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“Wicked Tuna” and its spin-off series, “Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks,” chronicle the competition between commercial blue?n tuna ?shermen.

PFTV cumbersome,” Marciano says. “My

The challenges of arms got tired and sore having to con- push-pull cable systems

When the blue?n tuna season ends stantly move the levers between stations. in Gloucester, it’s only getting started We were also limited in terms of how in North Carolina—drawing northern many stations we could add.” ?shermen to the tumultuous seas of the

Fish by wire with an

Outer Banks. The ensuing competition electronic control system between northern ?shermen and their

As fate would have it, Steve Vincent— southern counterparts spawned the spin- off series, “Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks,” Manager of Business Development which spotlights Marciano and several Marine at Emerson—was a fan of the “Wicked Tuna” series. “When I watched other boats from the original series.

Being a contender in this high-stakes the show, I noticed the boats still inte- competition requires the latest in boat grated mechanical levers,” Vincent says. “But when you’re at sea reeling in the control technology—something Mar- ciano needed to upgrade. His vessel in large, powerful tuna, you need to be this series, named the Falcon, integrated able to maneuver the vessel quickly and ef?ciently from different locations on push-pull controls—a mechanically con- nected system that uses cables to connect the boat. You also have to orientate and control heads to the clutch and throttle. change the position of the boat itself.”

Vincent approached Marciano with

In this type of setup, cables are daisy- chained from one control location, or the idea of upgrading the Falcon’s me- chanical control system. “Right away, “station,” to the next—making it dif?- he saw the bene?ts and possibilities,” cult to add new stations. The force re- quired to operate the levers also increases Vincent says.

Vincent works in the marine tech- whenever additional stations are added.

“These heavy cable controls were nology division at AVENTICS, which 41 www.marinelink.com MN