For the first time, RH Marine has supplied and installed a Rhodium bridge system on a support yacht. The system has been installed on the Hodor, which serves as a support vessel for Feadship super yacht Lonian.
For this project, RH Marine supplied all navigation and communication equipment, including radar, autopilot-chart system ECDIS, GPS and weather station. A DP system ensures that the yacht remains stable when guests arrive or depart, when the tender boats or other material is launched or retrieved on board or when the helicopter lands. All systems on board are checked via the RH Marine’s alarm and monitoring system (AMS). All systems, including the operation of a remotely operated underwater drone (ROV), can be operated centrally via one screen in the bridge console. Its mechanical and electrical components have been engineered by sister company Bakker Sliedrecht.
Support Yacht Hodor
Support yachts are used to land helicopters for owners, guests and crew, transport to and from the mothership and for carrying jet skis, speedboats and other tenders. The Hodor also has an ROV for research purposes, a fully equipped dive center with a decompression tank, its own hospital and various off-road cars and motorbikes. The aft deck can accommodate five tender boats, including a seventeen-metre long chase boat, which are launched and retrieved through a special aft lifting platform. The vessel has accommodation for twenty crew members.
Lonian
The 66-metre long shadow boat was said to support a 87-metre long super yacht, which was commissioned last year by Dutch yacht builder Feadship. Although RH Marine does not reveal the yacht's name, last year just one 87-metre Feadship yacht was delivered: the Lonian. Both ships have been in operation for several months now. The Hodor was built by the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armón, at its Burela facility.
The 87-metre Feadship yacht Lonian (by Nicolas Yacht Guy).
Rhodium Bridge Consoles on Both Vessels
RH Marine personnel installed and commissioned the equipment supplied on site and accompanied the test runs. 'For us it was the first time we have equipped a shadow boat with our systems,' says project leader Jos Geerdes. 'RH Marine has also equipped the super yacht with a Rhodium bridge console. Because the owner wanted to have the same equipment on the Hodor allowing the crew to change shifts, the shipyard contacted RH Marine for that ship as well.'
Picture (top): Support yacht Hodor.
