Marine
Marine Automation & AV Systems for Yachts and Superyachts
We look after yachts and superyachts, all serviced out of Vancouver — and all of them cruising well beyond it. A vessel that spends its summer in the Pacific Northwest and its winter somewhere else entirely needs systems that work without us in the room, and a technology partner who can get through everything on the list in the weeks it’s home. If a vessel needs us somewhere else, we’ll get on a plane.
Almost all of our marine work is refit. That means a yard window with a fixed end date, an existing installation to work around, and a chief engineer who needs to know what’s changing and when. We work alongside a vessel’s own ETO rather than around them — they know the boat better than we ever will, and the handover at the end is what determines whether the system still works six months later in another ocean.
Everything we specify is marine-graded where a marine-graded version exists. Salt air, vibration, humidity and DC power are not conditions residential equipment is built for, and the difference shows up in year two, not week one.
Pure Image came in and did a great job supporting us in getting our systems up to date and in proper working order. This included updates to Crestron controls, networking, audio visual and more. Pure Image’s team was helpful, professional and got along very well with our crew. I believe they would add value to any superyacht in need of AV/IT services.
What We Do On Board
Automation & Control
Crestron or Lutron running lighting, climate, entertainment and shading from one interface — so a guest aboard for a week doesn’t need a briefing to operate a cabin.
Cinema & Audio
Saloon cinema, cabin audio and deck systems that hold up outdoors. Sonance marine speakers are built for salt air and humidity rather than adapted to it.
Lighting Control
Scenes for dinner on deck, night passage and everything between. Lighting is also one of the larger draws on a vessel’s power, so control has a practical side too.
Shades & Window Treatments
Motorized privacy and blackout for cabins and saloons, specified for the movement and the moisture that come with being at sea.
Security & Surveillance
IP cameras and access control across decks and tenders, viewable from the bridge or remotely when the vessel is unattended between charters.
Marine Networks
Redundant networking built for a vessel that switches between marina fibre, cellular and satellite — and has to keep working through every handover.
Working With Your ETO
We work alongside a vessel’s own engineer rather than around them — documentation, labelling and a proper handover, so the crew can resolve most things without calling anyone.
Refit Planning
Most of our marine work happens in a yard window with a fixed end date. We plan around it — what’s ordered when, what can be pre-built ashore, what has to happen on board.
Every vessel is different. Tell us about yours.
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Why Owners Work With Us
You won’t find photographs of our clients’ vessels on this page. That’s deliberate, and it’s usually the first thing an owner’s representative asks about. Discretion isn’t a policy we adopted for marketing — it’s a condition of the work, and we treat it the same way whether a vessel is in a yard in Vancouver or anchored somewhere it would rather not be identified.
Marine work depends on knowing a specific boat — where the runs go, what the previous installer did, which cabin has the problem nobody has got to the bottom of yet. That only comes from being aboard more than once, and it doesn’t scale.
Almost all of it is refit. A yard window with a fixed end date, an existing installation to work around, and a chief engineer who needs to know exactly what’s changing and when. We work alongside a vessel’s ETO rather than around them — they know the boat better than we ever will — and we hand over documented and labelled, so the crew can resolve most things without calling anyone.
Everything we specify is marine-graded where a marine-graded version exists. Salt air, UV, vibration and DC power are not conditions residential equipment is built for. That difference doesn’t show up in week one; it shows up in year two, in a place where getting a replacement aboard is somebody’s whole week.
Let’s talk
If you have a refit coming up, the useful time to talk is before the yard window is booked — not because we need the lead time, but because what’s possible changes depending on what else is already scheduled. And if you just want a second opinion on a system somebody else installed, that’s a conversation we’re happy to have too.
Refit coming up, or a system that needs looking at?