Market 01
Packable Yacht Tenders
Roll-up and air-floor inflatables that deflate into a locker or a foredeck bag. The default answer for monohulls without davits.
The market
A packable tender is the only realistic answer when the dinghy has to live below deck, in a cockpit locker or on a foredeck between passages. You give up ride quality and payload, and you buy back stowage, weight and the ability to fly with, drive with or ship the boat. At the small end these boats weigh 14–30 kg, which for a solo or older sailor matters more than top speed.
What decides this purchase
- Packed dimensions matter more than length — measure the locker before you shop.
- Air floors are lighter and faster to rig; slatted and aluminium floors are stiffer and plane earlier.
- PVC is cheaper and lighter; CSM/Hypalon survives tropical UV far longer.
- Check maximum horsepower AND maximum engine weight — the transom rating is rarely the limit you hit first.
Brands
16 brands in this market
Australian availability status is shown on every card — a brand you cannot get parts for is not a shortlist candidate.
France / China
Highfield
The aluminium RIB benchmark
France
Zodiac
The name that defined the category
United States
Mercury Inflatables
Boat and engine from one dealer
Australia
Island Inflatables
Sydney-designed, nationally supported, sharply priced
New Zealand
Takacat
The open-transom revolution
New Zealand
True Kit
Payload per kilogram
Japan
Achilles
CSM tubes for tropical UV
Netherlands
Talamex
Not an accessories brand
France
Plastimo
Built for the chandlery, not the boat ramp
International
Quicksilver Inflatables
Broad range, variable local stock
International
GALA
Unusually broad, unclear locally
United States
Walker Bay
Strong used-market value
China
Aqua Marina
The affordable all-rounder
United States
Newport Vessels
Sport tenders built for coastal chop
France
BIC / TAHE Sportyak
The simplest hard dinghy that works
United States
Porta-Bote
A rigid boat that folds flat
Models
Sorted by length
86 models in this market publish a length. Showing the first 60 — the full database is filterable.