The interior of Hodor is
the work of Oliver Design,
founded by naval engineer
Jaime Oliver in 1990 and
based near Bilbao, northern
Spain. It has lined the walls
of the guest lounge (topand opposite page, top and
bottom right) with laser-cut
Corian panels. Opposite
page, bottom left: guests
arrive through the port hull
shell door, which gives direct
access to the loungecatamaran 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.”
It’s amazing what else has been accommodated.
On the top deck are a 7.3-metre Novurania
catamaran RIB, a nine-metre Metal Shark
landing craft, a 16-metre Hydra-Sports 53 centre
console sports boat with quad Seven Marine 627
engines, a Ski Nautique and an insane 388 Skater
race boat, capable of a genuine 240km/h. This
selection of toys will keep even the most easily
bored guest amused for weeks.
But the fun does not end on the water. Within
the two voluminous hulls is a dive room stocked
with oxygen, Nitrox and compressed air. In
case of emergencies, Hodor also has a
decompression chamber, stretcher and triage
area. To support the fleet of toys is a petrol room
capable of holding 7,500 litres of fuel and an
engineer’s workshop.
Since the boat will function as a toy-carrying
shadow vessel, there are only two interior guest
areas – a small but luxurious lounge, which can
be accessed directly from the tender dock, and
two spacious bathrooms intended for anyone
who might want to freshen up. Oliver Design, the
Spanish studio, was responsible for the modular
interiors used to complete the fit-out at the
Astilleros Armón yard in Burela.
Despite the fact that the seating area is likely to
be used only briefly, it is equipped with top-grade
furnishings, a fully stocked bar and plasma
television, while its walls, and those of the
staircase that accesses it, are clad in fretwork
Corian panels that have been meticulously laser-
cut with a Moorish design. The remainder of the
accommodation is dedicated to the crew who,
thanks to the commodious nature of the
catamaran layout, get to enjoy light-filled, open-
plan communal areas and generous cabins with
full-sized bathrooms. “[The owner] asked for the
crew’s input in order that we ended up with a boat
that we would all love to live on and work on,”
Eriksson says.
Hodor might be the first of its type, but its
creation has already brought Incat Crowther
further orders. “The demand for shadow yachts
is increasing as owners see the opportunity to
have a broader range of yachting activities and
options, without the need for a larger
mothership,” Mace says. Let’s be glad that there
are still people around who aren’t afraid to think
big – really big – when it comes to having fun. B
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09 2019