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This cavernous support vessel can carry up to five tenders, as well as jet skis, quad bikes, helicopters and submarines

What do you do when your 87m Feadship can’t fit all your toys on board? Build a 66m shadow boat to carry them of course!

Launched this week by Spanish yard Astilleros Armón and designed by multihull specialist Incat Crowther, Hodor is the latest member of a growing global fleet of superyacht support vessels.

The owner clearly has a need for speed, as the pictures above show an impressive array of rapid toys, from a 56ft chase boat packing four Seven Marine outboards on the transom to what looks like a Fountain 32 Thundercat.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg, however, as Hodor can also carry a further three tenders, a submarine and a Eurocopter 145, not to mention jet skis and quad bikes galore.

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Hodor is no slouch either, with a top speed of 22.5 knots – enough to overtake the mothership so that the 20-strong crew can set up all the toys in the next secluded anchorage via the four built-in davits.

When the owner and his chums tire of charging around at top speed, they can explore underwater, as Hodor has a fully-equipped dive store, complete with Nitrox and O2 compression facilities.

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Incat Crowther announce delivery of 66m superyacht support catamaran named HODOR

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Shadow Cat named  HODOR , delivered to her owner, is the first of its kind built by Incat Crowther to enter the world of luxury yachting by the company. The support vessel’s layout offers a great amount of space on board, flexible layout, cruising capability, comfort and efficiency. Her stable platform provides for a safe transfer of guests from a helicopter to the mothership, via tenders.

Exterior with helicopter – Photo © Clint Jenkins Photography

HODOR boasts naval architecture and design by Incat Crowther, with project management and technical consultation by Robert Smith of YCTS and build by Astilleros Armón at their Burela shipyard in Spain. She was entirely customised to carry particular equipment and supplies as a support yacht to her mothership.

helideck and toys – Photo © Clint Jenkins Photography

The support yacht can carry a range of toys, equipment, facilities and people, including five tenders, jet skis, quad bike, a submarine garage, a helipad, crew and staff.

Guest entrance – Photo © Clint Jenkins Photography

The accommodation sleeps up to 20 crew and staff in a range of twin and double cabins, each with a private ensuite bathroom.

guest lounge – Photo © Clint Jenkins Photography

Two main engines allow the yacht to reach a maximum speed of 22.5 knots and a long-range cruising speed of 14 knots with up to 5500 nautical miles in range. Thanks to her catamaran design she is able to save up to 40% on fuel.

Bridge – Photo © Clint Jenkins Photography

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VESSEL REVIEW | Hodor – Super yacht support vessel and reception space

Spain’s Astilleros Armón has recently launched and delivered the 66-metre composite catamaran shadow vessel Hodor , designed by Incat Crowther.

Shadow vessels are a new breed of workboats. They are designed to blend in amongst super yachts with their smooth lines and gleaming chromed steel, however their purpose is to reduce crew numbers on the main yacht, allowing room for more guests, whilst also offloading other tasks that interfere with the enjoyment of being on a motor yacht.

Hodor offers large amounts of deck and storage space, flexibility, stability, efficiency and capability. The design offers a stable platform for the safe transfer of guests from helicopter to the mothership, via tenders.

Hodor allows for more luxury space to be available onboard the mothership while offering access to toys on demand. It also gives the crew a separate space to manage the operation and maintenance. The vessel can also act as a reception space for visiting guests, transferring them from helicopters to tenders.

Hodor has been completely customised to carry the specific equipment and supplies to support and enhance the owner’s mothership capabilities. The design uses the robust engineering of hulls proven in offshore platform service, such as the Seacor “Crewzer”-class and Incat Crowther’s 70-metre fast crewboat class. The hull incorporates a reverse bow, a deadweight capacity of 240 tonnes and a low propeller draught of 3.1 metres.

