What does Tendered mean?

[timkins42]

In reading the literature for our cruise , at some ports it says "cruising" and at Icy Strait it read "tendered". What does tendered mean?

[MEcruzr]

Tendered means you won't be tied up to a pier... you'll be at anchor and will need to take a "tender" (boat) ashore.

 

When an intinerary says "cruising" I believe it usually means you'll be sailing through a particular body of water that day... like a strait or a channel.

[TeaBag]

It means you are not docked. You are anchored at sea and you have to use the lifeboats to get to the port. It takes a little longer and is not as convenient as being tied up at the dock.

[cb at sea]

No worries...a tender is NOT a rowboat! It's fairly large and holds alot of folks. Sort of like a "people ferry"!

[timkins42]

Thanks. Thats what I thought but was not sure.

[cruie4ever]

Like the OP said a tender boat holds a lot of people .I have heard that they can hold over 100 people.

[derf5585]

I like to call it tenderizing:D

[derf5585]

This is not how tenderizing in done

 

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[jdvmd]

Tendered is taking a life boat or a ferry from the ship to shore, ie, anchored ship. The maximum is 150 people. If a ferry is utilized (like in Cozumel), the number can go up to 300.

Using a tender means thattThe ship cannot dock because the water depth is too shallow for the girth of the ship.

Sailing, at sea, going through the straits means just that -- you are sailing, usually at a lower rate of speed.