MVI Hybrid Fiberglass-Carbon Tender 11.6 ft tiller edition
Built as a strong fiberglass composite tender, reinforced with carbon fiber in high-load structural areas such as the bulkheads, keel reinforcement, and transom.
MVI Hybrid Fiberglass-Carbon Tender 3.55m / 11.6ft — Tiller Edition
Specifications
Length: 3.55 m / 11.6 ft
Beam: approx. 1.68 m / 5.5 ft
Dry Weight: target approx. 65–70 kg / 143–154 lb
Passenger Capacity: up to 6–7 people, depending on total load and weight distribution
Recommended Outboard: 15–25 hp
Construction: Fiberglass composite hull with carbon fiber structural reinforcements
Carbon Reinforcement Areas: Bulkheads, keel structure, and transom reinforcement
Core: Structural foam core and honeycomb core in selected areas
Process: Vacuum infusion and vacuum-bagged composite construction
Hull Design: Engineered V-hull with wide integrated reverse chines
Deck: Double floor with integrated flotation and drain plug
Buoyancy: Multiple sealed flotation zones + positive buoyancy composite structure
Finish: Polyurethane marine finish with EVA deck and rub rail options
Davits Ready: Stainless steel lifting points included as standard.
Hybrid Fiberglass-Carbon Construction
The MVI Hybrid Tender is built as a strong fiberglass composite tender, reinforced with carbon fiber in key structural areas.
This hybrid construction allows us to create a tender that is strong, practical, and more affordable than a full carbon model, while still benefiting from carbon fiber where it matters most: the bulkheads, keel structure, and transom reinforcement.
The result is a smart composite tender designed for yacht owners who want strength, safety, performance, and a lower weight than a conventional fiberglass dinghy.
The Magic Is the Hull Engineering
The true advantage of the MVI Hybrid Tender is not only the material combination — it is the engineering of the hull.
The hull is designed with a sharp central V-shape and wide integrated reverse chines that extend outward from the hull geometry. This is one of the key reasons the tender rides so differently from a standard dinghy.
The V-hull allows the boat to cut smoothly through chop, while the wide reverse chines improve stability, control spray, and support the hull at rest.
The result is a tender that does not feel like a typical dinghy. It feels like a real boat.
Carbon-Reinforced Structure
The MVI Hybrid Tender uses carbon fiber reinforcements in high-load structural areas.
The bulkheads are reinforced with carbon fiber to improve stiffness and strength inside the hull. The keel structure receives carbon reinforcement for additional longitudinal strength, and the transom is reinforced with carbon fiber to better handle outboard loads.
This gives the tender a premium structural advantage while keeping the overall build cost more accessible than a full carbon version.
Low-Drag Planing Performance
Once on plane, the MVI Hybrid Tender runs with very little wetted surface area.
Only a small aft section of the hull remains in contact with the water, reducing drag and allowing the tender to plane quickly and efficiently.
During normal planing, the wide reverse chines remain mostly above the waterline, so they do not create unnecessary resistance. But when the tender meets chop or a larger wave, the chines engage and direct the water outward to the sides.
This creates a fast, smooth, efficient, and dry ride.
Dry Ride Hull Design
The hull geometry is designed to keep passengers dry.
When the tender runs through chop or over waves, the V-hull and wide reverse chines push spray outward and away from the boat. Instead of water coming up into the cockpit, the spray is carried to the sides.
This makes a major difference in real cruising conditions, especially when returning to the yacht in afternoon wind, side chop, or rougher water.
Exceptional Boarding Stability
The wide integrated reverse chines create outstanding stability when the tender is at rest.
When floating beside a yacht, dock, or beach, the outward-angled chines sit on the water and increase the effective supporting footprint of the hull. This gives the tender excellent initial stability and makes boarding and disembarking safer and more comfortable.
Passengers can step onto the side deck or move their weight to one side with confidence, while the tender remains stable and controlled.