The platform accommodates an astounding number of toys, facilities and personnel. This includes five tenders (the largest being 17 metres in length), jet skis, quad bikes, a submarine garage, a helipad, a large complement of crew, staff and support equipment.

The tenders and submarine are flexibly located and can be launched from the upper and main decks. On the upper deck via the two large knuckle boom cranes, and on the main deck via twin beam cranes. A primary feature of the vessel is the the aft lifting platform for the 17-metre chase boat. A portable davit on the fore deck facilitates the launch and recovery of the vessels ROV and can also be used for additional jet ski storage.

The submarine garage is housed in the centre of Hodor . The launching system for this uses air casters to transfer it from the garage to the beam cranes for launching.

Incat Crowther has a number of vessels with fast launch and recovery systems – these existing proven systems were scaled up to the suitable size to allow the chase boat to be launched easily and quickly between the catamaran hulls.

The helipad is a fully-certified and CAP437 compliant for helicopters of six tonnes and up to D-value of 16 metres including the Eurocopter EC145. A large reception room, finished to a yacht standard, sits forward of the helipad, allowing guests to be transferred in comfort between helicopters and tenders.

Incat Crowther found that the catamaran platform lent itself well for helicopter support operations given the increased deck area, in particular the wide beam, and good level of stability.

The port hull shell door, provided for guest access is finished to a yacht standard and directly connected to the guest lounge via a guest staircase. The starboard hull shell door is reserved for crew operations. There is also water access via two stern platforms, should weather conditions require stern boarding.

Dive equipment is fully integrated with compressors, nitrox and oxygen facilities, as well as a hospital with decompression chamber.

Specialised spaces are dedicated for fresh and frozen food storage, additional storage for the mother vessel, waste treatment and general and spares stores.

Propulsion is provided by two main engines, giving a max speed of 22.5 knots, or long-range cruising at 14 knots up to 5,500 nautical miles. The catamaran platform allows fuel savings of around 40 per cent, affording the full vessel range with only 160,000 litres of diesel fuel. The vessel’s tankage supplies toys and vehicles with jet fuel, petrol and diesel from dedicated bunker stations.

A complement of 20 crew and staff are comfortably accommodated in a mix of double and twin ILO-compliant staterooms, each with ensuite bathrooms.

The wheelhouse is situated with excellent visibility. Access to electronics systems is simplified with incorporation of a walk-around main helm console and a dedicated MEC.

Fitted with an exhaust cleaning SCR system for IMO Tier 3 and EPA Tier 4 compliance, greenhouse gas emissions are significantly reduced, allowing the design to be more environmentally friendly.

The inherent stability of the catamaran does not require gyro or roll stabilisers whilst at rest. When underway, the vessel pitching motions are reduced by twin Humphree active interceptors on the stern.

A twin anchoring system is provided, which, combined with the widely spaced twin hulls, provides reduced motions whilst at anchor.

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Superyacht with 66-metre support yacht spotted off Victoria

A pair of multimillion-dollar yachts sailed past Victoria on Monday, both owned by billionaire brothers who made the bulk of their fortunes as owners of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

The 87-metre yacht Lonian was trailed by its 66-metre support yacht Hodor, described by Boat International magazine as "the world's largest floating toy box."

While the Lonian can accommodate 12 guests, 27 crew and a helicopter of its own, the catamaran-style support ship acts as a kind of floating garage, carrying speedboats, jet skis, motorcycles and ATVs.

"The idea was to get all the clutter off the mothership and on board a dedicated vessel," the Hodor's first officer told the magazine last year.

"There was no need to restrict the quantity of toys we put on board. The owner just let us go ahead and fill it with cool stuff."

The Hodor's designer, Incat Crowther, says the support ship "accommodates an astounding number of toys, facilities and personnel," which includes a submarine garage and a scuba-diving platform complete with onboard air compressors and "a hospital with decompression chamber."

According to financial transparency website OpenCorporates , the vessels are owned by a pair of holding companies controlled by Fertitta Enterprises, the family company of Lorenzo Fertitta and brother Frank Fertitta III.

