Inside a 165-Foot Yacht's Automation, A/V Install
By Lisa Montgomery
The owners of this luxury yacht have a concealed Middle Atlantic rack that houses all of the electronics to deliver the A/V and automation goods on the high seas.

Whether they’re cruising to Europe or docked in New York City, the owners of the 165-foot Norwegian Queen enjoy all the creature comforts of a full-blown home automation system.

Portable Crestron touchpanels provide access to and control over music, video and lights from anywhere on the yacht. (We're guessing P. Diddy would have been just as happy to rent out the Norwegian Queen as the iPad-controlled yacht he took out.)



A Middle Atlantic equipment rack, which was built into an interior wall of the boat, and cleverly concealed with a decorative panel, holds all the essential processors, amplifiers and distribution gear critical to the electronic happenings. From components in the rack, and on command from a touchpanel, music can travel to built-in speakers in the master bedroom, four guest staterooms, sundeck, sky lounge and the main salon, among other places.

Video from a Kaleidescape media server and satellite receivers can travel to numerous flat-panel TVs on the yacht, all of which are hidden inside cabinets or behind artwork. Inca-brand motors attached to lifts inside cabinetry and to the backside of artwork which moves on command from a touchpanel to reveal flat-panel TVs.

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