The Rodman 64 is the latest model of the Yachts range that this Galician shipyard builds, but it is also the largest one built to date. However, the sales success reached has been one of the reasons that have encouraged the company to undertake more ambitious ventures. In this sense the Rodman 64 could be the first link of a new stage.

The Rodman 64 has confirmed the interest that the Spanish yachts raise in the worldwide arena for large pleasure boats. Presented at the end of 2004, its good acceptance in the market has brought the Galician company to study very seriously a project to approach more ambitious ventures in the field of leisure yachting. The result has been the agreement with the prestigious Italian designer Fulvio de Simoni for the design of a new range of yachts with models of up to 110 feet in length. Neither the size of these yachts nor the technical complexity of their construction are considered to be a problem for the make, because Rodman has a wide experience in naval construction, with different types of vessels destined to the merchant navy, fishing or official bodies of different countr ies in sever al continents. At the time being the make has two ranges of pleasure boats, one destined to the spor t fishing, under the R denomination, and other one denominated Yachts, of which this model is the largest one of a range that begins at 38'.

THE BEST EXPERIENCES
This constructive experience is already made clear in this model equipped with a hull with a deep V shape on the bow and tunnels for the propeller shafts astern, allowing to combine good speed performances, navigation capacity with bad weather and a great comfor t, both dynamic and at rest.
The constructive quality is one of the strong points of the make. Rodman is one of the few Spanish shipyards that has its own physics and chemistry research and development laboratories and that makes tank tests of their scale models. As from this season the company applies the so-called RQS (Rodman Quality System), consisting in a set of criteria and quality procedures applied to the design, the production, the deliver y and the guarantee of their boats.
Rodman has been the first European shipyard that has obtained the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 quality and environment certifications, and has also been the first worldwide builder in implementing the Volvo IPS technology, that is already present in several of its models. The structural solidity of the boats deserves special attention on behalf of the make, with factors as its full load weight, superior to the one of similar boats, the high ratio between the weight of the polyester structure reinforced with fibre glass and the weight of the yacht at full load, as well as the structural characteristics of the hull bottom, in a combination of longitudinal and cross-sectional elements, of monolithic laminates, transverse bulkheads and floor frames. All of it allows to the shipyard to offer a guarantee of up to 10 years on the hull against structural damages and of five years against osmosis.

INHABITABLE AND FUNCTIONAL
The Rodman 64 is the best example of the combination between habitability, functionality and visibility that the shipyard looks for in all its models. In this case it presents interiors distributed in three double cabins and three bathrooms, in addition to a crew cabin astern of the engine room. The main deck lodges the common areas of the yacht, with the steering position, the dining room, the galley and the living areas. And it is here where the Rodman 64 raises particular solutions.
The first one is that the steering position is located in a central position, precisely on the centre line. A central adjustable chair welcomes the Captain and, in front of him, all the control elements of the boat have been placed, on a console in which the curved shapes predominate, to a point of becoming enveloping. The standard equipment includes autopilot,VHF, 72 miles radar, echo sounder, GPS, etc, with two colour 14" TFT screens on which the radar, the plotter, the sounder or the GPS can be visualized indifferently. The furniture that surrounds the steering position also evolves over cur ved shapes that transmit a very cosy sensation. On starboard there is a living area that consists in a large C shaped sofa, surrounding a low central table, thought for the appetizer, whereas another area on port has a similar but smaller sofa. This disposition allows that several guests can accompany the Captain during navigation and allows its use as a breakfasts area.
More towards the stern an area destined to the dining room and the galley has been located. These areas are separated by means of a ground level difference and by the shape of the furniture itself, specifically the bulkhead of the galley on port, and the stairs accessing to the fly bridge on starboard, but that does not prevent the total visual contact between the bow and the stern, so that the sensation of amplitude is never lost.
The dinning room also has a U shape sofa that surrounds a table with extending sides with a central supplement that is kept in the support of the table itself. This system allows assuring the solidity of the arrangement when it is decided to use the maximum surface of the table at the time of eating. The galley has a counter that separates it from the dining room, with drawers on the side corresponding to this last one, so that the necessity of putting away the tools that are more proper of the dining room is solved. By the way: crockery, glassware and cutler y are included in the price. The galley equipment includes a two bodies refrigerator (181 + 44 litres) located on port, in such a way that it conceals the shape of the outer stairs accessing to the fly bridge; in addition there is a Bosch vitroceramic cooking plate of four burners, double sink with wood covers that will serve as cutting surfaces, microwaves with grill and abundant stowage space.