Our partners
Highfield
The boat that gets us ashore. Highfield builds aluminum-hulled RIBs and tenders, from small roll-up dinghies to family jet boats and tough patrol boats.
Highfield is one of our partners. This page is our own short summary of highfieldboats.com.
Who they are
Number one in tenders
Highfield says it has delivered around 54,000 boats around the world since the brand began in 2011. That makes it the world’s number one in RIB tenders, and a global player in boats of 5 meters and up.
Who it’s built for
Yacht owners who need a dependable tender, families who want a fun day on the water, and professional crews who need a commercial-quality workboat.
What they’re saying right now
Their homepage opens with one line, #DareToExplore, and a welcome to Highfield Boats. From there it walks you through their ranges, one by one, from Roll Up to ADV.
What they make
Ours, aboard our own photo Photo: Highfield the maker’s photo
Roll Up range
Compact and economical tenders.
Ultralite range
Built around one idea: weight matters.
Classic range
An extra level of comfort. Our tender from 2021 was a Classic 380.
Sport range
In Highfield’s words, the next generation of Highfield. Ours is a Sport 390.
Patrol range
Commercial-quality RIBs for professional crews.
Velox range
A family jet RIB, powered by Rotax.
Their site also shows the ADV range.
On Sophisticated Lady
Our Highfield is our ride to shore, our shopping run and our scouting boat. It’s set up as a small systems boat of its own.
What we run
- Tender: Highfield Sport 390, since December 2024
- Navigation: a Raymarine Element 7 chartplotter with depth transducer at the tender helm
- Power: BougeRV solar on the tender bimini
- 2018: our first Highfield, with a Yamaha engine, in St Martin
- 2021: a Highfield Classic 380 arrives at Shelter Bay Marina, followed by ePropulsion electric drives
From Highfield: the Sport 390
Their published specs for our tender:
- Length: 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
- Width: 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Max load: 716 kg (1,579 lb), up to 7 people
- Max power: 60 hp, with a 30 l (7.9 gal) fuel tank
- Hull: high-tensile, chromated and powder-coated aluminum, with ORCA Hypalon or PVC tubes
Our Highfield videos
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SSL722: a change of plan, switching to the Highfield Sport 390
SSL562: a big surprise (our Classic 380 arrives, 2021)
SSL316: our new Highfield dinghy and Yamaha engine in St Martin (2018)
See every Highfield range
Visit Highfield’s own website for every range, full specs and dealers. It opens in a new window, so this page stays right here.
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