Mike Rybas & Andrew Hodgdon
Manufacturing Director and Sales Director. Full bios coming soon.
Proudly Built in Florida, USA · Established 2019
Carbon tenders,
Carbon tenders,
handcrafted for decades at sea.
Every Cape Cat is laid up by hand in carbon fiber and marine epoxy — a tender light enough to be confidently beached, stiff enough to be driven hard, and beautiful enough to earn a place on any yacht davit.
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190 lbsDry weight
22 knTop speed
5 YearsHull warranty
The Pitch
A tender that earns its spot on deck.
Most yacht tenders are an afterthought — heavy, plastic, anonymous, and disposable. The Cape Cat is the opposite: a catamaran hull form built from aerospace-grade composites. Offering a dry and comfortable ride in a sea state, a payload capacity for all the gear, and a displacement light enough to fit on any davit.
Cape Catamarans was established in 2019 as a boutique boat-building shop in South Florida, USA. Utilizing the highest quality materials - foam core, epoxy resin infusion, and full carbon fiber construction. We hand-build all our tenders to your specifications, offering numerous options to personalize your boat.
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The weight
A carbon-epoxy hull weighs about half what a comparable tender weighs — easy to beach, easy to load on davits.
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The space
Double the usable deck and cockpit space compared to tenders of similar weight and length. Room for the gear, the crew, and the cooler.
Configure your hand-crafted tender now:
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Testimonials
From the owners.
Vincent DAvenaShe’s the best tender value on the market hands down.
TimoIt effortlessly planes with four adults and cuts through heavy chop like nothing else on the market.
Sustainability
A boat that doesn't end up on a beach.
Hypalon and PVC inflatables last eight years at best. Roto-molded dinghies crack and hit the landfill in five. A carbon-epoxy Cape Cat, maintained minimally, outlives its owner.
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About Us
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Meet the team.
Build Yours
Every Cape Cat 115 is built to order.
Every Cape Cat 115 is built to order.
The next one could be yours.
Configure online or send us a note — we'll call you back.
The workshop dispatch.
One email a quarter. New hulls, shop notes, occasional photos from the Florida shop. Nothing else.
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