Passenger Capacity & Power
The MVI Hybrid Tender offers space for up to 6–7 passengers, depending on passenger weight and total load.
It is designed for outboards in the 15–25 hp range, with 25 hp being the recommended setup for owners who want strong planing performance, good speed, and excellent control.
Open Interior Layout & Storage
One of the major advantages of the MVI Hybrid Tender is the open interior layout created by the hull design.
The seating and structural bulkheads are positioned to keep the interior deck open, clean, and practical for real cruising use.
The rigid composite side decks also create useful storage areas along both sides of the tender. Bags, groceries, dive gear, and cruising equipment can be stored along the sides while the main deck remains clear and comfortable.
Built for Real Cruising Use
The MVI Hybrid Tender is designed for real yacht life, not only calm marina water.
Its deep V-hull, wide reverse chines, double floor, sealed compartments, and carbon-reinforced structure make it a strong and practical tender for daily cruising, anchorage runs, provisioning, beach landings, and returning to the yacht in afternoon chop.
Positive Buoyancy Safety Design
The MVI Hybrid Tender is engineered with positive buoyancy and multiple sealed flotation zones.
The structure includes sealed aft compartments, a double floor flotation chamber with drain plug, and a forward sealed compartment. These zones help maintain buoyancy and safety even in demanding conditions.
Combined with the foam-core and honeycomb composite structure used in selected areas, this creates a safe and confidence-inspiring tender for real cruising life.
Davits Ready
The Tiller Edition comes prepared for yacht davit systems, with stainless steel lifting points included as standard.
The lifting points are structurally reinforced and positioned for practical yacht use, making the tender easy to lift, launch, and store.
Finish & Custom Options
The MVI Hybrid Tender is finished with a marine polyurethane finish and can be customized with EVA foam decking and EVA rub rail protection.
Custom color accents are available, allowing the tender to match the yacht or the owner’s preferred style.
The hybrid fiberglass-carbon construction gives owners a practical and attractive alternative to a full carbon tender: strong, stable, dry, and built for serious cruising use.
Built as a strong fiberglass composite tender, reinforced with carbon fiber in high-load structural areas such as the bulkheads, keel reinforcement, and transom.
MVI Hybrid Fiberglass-Carbon Tender 3.55m / 11.6ft — Tiller Edition
Specifications
Length: 3.55 m / 11.6 ft
Beam: approx. 1.68 m / 5.5 ft
Dry Weight: target approx. 65–70 kg / 143–154 lb
Passenger Capacity: up to 6–7 people, depending on total load and weight distribution
Recommended Outboard: 15–25 hp
Construction: Fiberglass composite hull with carbon fiber structural reinforcements
Carbon Reinforcement Areas: Bulkheads, keel structure, and transom reinforcement
Core: Structural foam core and honeycomb core in selected areas
Process: Vacuum infusion and vacuum-bagged composite construction
Hull Design: Engineered V-hull with wide integrated reverse chines
Deck: Double floor with integrated flotation and drain plug
Buoyancy: Multiple sealed flotation zones + positive buoyancy composite structure
Finish: Polyurethane marine finish with EVA deck and rub rail options
Davits Ready: Stainless steel lifting points included as standard.
Hybrid Fiberglass-Carbon Construction
The MVI Hybrid Tender is built as a strong fiberglass composite tender, reinforced with carbon fiber in key structural areas.
This hybrid construction allows us to create a tender that is strong, practical, and more affordable than a full carbon model, while still benefiting from carbon fiber where it matters most: the bulkheads, keel structure, and transom reinforcement.
The result is a smart composite tender designed for yacht owners who want strength, safety, performance, and a lower weight than a conventional fiberglass dinghy.
The Magic Is the Hull Engineering
The true advantage of the MVI Hybrid Tender is not only the material combination — it is the engineering of the hull.
The hull is designed with a sharp central V-shape and wide integrated reverse chines that extend outward from the hull geometry. This is one of the key reasons the tender rides so differently from a standard dinghy.
