modern boats look like they were modelled off a steam iron

All industrial designers are using one of a very limited number of CAD packages with a predefined set 3D surfacing tools. Its evident in this design.

Its why all modern cars have such similarity.

 

[PalmaTarga]

All industrial designers are using one of a very limited number of CAD packages with a predefined set 3D surfacing tools. Its evident in this design.

Its why all modern cars have such similarity.

that would explain the 'drag and drop' look of many of the current production ranges.