Prepare for every journey
Made for the way you
actually spend a day at sea
The Sport Tender 42 is a day boat for full days, made for the kind of day where the boat is the destination. A morning swim. Lunch in the cockpit at anchor. Friends arriving by tender for an afternoon. A long cruise back as the light shifts. The design exists for that day.
What makes for the
best days on the water?
Throughout the design process, one question guided every decision: what makes for the best days on the water with the people you want to spend them with?
The answers were specific. Big, flexible socialising spaces. Plenty of room to move around. Sun protection that covers a real part of the boat. Several places to lie back and lounge or sunbathe. Refrigeration sized for actual food and drink, not a token nod to provisioning. A proper outdoor galley with a barbecue.
A swim platform with room for several people at once. An aft stowage area generous enough for the gear and the toys, opened with a hydraulic mechanism so it stays accessible whatever you have on board. Every element on the Sport Tender 42 traces back to one of those answers. The boat is what those answers built.
Walk-around design that
treats movement as a feature
The Sport Tender 42 is built around how people actually move on a boat. Wide passageways. Treading surfaces sized for two people walking past each other. Aft deck, foredeck, side decks: all dimensioned for movement, all linked.
The walk-around is a design discipline. Furniture sized for use. Decks sized for movement. Transitions sized for ease. The result is a deck plan that opens up the moment you step on board and stays open as the day shifts from cruising to swimming to lunch and back.
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Walk-around design
Move freely from bow to stern with uninterrupted side decks built for confidence on the water.
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The social heart
An open cockpit designed for gathering, with seating, shade, and galley flowing as one space.
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Real conditions
A deep-V hull tuned for Nordic waters, holding its line when the weather turns.
The boating experience
“In the design and development process, we deliberately focused on “simplicity” and “easy living” for everyone on board. This includes being able to easily and conveniently board or deboard the boat, to load, to travel, to stay aboard and to own the boat. Everything that has to do with your Nimbus should feel natural and easy regardless of activity. When things are easy, we quite simply feel more relaxed and can focus on the boating experience", Says Mats Jacobsson, Technical Director at Nimbus.
A social heart that adapts
to how the day unfolds
The aft deck is the social heart of the Sport Tender 42, and most days on the boat happen here. The space is designed around how people actually spend time on the water, in every weather and at every speed.
The aft deck is the social heart of the Sport Tender 42, and most days on the boat happen here. The space is designed around how people actually spend time on the water, in every weather and at every speed.
The lounge has three sofas and a large table. Sofas, table, and canvas sun cover move with simple handles and reconfigure for the moment. Forward-facing seating for a fast cruise across the bay. A long sun pad when the anchor is down and the swim has just ended. A face-to-face arrangement around the table for a long lunch, the kind that stretches past coffee. The same space, three uses, no compromise.
The canvas sun cover does real work. It extends across a substantial part of the deck for the times the sun is direct, and folds clear when the day cools or the light is worth keeping. Shade for the bright hours, daylight for the rest.
A foldable side balcony on the starboard side, new for the 42 series, opens the lounge over the water at anchor. Folded out, the deck steps directly down to sea level and the social footprint doubles. Children can step from the platform straight to the deck. Friends from a neighbouring boat tie up alongside and step across in a single move. Folded in, the balcony returns to the hull line and the boat keeps its underway lines.
The outdoor galley sits aft, with drawers for cutlery and tableware, a sink with hot water, and space for a gas stove or electric grill. Refrigeration is sized for a full day on the water, with multiple compartments to separate fresh, cold, and frozen. Lunch on board is the kind of lunch that means something, an unhurried meal in the bay rather than the compromise lunch from a marina café two hours later.
The aft stowage, 2,500 litres on the outboard configuration, opens with a hydraulic mechanism accessible from the aft deck. Room for a stand-up paddleboard, a couple of sea bobs, wakeboards, an inflatable tender, the spare wetsuits, the towels, the everything-else for the day. The swim platform extends the social space toward the water, and the aft deck seating arrangement adds side cushions that turn storage into more seating when the boat fills with people.
A boat that gives you the morning, the midday, and the evening on the water, and the kind of day that becomes the story you tell on the way home.
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Built to run dry and
stable at 45+ knots
The hull is an air-lubricated twin-stepped design with a razor-sharp bow section and a low planing threshold. Built to run dry and stable in real conditions at 45+ knots and across the cruising range below.
For the helm, two paths: Mercury Joystick Piloting with integrated bow thruster across the Mercury outboard range, or Volvo Penta inboard with the assisted docking package and joystick control. Both make close-quarter manoeuvring effortless.
For owners who want more power, the Sport Tender 42 can be fitted with dual Mercury V10 425hp engines. Performers, sized for those who want it.
The new Nimbus user interface focuses on what a driver actually reaches for. Engine data, interceptors, depth, charts in split screen, tank levels, power and shore connection: each on its own screen, each one reach away from the helm.
Our owners told us what they loved most. The 42 series delivers more of exactly that. Refinements that serve ease of use, social connection, and time together on the water.
Jonas Göthberg
Commercial Director, Nimbus Boats
The foredeck
Room for a divan and a sun bed.
