PREVIEW

A luxurious catamaran has been purpose-built to transport cars to and from superyachts.

GreenJoy Studios, the luxury concept and design startup founded in 2023, introduced the Falcon Tender concept at the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show on September 25th, in partnership with Falcon Tenders, the project’s dedicated builder.

Greenberg and Joy say their goal was to disrupt the tender segment with an out-of-the-box concept that could cater to the most demanding clients in the yachting industry. The resulting design, which is kind of like a cross between a support vessel, a floating garage, and a tender, offers seafarers an exciting new way to store and transport luxury vehicles. The studio says each unit will be fully bespoke, ensuring owners can create the perfect home for their fine automobiles.

The Falcon Tender's aft features a spacious cargo bay, specifically designed to accommodate, store, transport, and deploy cars using a proprietary system that includes two components: a platform called “The Pedastol,” which rises above a land-based point before extending the second part, “The Red Carpet,” a telescoping ramp with a high-friction coating.

The Pedastol then lowers until the Red Carpet is flush with the ground, forming a stable bridge to the Falcon Tender’s centre. The car drives aboard, and once it reaches its designated position, the Red Carpet retracts, and the Pedastol descends until the car is completely secured for transit.

While cruising over the waves, the owner and guests in the car are transported to the mothership's beach, where the Falcon Tender arrives and deploys one of its lateral wings, extending a set of steps and a boarding pole, represented in this instance by a custom deployable umbrella, as the car door opens. Once all guests have safely disembarked, the crew guides the Falcon Tender to the side garage, where it is stowed with the car inside for complete protection.

Philip Greenberg of GreenJoy stated, “My first idea was an amphibious tender, something James Bond would drive for uninterrupted transit between land and sea. Not only has this been done, but it necessitates compromise, two points equally antithetical to GreenJoy’s values.

"There are plenty of landing craft for deploying utility vehicles to the beach, but this is the first tender capable of delivering exotic, low-clearance cars directly to the road. Many owners already bring Ferraris and Bugattis aboard, but the system of cranes is clumsy, requiring massive yachts to enter the port just for owners to have to wait on deck. I expect we’ll be hearing from those owners soon.”