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An owner expands his 205-foot yacht’s capacity for fun by adding a 186-foot support vessel to his fleet.
by Louisa Rudeen Beckett
photography by Brad Hagadone
11/01/2004
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Lady Lola
Shadow
was an instant success as a floating helipad. But Hagadone  saw
further
possibilities. Her hangar had room for a traveling
fleet of watercraft
that wouldn’t fit aboard Lady Lola. “We’re
a very active family. We
love
watersports,” he said. “No yacht
really gives you the opportunity
to carry a
full complement of
toys.” (Click image to enlarge)
Shadow now holds a 135-mph
Eliminator 36
performance boat as well as an Amphicar in mint
condition; a
24-foot Nautica
RIB; two Laser sailboats and two kayaks.
The
pièce de résistance is a 21-foot,
three-man sub built by Seahorse
Submarines of Stuart, Florida. With a test depth
of 500 feet
and an
operational depth of 140 feet, it features a communications
link to
Shadow, a yacht-quality leather interior, underwater
cameras with video
monitors, hull lights, escape hatches and “bail-out
bottles.”
Lady Lola
Shadow’s Captain John Greenwood and
crew of
six all enjoy comfortable quarters
on board,
refurbished by Mary Jane
Antrim, Capt. Antrim’s wife. The pilothouse
is equipped with up-to-date
electronics. Belowdecks, the
welded steel tanks that
formerly held dry
mud used to
pressurize oil-rig well heads have been cut open
and lined
with storage shelves. Shadow is still a supply vessel, carrying bulk
food for the Hagadones’ voyage, including 600 pounds of flour
for Lady
Lola’s
chef, who makes bread every day. The boat also
stores spare
parts for the entire
fleet.
Shadow’s
original Caterpillar 399
diesels were completely rebuilt.
They
give her a 10-knot cruise speed
to Lady Lola’s 13 knots. “I send them
on
ahead, so we all arrive at the
same time,” said Capt.
Antrim.
 For a fraction
of the cost of his
initial
investment in Lady Lola, Shadow has increased
Hagadone’s
enjoyment of his yacht exponentially. “I think anytime one charts new
ground, there always is some concern as to how it will
ultimately turn
out,” he
said. The results have exceeded his
expectations. “It has
added a whole new
dimension to private
yachting,” he said. “You can
really say we have
three-hundred
and ninety-one feet of boat.” (Click image to enlarge)
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