The V-hull allows the boat to cut smoothly through chop, while the wide reverse chines improve stability, control spray, and support the hull at rest.
The result is a tender that does not feel like a typical dinghy. It feels like a real boat.
Carbon-Reinforced Structure
The MVI Hybrid Tender uses carbon fiber reinforcements in high-load structural areas.
The bulkheads are reinforced with carbon fiber to improve stiffness and strength inside the hull. The keel structure receives carbon reinforcement for additional longitudinal strength, and the transom is reinforced with carbon fiber to better handle outboard loads.
This gives the tender a premium structural advantage while keeping the overall build cost more accessible than a full carbon version.
Low-Drag Planing Performance
Once on plane, the MVI Hybrid Tender runs with very little wetted surface area.
Only a small aft section of the hull remains in contact with the water, reducing drag and allowing the tender to plane quickly and efficiently.
During normal planing, the wide reverse chines remain mostly above the waterline, so they do not create unnecessary resistance. But when the tender meets chop or a larger wave, the chines engage and direct the water outward to the sides.
This creates a fast, smooth, efficient, and dry ride.
Dry Ride Hull Design
The hull geometry is designed to keep passengers dry.
When the tender runs through chop or over waves, the V-hull and wide reverse chines push spray outward and away from the boat. Instead of water coming up into the cockpit, the spray is carried to the sides.
This makes a major difference in real cruising conditions, especially when returning to the yacht in afternoon wind, side chop, or rougher water.
Exceptional Boarding Stability
The wide integrated reverse chines create outstanding stability when the tender is at rest.
When floating beside a yacht, dock, or beach, the outward-angled chines sit on the water and increase the effective supporting footprint of the hull. This gives the tender excellent initial stability and makes boarding and disembarking safer and more comfortable.
Passengers can step onto the side deck or move their weight to one side with confidence, while the tender remains stable and controlled.
Passenger Capacity & Power
The MVI Hybrid Tender offers space for up to 6–7 passengers, depending on passenger weight and total load.
It is designed for outboards in the 15–25 hp range, with 25 hp being the recommended setup for owners who want strong planing performance, good speed, and excellent control.
Open Interior Layout & Storage
One of the major advantages of the MVI Hybrid Tender is the open interior layout created by the hull design.
The seating and structural bulkheads are positioned to keep the interior deck open, clean, and practical for real cruising use.
The rigid composite side decks also create useful storage areas along both sides of the tender. Bags, groceries, dive gear, and cruising equipment can be stored along the sides while the main deck remains clear and comfortable.
Built for Real Cruising Use
The MVI Hybrid Tender is designed for real yacht life, not only calm marina water.
Its deep V-hull, wide reverse chines, double floor, sealed compartments, and carbon-reinforced structure make it a strong and practical tender for daily cruising, anchorage runs, provisioning, beach landings, and returning to the yacht in afternoon chop.
Positive Buoyancy Safety Design
The MVI Hybrid Tender is engineered with positive buoyancy and multiple sealed flotation zones.
The structure includes sealed aft compartments, a double floor flotation chamber with drain plug, and a forward sealed compartment. These zones help maintain buoyancy and safety even in demanding conditions.
Combined with the foam-core and honeycomb composite structure used in selected areas, this creates a safe and confidence-inspiring tender for real cruising life.
Davits Ready
The Tiller Edition comes prepared for yacht davit systems, with stainless steel lifting points included as standard.
The lifting points are structurally reinforced and positioned for practical yacht use, making the tender easy to lift, launch, and store.
Finish & Custom Options
The MVI Hybrid Tender is finished with a marine polyurethane finish and can be customized with EVA foam decking and EVA rub rail protection.
Custom color accents are available, allowing the tender to match the yacht or the owner’s preferred style.
The hybrid fiberglass-carbon construction gives owners a practical and attractive alternative to a full carbon tender: strong, stable, dry, and built for serious cruising use.