According to Forbes magazine, the casino-magnate brothers bought the UFC for US$2 million in 2001 and sold it in 2016 for US$4 billion, while retaining stakes in the company which sold in 2017 at a US$5-billion valuation.

Vessel-tracking website marinetraffic.com indicates the yachts were en route to Vancouver from Seattle.

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• Aug 18, 2021

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By: Scott Way

The 66 metre (216 foot) Hodor is not a standalone yacht. The fact that it's a support ship at 216 feet long is crazy enough, but it's her purpose that's even crazier.

The Hodor isn't meant for accommodating extra guests, or even to serve as a tender for shuttling its owners to the mainland. It is, strictly speaking, a toy chest. Let's hold the door open on her main deck and take a peak inside.

Hodor is based on an Incat Crowther all-aluminum 55 metre 'fast ferry' platform, but has been stretched by 11 metres and custom fitted to accommodate a veritable Pandora's box of powersports entertainment. She has no guest accommodations (although there is lodging for 17 crew), and she is designed entirely to transport a fleet of toys alongside her main ship. Incat Crowther is renowned for designing high-speed catamaran ferries, but the modifications to Hodor allow her to not only keep up with the main ship but also make the storage, maintenance, and use of superyacht toys as simple as possible.

In an interview with Boat International , first officer of Hodor Troy Eriksson said, “The idea was to get all the clutter off the mothership and on board a dedicated vessel – and the Incat Crowther catamaran platform provided the perfect answer.”

“The fact that the boat has two hulls and is based on a commercial vessel means there are huge load areas and storage spaces, so there was no need to restrict the quantity of toys we put on board. The owner just let us go ahead and fill it with cool stuff.”

Hodor doesn't look like a typical boat, either. Despite already being a massive catamaran designed to carry helicopters and off-road vehicles, she is also painted in stealth grey with an orange accent stripe. The various boats, choppers, and machinery on her deck may not belie her purpose, but at a distance it's not unthinkable to mistake her for a warship.

So what's on board?

The garage below deck contains nine jet skis, four Yamaha ATV's, two Yamaha side-by-sides, four Yamaha motorcycles, two Laser dinghies, and a Hobie Cat. The area was also recently outfitted to take delivery of a Seamagine Aurora-3 submersible . To coincide with the sub's arrival, the ship also holds a dive room with oxygen and compressed air, a decompression chamber, and a triage centre with medical supplies.

The best stuff is up top, of course, where a 17 metre (55 foot) Nor-Tech 560 center console resides (fun fact- the boat and Hodor are showcased together on the Nor-Tech website). It also appears much of Hodor's top-deck engineering was done to accommodate the Nor-Tech, and the Incat Crowther design in particular proved the best platform for the job. Robert Smith of YCTS, the project manager responsible for Hodor's customization, told Boat International , “We looked at every other possible option, but the big issue was always the Nor-Tech – loading it on and off another boat is a very serious business that needs to be treated with respect. Incat Crowther’s existing catamaran design meant we didn’t have to reinvent the wheel, because it’s so big and stable that it allows such maneuvers to be carried out in safety.”

Dan Mace, the project's technical manager, added “We have a number of vessels with fast launch and recovery systems, which we simply scaled up to a suitable size to allow the chase boat to be launched easily and quickly between the catamaran hulls. The submarine garage is housed in the centre of Hodor , and its launching system uses air casters to locate from the garage to the beam cranes.”

But that's just the beginning of what's on deck. There is also a colour-matching fully composite Airbus H145 helicopter with a futuristic tail-shrouded rotor with seating for 10 passengers. There's a 7.3 metre (24 foot) Novurania catamaran RIB, a 16 metre (52 foot) Hydra-Sports 53 center console with quad Seven Marine 627 diesel outboard engines, a Nautique ski boat, and a truly wild 388 Skater offshore race boat capable of 190 mph.

