Posts by Dan

I know acetone and rubbing doesn't do anything to the outer lining of the Speardiver wetsuits. I think a little bleach shouldn't do any harm.

The main thing is to let it dry completely inside and out. After drying in the sun nothing seems to stink.

oooh we're going to get some interesting videos

I'm assuming you mounted it on the right to have free access to the reel handle.

I'm sure you were going to do it, but just pointing out anyways to add a spacer/washer between the two tabs so you can really cinch down the Gopro housing turn knob.

Campo alegre <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin"> appropriate name.

Your pics indeed show Curacao to be an interesting place. I looked it up and for those who may be interested summarized the information I first look to when I consider visiting a place.

From Curaçao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Curaçao is the largest and most populous of the three ABC islands (for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) of the Lesser Antilles, specifically the Leeward Antilles. It has a land area of 444 square kilometres (171 square miles). As of 1 January 2009, it had a population of 141,766.

Because of its history, the island's population comes from many ethnic backgrounds. There is an Afro-Caribbean majority of African descent, and also sizeable minorities of Dutch, Latin American, French, South Asian, East Asian, Portuguese and Levantine people. The Sephardic Jews who arrived from the Netherlands and then-Dutch Brazil since the 17th century have had a significant influence on the culture and economy of the island. The years before and after World War II also saw an influx of Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe, many of whom were Romanian Jews.

In the early 19th century, many Portuguese and Lebanese migrated to Curaçao attracted by the financial possibilities of the island. East and South Asian migrants arrived during the economic boom of the early 20th century. There are also many recent immigrants from neighbouring countries, most notably the Dominican Republic, Haiti, the Anglophone Caribbean and Colombia. In recent years the influx of Dutch pensioners has increased significantly, dubbed locally as pensionados.

Curaçao is known for its coral reefs, used for scuba diving. The beaches on the south side contain many popular diving spots. An unusual feature of Curaçao diving is that the sea floor drops steeply within a few hundred feet of the shore, and the reef can easily be reached without a boat. This drop-off is known as the "blue edge." Strong currents and lack of beaches make the rocky northern coast dangerous for swimming and diving, but experienced divers sometimes dive there from boats when conditions permit. The southern coast is very different and offers remarkably calm waters. The coastline of Curaçao features many bays and inlets, many of them suitable for mooring.

Some of the coral reefs are affected by tourism. Porto Marie Beach is experimenting with artificial coral reefs in order to improve the reef's condition. Hundreds of artificial coral blocks that have been placed are now home to a large array of tropical fish.

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Gerald, as an insider maybe you can say what the nightlife/entertainment scene is like? Is spearfishing allowed officially?

That goat seems to be popular. Something memorable about Curacao goats guys? Kudos Gerald for being a great host.

That's the spirit. Welcome to the forum.

Nice new avatar.

Check your local car goodies shop. If they don't carry it there are many online shops that do. There are many styles to choose from to match your car. Looks like they have folding ones now, I'd stay away from those.

Caveat; these spinners are also called suicide knobs. It's been said that in a head on collision the knob may get pushed into your face or chest if you're not wearing a seat belt and your car doesn't have an air bag. I don't know how much worse this is than having the whole steering wheel embedded in your torso, but I thought I'd mention it as I don't want to be responsible for someone's bad decision. I drive carefully so I'm not worried about it.

Remember these?

Super convenient to steer the car with one hand. Haven't thought about them for years, saw one recently and now I want to get it. Many people say they're illegal, but it always sounded like an urban legend to me. Still I decided to check a little before I buy and turns out that it's indeed BS Suicide Knob - State Laws for Steering Wheel Knobs I also asked a cop friend. This kind of misinformation that people propagate without questioning bugs me. BTW my boat steering wheel came with a stainless steel spinner knob, without it steering the boat in chop as I'm holding on to the frame with one hand would be hard.

Great.

This quote shows the mindset of the person writing the article, it's a subtle emotional appeal.

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..showing him holding up a mountain lion he'd killed after it sought refuge from hunting dogs in a tree.

We need to support men like Richards, his words

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My 100 percent legal activity outside California ... is none of your business,
I will continue to hunt and fish wherever I please.

Looks fishy to me. That doesn't look like a long shaft unless they cut it, and so it wasn't a long gun. I don't think such a gun has enough power to go through a person sideways. I could be wrong. Either way serious shit.

I hope it serves you well.

Everybody seems to like it eBay Feedback Profile for speardiverintl

What is an over/under shot?

aaarrgggg no

If required I'd just tie a cord with a loop to the tripod/between the grip and the camera.

I'm blown away by the colors and vividness of the images. After the first post I was going to ask you if you sharpened the pics at all but understood reading your second post. These pics deserve the best presentation so I offer this suggestion. For the best quality do not use the attachment method to post the pics. Rather resample them to 718 pixels width (which is the widest the post body will accept without constraining the proportions) and sharpen. Then upload to an image hosting site and post using the IMG tags in other words embed them in the post.

You can also leave them at higher resolution but then we'll have to click the image in the post to see it in full size.

I'm sure now I'll be happy with this camera. It's a serious investment for me the main purpose of which is to take action shots of Speardiver gear.

I'm considering a red filter for it like what I use for the gopro and flat lens. What do you think Gerald? Also I understand what you said about not adjusting the zoom in the water. But which zoom do you have it set to? My thinking is the closest physical zoom all the time. IMO digital zoom is useless, but with this camera it still looks damn good, out of the water at least. Balsy jump there BTW

Some people use the head strap successfully. I prefer the mask mount as seen in this thread http://spearfishing.world/unde…-camera-spearfishing.html I don't feel the camera at all with this setup.

I too started out with the idea of a speargun handle grip for the gopro, it's natural for us to think in this direction. But on consideration I decided that having the camera forward of the grip doesn't provide any advantage. So I came up with this simpler approach Pistol grip for gopro.

Tough and crazy guy, not necessarily in that order.

Welcome Johnathan.