T40 Garage

[jcwads]

I've seen posts about difficulty fitting tenders into the Targa 40 garage.

Any owners able to say what size tenders are fitting in there ok?

Cheers!!

J

 

[rlw]

The Targa 40 garage is designed for a Vaillant 270 Rib. Originally rebadged with a Fairline logo I think. A lot of ribs/tenders have higher bow profiles and wont fit under the storage bin under the aft seat. Even with the relatively low profile of the 270 is still needs to be shoved/winched under the storage bin. Alternative is to deflate the bow but that did not appeal to me. Took me a while to find one second hand. If you don't go for the original keep an eye on the tube size as well.

In addition to that it will take a deflated sup, 2 foldable chairs, rear anchor, a topper taz sailboat rig, bodyboards, cleaning kit, pumps, and spare ropes next to the tender

Your making me have second thoughts about selling mine

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

+1 to what Rlw said. The only tender that fits without deflation and general arse-aboutery is the Valiant 270. It is narrow, so I have found that the way to compensate for the marginal instability that this implies is to fit a 9.8hp outboard. Works very well

 

[jcwads]

So annoying! You would have thought a tender garage takes tenders!!! Anyhow, I guess I will be inflating and deflating my current one until such time as I can change or even find a Valliant!!!!

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Have you bought your T40 yet? If not, then one answer here is to buy one that comes with the 270, that's what I did.

 

[rlw]

I was too late

 

[bluetooth]

This might fit the garage (but not the wallet!)

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

This might fit the garage (but not the wallet!)

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Are you saying that based on experience? Looks too wide and too tall to me, but happy to be corrected...

 

[bluetooth]

Are you saying that based on experience? Looks too wide and too tall to me, but happy to be corrected...

No just dreaming at SIBS! Length should work; hadn't really look at width and height. Mainly choked at the bottom line!

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

So annoying! You would have thought a tender garage takes tenders!!! Anyhow, I guess I will be inflating and deflating my current one until such time as I can change or even find a Valliant!!!!

https://www.francobordo.com/embarca...0-tender-gris-valiant-p-7242.html?language=en

 

[bluetooth]

+1 to what Rlw said. The only tender that fits without deflation and general arse-aboutery is the Valiant 270. It is narrow, so I have found that the way to compensate for the marginal instability that this implies is to fit a 9.8hp outboard. Works very well

Isnt 9.8 hp a bit heavy? Bet it goes like a missile!

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Isnt 9.8 hp a bit heavy? Bet it goes like a missile!

No (two stroke) and yes

 

[bluetooth]

No (two stroke) and yes

What make ?
Want to improve on my 2.3hp Honda !!

 

[Bouba]

What make ?
Want to improve on my 2.3hp Honda !!

You can always improve on the speed of the Honda 2.3. What you can't improve on is that it is air cooled. I have found that getting off a beach into a surf is very difficult with a water cooled outboard. Every time you have started it up the surf puts you back on the beach and you have to raise the motor out of the water, therefore to stop it overheating you have to turn it off. You straighten the boat up again and repeat the process ad nauseam. With the Honda you can start it on the beach and catch the waves easily.

 

[jcwads]

Have you bought your T40 yet? If not, then one answer here is to buy one that comes with the 270, that's what I did.

Would be ideal, but I've found the one I want! I want to take spec, engines and condition over having a fitting tender, as annoying as that is

 

[petem]

https://www.francobordo.com/embarca...0-tender-gris-valiant-p-7242.html?language=en

Is it a shallow 'V' that makes this tender fit? Would an inflatable keel work or do you need the 'V' for the rollers?

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Is it a shallow 'V' that makes this tender fit? Would an inflatable keel work or do you need the 'V' for the rollers?

Nope, it's the narrow beam, and yes you need the rigid hull for the rollers over the bathing platform.

 

[jcwads]

Resurrecting this one. My T40 owners manual mentions a Zodiac C285s as being a tender that fits in the T40 garage.

Anyone had one or owned one to confirm?

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Resurrecting this one. My T40 owners manual mentions a Zodiac C285s as being a tender that fits in the T40 garage.

Anyone had one or owned one to confirm?

Nope, never heard of that. The OE tender was a Fairline-branded Valiant D270.

 

[jcwads]

Nope, never heard of that. The OE tender was a Fairline-branded Valiant D270.

Yes, I assumed so, but the owners manual mentions this particular Zodiac. Its not available anymore as the Valiant anyway, so doesnt really help me regardless...