Valerio Rivellini Designs Iceman, the New Explorer Tender from Cantiere Delle Marche

Renowned designer Valerio Rivellini has been tapped by Cantiere delle Marche to create Iceman, a pioneering Explorer Tender set to complement the Flexplorer 146.

Crafted as an essential support vessel for the yacht designed to navigate diverse latitudes, Iceman boasts a 10-meter aluminum hull paired with a carbon fiber superstructure.

Uniquely stored in the stern of the mother vessel, it ingeniously houses a secondary 4-meter tender on its own stern, optimizing spatial efficiency on the Flexplorer’s main deck. Rivellini's design emphasizes versatility, structural robustness, and lightweight features, making Iceman the go-to Explorer Tender for operations across various latitudes.

Iceman is 9.55 meters long and 3 meters in the beam, and with a draught of just 50 centimeters it can access even very shallow coastal waters. It has a displacement of 4 tonnes, can carry 10 passengers and is powered by a 370 HP Yanmar engine.

In addition to the second tender, Iceman stows all the water toys available to guests on the Flexplorer 146: two seabobs, two six-meter canoes and four super-innovative Aerofoils, as well as fishing gear and diving equipment (including six cylinders).

CDM's story begins in 2010. The facilities cover an overall surface of 16˙000 square meters, including 7˙000 sq. m of workshops and 1˙000 sq. m of docks. Since 2015, the shipyard has been the world’s leading builder of explorer yachts. Based in Ancona, Cantiere delle Marche builds yachts from 26m to 43m in length.