Posts by Dan

While I understand your concern Steve and support your idea, I think that most of these pics show a fish market. I think it's also apparent that the location is not the US. Where's the fun if we can't see how spearfishing life is in other countries? To me it looks very similar to what I've seen in the Bahamas.

Come on monster, this deserves its own thread in the barren Mexico section of the forum. Are you allergic to posting a proper report?

Tu casa my friend tu casa

So Don, do you really expect the Airbalete to shoot exceptionally or something? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> I mean you've shot all kinds of guns, are you really looking forward to some marked performance improvement? Or is this winter talk? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Yeah, one of the main considerations I had for the rib is that I didn't want to buy a dedicated vehicle just to tow the boat, since I'm not into pickups or SUVs. I'd like to know the weight comparison of a rib vs a fiberglass boat of the same length and capacity. Because my rib still has a lot of plastic, it seems all that's missing are the side walls.

As much as you like deep finger creases Steven I think this may be the handle for you <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Pardon the derail Don

Seems people go there for recreation? Do they dive from the platforms? Seems like it's too shallow for that but I see some people in the pic up high.

This one is the "Ergo" grip by Falcon Industries, with their "Suregrip" rubber over layer. I like it much better than the thicker and more angled Hogue grip that I tried first. This one is ambidextrous, but they also make it in right and left handed versions with a thumb shelf. I don't really like the rubber plug in the bottom, as it would probably just result in annoying bubbles. But it's easy to remove. The only thing I do't like is that it is deeper at the top, so the hand is a little further back from the trigger compared to the Hogue.

Come on Pucho..

To be clear (no pun intended, Aquaseal is a clear/transparent glue ) Aquaseal is a brand name that manufactures a few different excellent repair materials, the most well known and recognizable of which is "Aquaseal" by Aquaseal, this particular adhesive is no good for open cell wetsuit repair. However Aquaseal does manufacture a wetsuit neoprene specific glue which is the good stuff, don't confuse the two. The repair process also depends on the type of tear/how bad it is, and how professional you want the repair to be. For proper repair of the inside of open cell suits this is the only glue https://spearfishing.store/ope…wetsuit-repair-glue-black the color is black so it will match the look of the neoprene and the repair will not be visible.

If it's a big tear that went right through the suit there's an additional step and repair material. After you lined up the edges of the tear and glued them with the neoprene glue, the nylon lined exterior should be reinforced where the tear is. Use this iron on patch https://spearfishing.store/wetsuit-repair-patch

Krazy glue will bond the edges of neoprene as soon as you touch them together and will kill the elastic properties of the neoprene around the application. Like Marco said the repair area will be hard and if it's on the inside of an open cell suit you will feel it. I repaired wetsuits with Aquaseal (the one pictured below) when I didn't know any better and was using double lined suit. DO NOT use this Aquaseal.

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I hate going out with people that keeps tangling your floatline with theirs. I always keep mine coiled up to avoid bothering others.

:yeah:

Looks a lot like Marlene eh Sergio?

It must be hard to get the wood handle to fit exactly the contours of the gun. Does the handle of the airbalete work the same way as the cyrano as far as the grip sliding over a base?

Are you kidding? What for?

I don't like rough seas Frank

I am getting pretty stoked to go out again. I'm looking forward to getting to know how my boat moves.

Here's an interesting comparison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJZdd--OGaA

Saw a used one in good condition on ebay starting at 29,000 pounds, that's 44,000 USD. So I was close. I'm not saying they're not overpriced, but they are good boats for normal conditions. I have no idea how either boat behaves in rough seas, but then I don't want to be out diving.

50-60 grand.

Cool story. One of my beginning spearfishing experiences was a cuda yanking on my float line to which the stringer with a fish was attached. A shark hits differently, he can take your fish without you knowing. I once thought that cuda can only bite full speed in order to eat, until I saw a small one nibbling on the reef like any other fish.