The wireless age has brought more focus to multimedia entertainment. “Your boat’s a radio station, a TV station, a satellite link,” said Jim Gilbert, director of commercial and media management for Aquos Yachts. “It’s a huge benefit to a boat, but it also dictates design and engineering in a lot of cases.” Links to the worldwide Web, TV reception and satellite radio require sophisticated servers, which need dedicated air handlers to keep the components at the right temperature. On the upcoming Aquos design Star Fish, the gym abaft the wheelhouse converts to an open-air screening room with the entire wall acting as a projection screen. 
Beyond the attractions of leisure in the media room, workout areas help keep would-be couch potatoes looking good on the sun pad. Over the past two years, many new boats have received some sort of fitness area. “You need a gym and a spa area with massage, sauna, beach, fitness equipment,” said John DeCaro of All Ocean Yachts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “But you still need to make it hideable.” On a 47-meter Heesen, the designers at Bannenberg & Rowell tucked a treadmill into the corner of what they called the family viewing room, giving the runner a view of a flatscreen TV on the forward bulkhead.
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