Hodor support vessel: 66 m ShadowCat catamaran, helipad, submersible, 5,500 nm at 14 kn

In short

Hodor is not a stand-alone explorer but a support ship: the first of Incat Crowther's ShadowCat catamarans, built to carry a mothership's helicopter, submersible, tenders and toys, and to offer a stable platform for moving guests from helicopter to tender (Incat Crowther). Her expedition kit is that of a small offshore vessel: a CAP 437 helipad for helicopters of up to 6 tonnes, a garage for a Seamagine Aurora-3 submersible with an air-caster launch to the beam cranes, an ROV davit, and a dive centre with a decompression chamber (Incat Crowther, Boat International). With 160,000 litres of diesel she is rated for 5,500 nautical miles at 14 knots and can reach 22.5 knots, fast enough to run ahead of her mothership and prepare the toys before it arrives (Incat Crowther, Boat International). She has no ice notation, and her voyages have been in open water, from the Bahamas and Hawaii to Alaska, British Columbia and the Mediterranean (SuperYacht Times, Boat International).

World Superyacht Awards 2020: winner, Support Vessels — Boat International, Winners of the World Superyacht Awards 2020

Videos

Three tours from YouTube.

**SEAmagine Delivers its Aurora Submersible on M.Y. Hodor**Charles Kohnen · 8 Jul 2020Watch on YouTube

**LONIAN Mega Yacht + Support Vessel Hodor Exclusive 4K Drone Footage**Ascension Media · 5 Aug 2025Watch on YouTube

**HODOR 66m Shadow Boat Build Timelapse**Clint Jenkins · 8 Jun 2019Watch on YouTube

Photos

Hodor at sea seen from ahead and above, showing her angular grey superstructure, a mast with radar domes and the twin hulls with orange trim at the waterline — The angular bow and twin hulls

The helipad of Hodor from directly above at speed, an octagonal deck with an orange circle and H marking, a grey helicopter on it and a white wake behind — The certified helipad, with her helicopter

The stern of Hodor at sea: the helipad with her helicopter overhangs the open space between the two hulls, with a centre-console boat with four outboard engines stowed underneath on the main deck — Stern view: the helipad above the main deck between the hulls

The guest lounge with white fretwork wall panels, a white sectional sofa with blue and orange cushions, a dark stone coffee table and a rug of wooden discs — The guest lounge, with laser-cut Corian wall panels

A view through a sliding door from a grey stairway into the white guest lounge with its fretwork panels and sofa — The way into the guest lounge from the stairs

A white lounge and dining area with a large wall screen, a long high table with white chairs and sofas by wide windows — A lounge and dining area

A cabin with a double bed, light oak panelling, two square windows and a desk with a chair — A cabin; apart from the guest lounge, the accommodation is for the crew

The bridge with two blue helm chairs on either side of a wide central console of controls and screens — The bridge, with its walk-around central helm console

The garage below deck with black side-by-side ATVs and quad bikes on a grey floor and tenders stowed behind — The garage, with side-by-side ATVs and quad bikes

