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            Life on the water: Marinetek Systems
            Life on the water: Marinetek Systems









       by Casey Leger                       his work. “Tournament  angling
                                            benefits  from  my  installs  as  I
           ife is grand when you turn what   provide anglers with the absolute
      Lyou love into a career. That’s       best installation and tools to help
      the case with Summerstown’s           them  find  fish.  Live  sonar  really
      Tristan Martin, and his company,      helps anglers find and catch fish,”
      Marinetek  Systems. “I started        he says.
      working at  a marina  at the  age
      of sixteen,”  Tristan explains,         “My      company      is   called
                                            Marinetek Systems, and you
      “and found an interest in the
      field, so I decided to enroll in an   can get in touch with me either
      apprenticeship  program  through      by    email—marineteksystems@
      Georgian  College.  I  graduated      gmail.com-- or by phone at 514-
      from a Marine Engine program in       912-1518. I’m also present on
                                            social media,” Tristan continues.
      February.”
                                            “I like providing people with
         “Since then, I’ve been perfecting   a quality installation  that’s as
      the art of installing marine chart    practical  as  it  is  nice-  looking.
      plotters,  fish  finders,  trolling   The goal of my installation is to
      motors, and live sonars,” Tristan     decrease interference and voltage
      continues. “I also passed an          drop, in order to provide the best
      America Boat and Yacht Council        image possible.”
      exam, so I am ABYC certified.”
                                              Tristan has some advice for
         Tristan got his feet wet at Suntan   anyone who wants to maintain or
      RV and Marine  when he was a          upgrade their boat. “I recommend
      teen. “What  caught my eye in         getting an add a battery system,
      the industry,”  Tristan says, “was    which charges both batteries and                                                                              Photo Submitted
      always bass boats: the combination    isolates them also, so  you don’t
      of high powered outboards and         get interference from your motor
      fishing boats. I worked at Suntan     or  pumps running,”  he  explains.                                        Thom’s Trivia
      on those motors. I always liked       “The  other  thing  I recommend
      wiring boats, so after that I worked   is getting your transducer re-                                                 Answers
      for a company that specialized in     installed  because the quality  of
      marine electronics.”                  your picture  relies  heavily  on                                 Questions on page 45

         Tristan is also an avid            the placement  of the transducer.       A1 - The NY Rangers, who went 25-10-2, and from 1930-1949 they were
      tournament angler who competes        Rivets  and pump inlet/outlets          15-0-1! Santa was in the building.
      in the BaitFuel tour, which he says   affect the reading tremendously.”       A2 - Pierre Duguay was the player coveted by the Remparts. There was
                                                                                    plenty more to this story, as you would suspect!
      is the biggest bass circuit around.     Marinetek is located at 425 Unit       A3 - Jean Payette - He finished with 123 points to win the CJHL scoring
      He applies his love of angling to     A, Fourth Street W., Cornwall.          crown.
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