As you might expect, all those toys don't leave much room for R&R, but that's not the purpose of Hodor . The ship has two lounge areas for guests, but there are no guest accommodations. For what it's worth, the lounges are well equipped with everything including a full bar, big screen TV's, custom laser-cut Corian panels, plush furnishings, and an ultra-modern design.

The crew has it pretty good, too, thanks in part to the natural layout of a catamaran design. The ship holds 17 crew while underway, and the pontoon layout on the 216 foot boat provides a spacious platform that allows the crew cabins to be oversized with full size bathrooms. There are also open concept communal areas that get natural sunlight from enormous side panel windows.

So who owns Hodor , and its main yacht, you might be wondering? While superyacht ownership is always shrouded in mystery and layers, there are several outlets claiming the boat belongs to Lorenzo Fertitta , a successful Las Vegas casino owner and the former CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The Fertitta family owns the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas as well as Station Casinos, which have 21 locations across the United States. The Fertittas sold their share of the UFC to entertainment conglomerate WME-IMG in 2016 for a whopping $4 billion.

'Shadow yachts' are becoming more commonplace as billionaires commission ever-bigger superyachts requiring more support. Amazon's Jeff Bezos was just linked to a 417 foot $500 million superyacht that's currently in production that will also include a 246 foot support ship. There's no word if Bezos' yacht will have a boat, inside a boat, inside another boat, the way Hodor does, but one can probably assume it'll have a couple extra toys aboard.

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66.2m  /  217'2 | astilleros armon | 2019.

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Hodor is built with a aluminium hull and aluminium superstructure, with aluminium decks. Powered by twin MTU (16V 4000 M73L) 3,328hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 14 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 22 knots with a range of up to 5,500 nautical miles from her 160,000 litre fuel tanks at 14 knots. Her water tanks store around 20,000 Litres of fresh water. She was built to Lloyds Register classification society rules.

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• The owner of a Lamborghini yacht threatened a private dock employee, per CBS8.
• The employee said Ajay Thakore mooned and threw cash at him after being told he couldn't use the dock.
• Thakore, the CEO of Doctor Multimedia, issued an apology through his public relations team.

The owner of a $3.4 million Lamborghini yacht threatened a private dock employee after being told he couldn't be there, the San Diego-based broadcaster CBS8 reported on March 11.

Joseph Holt, a 21-year-old employee at Marriot Marina in San Diego, told CBS8 that he spotted the yacht sailing into the private dock. The owner, whom CBS8 identified as Ajay Thakore, tried to pick another person up at the dock, Holt said.

"I told him respectfully that he couldn't be there, and I honestly was hoping to have a conversation with him about his cool boat," Holt told CBS8.

In a YouTube video posted by @SM-wc9eq on March 10, a dark blue Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is seen sailing out of a dock. A man in a gray T-shirt, a pair of jeans, and a cap was shown standing on the yacht. The man appeared to be Thakore, per CBS8.

Thakore was shown shouting at Holt. "I will kill you, you know I will kill you!" he can be heard saying multiple times in the video

Thakore was later shown pounding his fist on his palm and pointing his thumb down before telling Holt: "To your face!" Holt was shown responding by pointing his middle finger at Thakore.

"I really was trying to restrain myself from getting fired from my job or stepping out of line. The only thing I did was give him the bird," Holt told CBS8.

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Holt said Thakore then took $100 bills from his wallet and threw them at him. He added that Thakore mooned him. This exchange was not shown in the video.

"He was saying I'm nobody, I'm nothing, I work a silly job. He said that he knows people, he has connections, he can change my life and ruin it," Holt said. Holt did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

The San Diego Harbor Police arrived at the marina 10 minutes after Thakore's yacht exited the dock, per CBS8.

The Harbor Police told Business Insider that Holt decided to press charges against Thakore and that they are investigating the incident.

