Hodgdon Yachts is proud to announce that their Limo T/T Sea Owl yacht has received the Tender Design Award, handed over during the recent ShowBoats Design Awards 2014 ceremony in Austria. Limo T/T Sea Owl has been designed by world-renowned Andrew Winch Designs.
Holly Paterson,Ed Roberts and Cyril Lesourd with ShowBoats Design Award 2014 for Limo T/T Sea Owl Yacht
Ed Roberts – Director of Sales&Marketing refers: “Hodgdon Yachts is proud to share the limelight with winner Andrew Winch Designs in receiving the coveted Showboats Design Award for the best Limo Tender”. In addition: “the winning tender emulates the design of the mothership M/Y Sea Owl also designed by Andrew Winch Designs of London. In the case of the tenders for Sea Owl, the naval architecture and engineering was by Hodgdon’s own in-house engineering team”.
The boat was specially engineered and constructed using infused epoxy carbon fibre construction to meet the client’s demanding weight requirements.
Limo T/T superyacht Sea Owl
The limousine tender features the exceptional craftsmanship and sophisticated systems engineering that Hodgdon is so well known for. Outside, a defining characteristic of the AWD design is a compound curve teak clad transom exceptionally executed. Inside, the full wood raised panel teak joinery interior features separate lavatory and wash basin lockers with luxury leather seating for up to 8 guests. Systems highlights include NEMA 2000 systems integrated iPad in the salon, electrically retracting glass moon roof, electrically retracting glass aft bulkhead, hydraulically lifting roof, lithium ion smart battery system and more.
This is a limo superyacht tender many of the ShowBoats Award judges said they would like to own as it makes a lovely day boat as well with air conditioning, heating and an enclosed stand-up head, but unlike a Venetian water taxi, it features an open stern deck for easier boarding. Fledgling, as she is named, is a perfect complement stylistically to her mothership, Sea Owl, and features the same level of finish detail and joinery style as the Feadship she serves. Just as Sea Owl is a fantasy, this tender would seem so as well as its half glass roof can slide away to create an indoor/outdoor atmosphere or the roof can lift vertically to provide an open air option. The charging and docking stations for phones and iPods are a nice touch, as is the 40-knots top speed.
Limo T/T motor yacht Sea Owl - aft view
This 8.6-meter luxury yacht tender echoes the clean lines, green hull and teak finishes of her mothership. She is designed to transport children and family with ease and luxurious comfort. The cockpit is situated in the bow and passengers can feel part of the cruising experience thanks to the iPad and information system that keeps them informed of location and navigational data.
Technical Specifications of 8.5m Limo Hull 415 tender to superyacht Sea Owl:
LOA 8.58M
Limo LWL 7.49m
BEAM 2.75M
DRIVE DOWN 1.0M
DRIVE UP 0.5M
DISPLACEMENT 4,590 KG
POWER Volvo D-6/400 (HP) DuoPropOutdrive
SPEED(W.O.T) 38KTS
PASSENGERS-CE 8 GUESTS / 2 CREW
BRIDGE CLEARANCE 1.59M
TENDER BAY CLEARANCE 2.13M
