The little hogs remind me of Pantoja's boat 
It seems like it's been a very long time.. I'm reaching my physical limit of staying out of the water. When I think like this I feel sorry for Core and others who can't dive when they need to.
You guys took no ice?
That particular cooler can't go up and out because the seat is over it. But note taken for the big fish cooler in the transom. Being in the transom and with such a close fit I was hoping it won't need a tie down nor those corners. The corners would be much more obtrusive in that area of the boat if the big cooler was removed.
I'm a fresh water sailor never too far from land. But I'll remember your tip Don.
Thanks.
The bungees are attached with these black plastic eyes that you can see in the last pick. The eyes are riveted to the bar with ss rivets. Then the bungee just loops around the gun and the end of the bar.
The white caps are bordering on anal But when I saw them at west marine and couldn't resist. I tried to justify it in that the screw heads can catch on the dive socks and fray them but that's pretty far fetched because I deburr them anyways if the tops get damaged. So it's just cosmetic, a neat way of hiding the screw head. It's made of two pieces; one the screw goes through and then the top part clips on to that once the screw bottoms out. The cooler corner is solid BTW, the only drawback is if the cooler is not in place you don't want to jam your foot into it. But I anticipate that the cooler will be there all the time.
Here's what the cooler corner looks like installed.
Here's the finished painter with the quick release snap. I had fun last night learning how to splice an eye in rope. The painter is connected to the bow eye permanently with a splice as well.
Thanks Don.
Finished gun rack.
Spitting out the mouth piece shouldn't require any air expenditure. You can remove the snorkel with your hand. Or in my case I don't use the hand, I use my tongue to push the mouthpiece out past the teeth, then when I dive the water resistance pulls the snorkel out of my mouth the rest of the way. This BTW can be done when you have a flexible snorkel keeper. If you tuck the snorkel under the mask strap as some guys do, you must use your hand to take it out of your mouth.
Nice post fuzz.
When the fish is big enough I try to get the cheek meat. Some people say cheeks are a delicacy. I don't believe it tastes anything extraordinary, I just always try to not waste any meat. Someone made a good vid on how to do it.
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/Pikapp122/Keys-2009/?action=view¤t=Cheeks.flv
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/Pikapp122/Keys-2009/?action=view¤t=Throat.flv
never heard of it. do tell.
That would be nice Bill. I'm breaking my eyes with the small pics trying to understand how your gun works.
hau's the man!
Your camera should be taking them at a much bigger size. Just don't shrink them so much before you upload to photobucket.
I don't like braided wire for wishbones. It can fray and make sharp points which I don't want in my hands with that kind of tension. It can also eat up a wood stock. I see no need for wire wishbones when dyneema or a thicker cord for shafts with full size sharkfin tabs do the job very well.
Bill, what have you got against big pics?