According to Thakore's LinkedIn page , he's the CEO of Doctor Multimedia. The company's website shows that it's a healthcare marketing firm based in San Diego. Thakore appears to go by the name Ace Rogers on Instagram and TikTok, where he's noted as being a professional gambler.

Thakore, through his public relations team, told CBS8 in a statement that his altercation with Holt was "regrettable."

"What started as a minor misunderstanding escalated into an argument, and I apologize for my actions and to those who witnessed the unfortunate exchange," the statement said. Thakore did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

Thakore isn't the only CEO who's been called out for threatening another person. In November 2021, an Activision spokesperson told BI that its ex-CEO Bobby Kotick had previously apologized for telling his assistant he would have her killed. The spokesperson added that Kotick's threat was "obviously hyperbolic and inappropriate" and that "he deeply regrets the exaggeration and tone."

In June 2020, Lisa Alexander, the CEO of LaFace Skincare, a cosmetics company, apologized in a statement to the media after she had threatened to call the police on her neighbor for writing "Black Lives Matter" on his property. Alexander said in the apology that she was "disrespectful" and "should have minded my own business."

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Inside Look: Home Built Trawler Boat Tour

Once a Trawler Owner, Always a Trawler Lover…

We are sailors now, but our heads still turn at a good looking Trawler! We always enjoy touring the insides of boats, especially when we are looking for new decoration or layout inspiration. It is also fun to see how other cruisers utilize their limited space to make it feel more like home. Lucky for us, we were able to get an inside look of the committee boat while we were competing in the Corsair Nationals Regatta in Sarasota. This Trawler was built by a man named Charlie and his brothers, along with some outside help. Charlie was kind enough to invite us over for a boat tour, which we will now share with you!

Roseate: The Home Built Trawler

When we first caught eye of the docked Roseate, we couldn’t help but inquire about her. At first glance, we knew this Trawler had a unique exterior, but it wasn’t until we met her owner Charlie that we found out about all the unique history that makes up the boat’s interior.

Trawler Interior Tour

Roseate was built over a span of four years and most of her wood was recovered from the bottom of the Apalachicola River over 100 years ago. The cypress logs would sink to the river floor and divers would dive down to pull them up. With the help of Charlie’s brother milling the logs, Charlie recycled the cypress and varnished them for his Trawler interior.

Recovered cypress used for the Trawler’s interior.

Beautiful Cabinetry located in Charlie’s kitchen.

Beautiful Cabinetry located in Charlie’s bedroom.

As we were touring the spacious interior, we came across one of our favorite features in the cabin. Built out of Southern Yellow Pine, is Charlie’s wine rack. The pine originated from the biggest pine tree on record in Florida and is said to be over 175 years old – how crazy! The old pine tree was located at Charlie’s grandfather’s house and since it had recently died he salvaged the wood to become a major piece of his Trawler!

Charlie’s custom built wine rack from the oldest pine tree recorded in Florida

Another one of our favorite features of the Trawler are the floors and countertops. The floors were uniquely created from cork and plywood. Charlie’s reasoning for using these supplies were because they are “easy and cheap”. When you can get style at an inexpensive cost – we say that is a win win situation! You can buy a square for about a dollar at Home Depot 🙂

Floors of Roseate epoxied and made from cork + plywood.

Countertops also made from cork.

For a full Trawler tour of Roseate, visit our Youtube channel below. ↓

Lastly, a HUGE thanks to Charlie for giving us a tour of his beautiful home, Roseate. We hope you enjoyed this blog & follow along with us as we post more updated about our trip along the Florida Mini Loop .

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Thanks Billy for sending such beautiful pictures. It’s been a long time since we have seen you both .. We sold the house in Florida and are just enjoying Islip and our grandchildren and we got older. Benjamin is getting married to Carolyn June 4th and Thomas and Casey are having #2 in July —-maybe you know already.. Thanks please stay safe. Jackie. Ruffino Grandmother

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