Specifications

Ice class: No ice-class notation. Her Lloyd's Register class, as published by her designer, is +100A1 SSC Support Catamaran HSCV G6, +LMC, Helicopter Landing Area, UMS
In ice, in practice: She is an aluminium high-speed catamaran with no ice strengthening described by any source, so she is built for open water rather than ice. Her reported voyages have been in temperate and tropical waters, plus Alaska and, in summer 2025, British Columbia
Role: Shadow (support) vessel. Boat International reports that her mothership is the 87-metre Feadship Lonian, delivered in 2018; she carries the toys, tenders, helicopter and submersible, gives guests a stable transfer point from helicopter to tender, and stores supplies for the mothership
Length overall: 66.20 m; 64.80 m at the waterline
Beam: 14.00 m
Draught: 2.3 m at the hull; 3.1 m at the propellers
Gross tonnage: 1,582 1,525 in the Boat International directory
Builder: Astilleros Armón, Burela shipyard, Spain; delivered in June 2019. Lloyd's Register gives 12 April 2019 as her date of build
Design: Design and naval architecture by Incat Crowther (design IC16211); project management and technical consultancy by Robert Smith of YCTS, who later founded SHADOWCAT; interior by Oliver Design of Spain
Build history: She is based on Incat Crowther's all-aluminium 55-metre fast ferry platform, stretched by 11 metres, with hull engineering taken from offshore crew boats such as the SEACOR CREWzer class and Incat Crowther's 70-metre fast crew boats. The yard and designer chose a catamaran mainly so that the 17-metre chase boat could be launched and recovered safely. She was the first of the ShadowCat range; the 68.2-metre Wayfinder followed in 2021
Hull: Marine-grade aluminium catamaran with a reverse bow; deadweight 240 t
Propulsion: Two MTU 16V 4000 M73L diesels of 2,880 kW each with SCR exhaust cleaning for IMO Tier III, driving two Servogear controllable-pitch propellers; two CAT C9.3 generators
Speed: 21 kn service speed; 22.5 kn maximum
Range: 5,500 nm at 14 kn
Fuel and water: 160,000 litres of diesel and 20,000 litres of fresh water; a 7,500-litre petrol room, and bunker stations that supply jet fuel, petrol and diesel to the helicopter, tenders and vehicles 16,000 litres of fuel in the SuperYacht Times profile
Stabilisation: No gyro or fin stabilisers: the catamaran is stable at rest, and two Humphree active interceptors on the stern reduce pitching under way; a twin anchoring system
Helicopter: One certified helipad on the bridge deck aft, 220 m², compliant with CAP 437 for helicopters of up to 6 tonnes and a D-value of 16 m, such as the EC145; she carries an Airbus H145 painted in her colours. No hangar; Incat Crowther offers one as an option on later ShadowCats
Submersible: A three-person Seamagine Aurora-3 submersible with a 1,000-metre depth rating, delivered on board in 2020, kept in a garage in the centre of the vessel; air casters move it from the garage to the beam cranes for launching. A portable davit on the foredeck launches her ROV Baird Maritime (2019) lists an Aurora-5, and Boat International (2021) a five-person submarine
Tenders and toys: Five tenders as delivered, the largest a 17-metre Nor-Tech 560 Sport centre console, launched by a hydraulic lift between the hulls. The other boats are a 16-metre Hydra-Sports 53 with four outboards, stowed under the helipad, a 388 Skater race boat, a 9-metre Metal Shark landing craft, a 7.3-metre Novurania catamaran RIB and a Ski Nautique; two knuckle-boom cranes on the bridge deck and twin beam cranes on the main deck launch them. In the garage: nine jet skis, four Yamaha quad bikes, two side-by-side ATVs, four Yamaha TW200 trail motorcycles, two Laser dinghies and a Hobie Cat
Diving and medical: A dive room with compressors, Nitrox and oxygen, a decompression chamber, and a hospital with a stretcher and triage area
Deck space: 659 m² of deck area in the designer's figures. Boat International gives 256 m² for toys on the main deck aft, 220 m² for the helipad and a further 250 m² on the deck above
Where she has been: Ibiza in summer 2019, after delivery; the northern Exumas, Bahamas, in a SuperYacht Times photo published in June 2021. Boat International's BOATPro lists her among the ten most-travelled superyachts of 2022 and of the first half of 2023. SuperYacht Times gallery photos show her at Golfito, Costa Rica, with Lonian (June 2023), and, undated, in Hawaii, in Juneau, Alaska, with Lonian, in Fort Lauderdale, Barcelona and Fethiye, Turkey. In summer 2025 she lay with Lonian near Oak Bay Marina, Victoria, British Columbia, and on 25 June 2026 she was at Positano, Italy; Boat International also reports her in Antigua
Crew: Up to 20 crew and staff in ILO-compliant double and twin cabins with en-suite bathrooms; a full-time crew of 17 in 2019. Guest spaces are a lounge reached from the port hull shell door and two bathrooms
Classification: Lloyd's Register, in class
Flag: Cayman Islands
Charter: Edmiston offered her together with Lonian for Pacific charters in summer 2025 (Yachting, December 2024); no rate was published and no current listing was found
Owner: Private owner; Lloyd's Register lists the registered owner as Hodor Holdings Ltd
For sale: Not listed for sale

Where is she now

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Questions

Is Hodor an explorer yacht?

She is a support vessel rather than a stand-alone explorer. Hodor carries the helicopter, submersible, tenders, toys and dive centre for a larger yacht, reportedly the 87-metre Feadship Lonian, and has a range of 5,500 nautical miles at 14 knots (Boat International, Incat Crowther).

What does Hodor carry?

An Airbus H145 helicopter on a certified helipad, a Seamagine submersible, five tenders including a 17-metre Nor-Tech chase boat, nine jet skis, quad bikes, ATVs, trail motorcycles and dinghies, plus a dive room and a decompression chamber (Boat International, Incat Crowther).

Does Hodor have an ice class?

No. Her Lloyd's Register class for a high-speed support catamaran has no ice notation, and her hull is aluminium (Incat Crowther).

Can Hodor carry a helicopter?

Yes. Her 220 m² helipad is certified to CAP 437 for helicopters of up to 6 tonnes, such as the EC145, and she carries a colour-matched Airbus H145. She has no hangar (Incat Crowther, Boat International).

Where has Hodor been?

Reported stops include Ibiza in 2019, the Exumas (photographed for SuperYacht Times in 2021), Costa Rica in 2023, Hawaii, Juneau in Alaska, British Columbia in 2025 and Positano in 2026, and BOATPro counted her among the most-travelled superyachts of 2022 and of the first half of 2023 (SuperYacht Times, Boat International, Boat International).

Can you charter Hodor?

Only with her mothership: Edmiston offered Lonian and Hodor together for Pacific charters in summer 2025, without a published rate (Yachting).

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