I have carpet coated wood bunks on my trailer.
Judah, the trailer came with guide posts, but attaching them is tricky. Also the posts take up more space around the boat, I have little space to walk around it where it is. Other than that I'm just a minimalist.
In grappling class, my sparring partner landed on my foot.
Yeah Frank, I've considered that option. If I can sort of walk I may do it.
I've been dry for about 2 months, the last month spent on preparing my boat. Now that it's finally ready and I'm just waiting for good weather there's yet another delay. I hurt my right foot yesterday, may have broken my big toe. I can barely walk/put weight on that foot, never mind put on a fin. So the waiting continues. Just letting you guys know who were expecting to go diving with me. I figure at least two weeks before I get an idea of how long it will take to heal.
If any maintenance was required with the nickle over brass buckle, I wouldn't use it for this belt. The buckle rusting is just not something I want to worry about, just like with shafts.
Thanks for the report Judah.
The Speardiver Marseilles rubber weight belt is now available. These rubber belts are very good, as a matter of fact they're the best I've seen.
What I consider a good quality in a rubber weight belt is a correct flexibility versus stiffness ratio. The rubber of a Rob Allen belt for example is too stiff and plastic like. It holds weights very firmly against the body (the weights don't sag), but it's not at all flexible, and when tightened to the point of staying put doesn't allow the expanding torso to stretch it when breathing in. The rubber of an omer weight belt on the other hand is too soft, it stretches well to fit your body and expands with breathing, but it's not stiff enough and the weights pull the belt away from the body. I guarantee that the Speardiver belt rubber is ideal in stiffness and flexibility. The belt can be tightened so the weights stay put, and comfort is maintained.
The belts are Marseilles style, which basically means that the buckle is like a typical belt buckle, manufactured in nickel coated brass ideal for use in a marine environment. For those who may not be aware a Marseilles style belt is a safest quick release belt, one pull on the loose belt end and buckle springs open releasing the belt, which smoothly runs out of the buckle by the action of the roller.
The advantages of a rubber belt for a freediving spearo is that it can be tightened to the point of not sliding up and down the torso during descents and ascents, due to the repeated compression and expansion cycles of our wetsuit and body. And it doesn't impede breathing because it's flexible and stretches with the expanding torso. Anyone who tried diving with a rubber belt will never go back to nylon webbing.
Specs:
Thickness 0.2" (5mm)
Width 1.9" (4.9cm)
Length 62" (157.5cm)
Number of holes 15
Spacing between holes 1.77" (4.5cm)
If you give the person who borrowed your boat your membership card I believe you'll get service.
This is what I'm referring to.
My question is can I do without them? Before I bought the boat the previous owner drove it up onto the trailer after we took it for a test run without the guide posts very quickly and efficiently. I was thinking of sticking a PVC pipe in the winch post like in the pic to help me center the boat. That's not my trailer, the winch post on mine sticks straight up which will give me a good idea of the proximity of the post not only if the boat is centered.
Thanks for the tip Davie.
Damn that was annoying. I was sure he was going to spear his friend.
Now that I have a boat I wanted towing insurance. I had a choice between Seatow and BoatUS. They offer similar services at similar prices so it wasn't an obvious choice. I went with Tow BoatUS for a few reasons.
1. I see their boats all the time when I go out of Haulover, makes sense to me that they'd be available for a quick response in my area. I understand that the quality of service differs from each provider depending on the location.
2. They go out to sea 137 miles in our area. Not that I ever plan to go that far.
3. The membership is for the person not only the boat. So if I'm on someone else boat I can get service without playing games/tipping. I'm not sure if Seatow offers this but I was told that at least they didn't used to.
4. I got a West Marine membership included in the total price which gives me $10 back on each $250 you spend in the store.
Another little bonus I got after my application couldn't be processed online. So I went to the West marine store which is 5 minutes away from my house. Turns out that it's cheaper to do the membership in the store than online or over the phone. I got the unlimited towing/West marine membership & the additional trailer service all for $150.
I can't speak yet for the quality of their service when I call them, and I hope I never have to, but the one time when I was on Pantoja's boat and his engine wouldn't start BoatUS came promptly and towed us to his dock. That was the day a grouper took my shaft deep into a hole and I couldn't recover it.
It's funny to see Marc Antoine Berry with such a refined gun. He looks to be in great shape BTW, he has to be close to 60.
What a waste showing this gun shooting fish in holes.
How do you figure out band stretch ratio on such a gun?
I don't understand adding a cleat behind the splice?
Not a pipe gun :nono:
Actually the original idea of a shark spike for a pipe gun was mine. It didn't exist until Jeff made it. This is what the first ones looked like before he incorporated it into the muzzle.
Correct. I just haven't figured out how I'm going to make attachment points on the anchor line. Any knot weakens a line, plus galvanized chain links will cause abrasion and stainless steel rings are expensive. Now that I'm learning to splice rope I'm leaning towards splicing eyes into it.
Yes precisely.
Don, how big do you figure the seas have to be to start popping those spearguns out of the rack the way it is now?
Not really, because there's always tomorrow.
