Canoe Canoe is a 2025 Custom Line 140 built around indoor-outdoor living and wellness at sea. Its training environment needed to deliver serious capability without permanently claiming a social deck or interrupting the yacht's considered design language.
Performance Edge originated and directed the convertible gym-furniture concept, developing the performance brief and integration strategy for a deck that transitions between training and hospitality. Paragon Studio developed the concept into the finished bespoke product, leading the furniture design, engineering, drawer integration, equipment fitment, proprietary storage solutions, and fabrication. Chill Bunny Wellness supplied the vessel’s cold plunge from Australia.
The brief was never to collect equipment. It was to create a balanced training, recovery, and coaching system that works for the owners, adapts for charter guests, and returns the deck to hospitality when the session is over.
A purpose-fabricated stainless-steel roof bracket secures the Eleiko pull-up bar for pull-ups, chin-ups, and TRX suspension work while respecting the yacht’s structure and marine environment.
A compact training station supports multiple strength movements without the footprint or visual weight of conventional commercial equipment.
A specially selected folding rower delivers full-body conditioning, then reduces its footprint when the deck transitions out of training mode.
The Performance Edge concept places the strength collection inside the social furniture. Paragon Studio developed the finished couch, drawer system, inserts, fitment, engineering, and fabrication.
Cold-plunge recovery supplied by Chill Bunny Wellness sits within a broader hot-and-cold wellness experience designed for life aboard.
Custom virtual sessions with Scott Schratwieser extend the program beyond equipment—giving owners and guests guided training wherever the yacht is cruising.
On Canoe Canoe, the same upper-deck footprint needed to support purposeful training in the morning and effortless hospitality by evening. Performance Edge established the concept, performance brief, and integration strategy; Paragon Studio developed the furniture and technical solution with the vessel team.
A full land-style equipment setup could deliver the training experience, but it permanently occupied a deck that also needed to function as a social environment.
Performance Edge’s brief placed the equipment within a convertible couch rather than arranging furniture around a gym. Paragon Studio developed the furniture design, drawer system, inserts, and equipment fitment that made the transition possible.
Portable equipment on a shared deck means crew has to set it up and break it down around every session and every guest changeover — a gym on board shouldn't mean added work for the crew.
Dedicated flocked drawer inserts keep dumbbells, kettlebells, yoga equipment, and accessories ordered and secure. The system is either ready or concealed, reducing daily setup and protecting the crew's operating rhythm.
Standard commercial gym equipment isn't built for salt air. Corrosion sets in on typical frames and upholstery faster than most people expect once equipment lives on deck full-time.
The furniture was matched to the yacht's existing design language using Iroko joinery, fine slatted details, and 316 stainless-steel catches and runners. Steel training equipment was paired with a clear care and storage plan for marine use.
Weight and placement on an upper deck affect stability and structural load in ways a home gym never has to consider — this isn't a decision a designer can make alone after equipment is already ordered.
Weight, placement, fastening, and access were coordinated with the vessel team before final fabrication. Custom branding and finishes made the training system feel native to Canoe Canoe rather than brought aboard.
Interested in chartering Canoe Canoe? Email Scott directly with your preferred dates, destination, party size, and trip length. He will review the inquiry and personally introduce qualified guests to the captain, who will take it from there.
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