Thanks to the wide gunwale and the new 40mm stainless steel railing, the foredeck doubles as a seating area for quiet moments away from the main lounge. A large loading hatch connects the foredeck directly to the forward cabin, so gear and provisions move down by the most direct route.
The galley
The outdoor galley sits on the aft deck.
Drawers for cutlery and tableware. A sink with hot water. Space for a gas stove or electric grill. Refrigeration sized for a full day at sea, with multiple compartments to separate fresh, cold, and frozen.
The swim platform and aft stowage
The new swim platform is extended, with double-mould construction that integrates structurally with the hull. Optional hydraulic operation lowers the platform to passerelle height for boarding from a quay or a dinghy. A new aft deck shower at the transom rinses off the salt after a swim.
Aft stowage measures just over 2,500 litres on the outboard configuration, with a hydraulic opening accessible from the aft deck. Room for stand-up paddleboards, sea bobs, wakeboards, an inflatable tender. The swim platform and aft deck give several people space to use the water at the same time.
Below deck
The forward cabin connects to the foredeck through a large loading hatch, so gear and provisions move down by the most direct route.
Two separate cabins. A double in the forward cabin, a double in the mid cabin, sleeping four. Improved sound insulation keeps the cabin quiet at cruising speed and at anchor. The bathroom is a real one: standing height, separate door, toilet, and shower. Storage is sized for what people actually bring on board for a few nights on the water.
At the helm
The hull is an air-lubricated twin-stepped design with a razor-sharp bow section and a low planing threshold. Built to run dry and stable in real conditions at 45+ knots and across the cruising range below.
New custom helm seats from Nimbus, ergonomic with lateral support, reduce fatigue on longer passages.
The Nimbus user interface focuses on what a driver actually reaches for. A start page sets a clean tone before entering the system. A homepage holds the values and stereo controls you reach for from the seat. A driving page covers engine data, interceptors, depth, and split-screen charts. A tank page tells you when it is time for a harbour. A power page covers batteries, shore connection, charger activity, and current draw.
The surface areas are generous, and the freedom of movement on board is visible. In the lounge, on the aft deck, on the foredeck. You feel it the moment you step on board.
Joacim Gustavsson
Chief Designer, Nimbus Boats
Who is the Sport Tender 42 for?
The Sport Tender 42 is a spacious, adaptable day boat for full days on the water with family and friends. It values seaworthiness, considered design, and contemporary Scandinavian craft.
It is for people who want a boat that handles a sunny afternoon, a long day at sea, and the unfamiliar harbour at dusk with the same composure. For owners who use the same boat for a swim with the children, a barbecue at anchor, a fast cruise across the bay, and a quiet morning with coffee on the foredeck. For people who recognise that the design discipline behind the boat is the reason all those moments work.
Whether the boat is used on the Norwegian west coast, in the Mediterranean, or on the North American east coast, owners value protected comfort, reliable performance, and considered Scandinavian functional design. The Sport Tender 42 delivers exactly that.
Jonas Göthberg
Commercial Director at Nimbus Boats
Technical Specifications
| Length | 12.70 m / 41 ft 7 in |
| Beam | 3.46 m / 11 ft 4 in |
| Weight (with 2x425 hp engine, standard boat) | 6,850 kg / 15,097 lbs |
| Draft | 0.9 m / 3 ft |
| Maximum air draft | 3.85 m / 12 ft 7 in |
| Fuel capacity | 850 l / 224.5 US gal |
| Fresh water capacity | 135 l / 36 US gal |
| Black water tank | 80 l / 21 US gal |
| Refrigerator Capacity | 70 + 70 + 85 l (2.47 + 2.47 + 3 cu ft) |
| Speed | 45+ knots |
| Design category | B10 / C12 |
| Berths | 4 (two double cabins) |
Engine Alternatives
| Mercury Verado V8 | 2x300 hp |
| Mercury Verado V10 | 2x400 hp |
| Volvo Penta D4 DPI | 2x320 hp |
Standard Equipment
Plotter Simrad 12″ NSX (outboard configuration)
Nimbus Connect
Shore power and battery charger 50A
Bow thruster
Zipwake Dynamic trim interceptors
Refrigerator
2 x 95Ah AGM batteries
Fresh water system
Toilet and shower
Electric pump-out of septic tank
Interval windshield wiper
Full LED lights including courtesy lights
12V electric outlet
Anchor box with drainage
Bathing ladder
Big teak table on aft deck
Seafire automatic fire-fighting system
Manual fire extinguisher
Cushions in cabins
Cushions on aft deck
Electrical panel with fuses
Electrical engine controls
Flagpole
First-aid kit
Glass and bottle holder in dashboard
Grab rail in stainless steel
Compass
Manual and electric bilge pump
Marine-varnished Nordic oak interior
Carpets in cabins
Nimbus toolkit
Nimbus cutlery and crockery for six
Nimbus décor pillows
Pulpits and bollards in stainless steel
LED navigation lights
Septic tank with deck outlet
Signal horn
Self-bailing aft deck
Vacuum-infused sandwich laminate with Divinycell core
Skylight on deck with curtain
Extended courtesy light in cabin and deck saloon
Step-light aft deck and sidewalk
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