Posts by Dan

Fixed the pic for ya'.

tinu, what kind of gun is that in your avatar?

None fit, so I didn't make a conclusion as to which was best. Are you asking to see if any of those names would fit a boat?

Well hau, is this item still available?

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2. Riffe Competitor model, #00, 27in stock, RC-00 with 2 shafts, 6f range, $270. new, sell for $225. All in near new condition.

If it isn't I can sell you a pneumatic in that size range for an even better price.

I think they're all pooped after a very long thread where I was asking to name a spearfishing gear company.

Yeah joking around, that's what we do here when spearfishing talk gets boring.

What's a rib shot?

Great white hope

Barracuda are a fun to shoot, high yield, easy to clean, good eating fish. It can carry the ciguatera toxin but this depends on location where it is caught. I can safely say that here in SE Florida they do not carry ciguatera, whereas in Cuba they may. You should investigate about cases of ciguatera from cuda in your region. Look for specific reports not hearsay as most people don't know WTF they're talking about.

If a fish has cig I don't believe there's anything you can do to make it safe. There are two ways that I know of to find out if a fish has cig; a cig test kit or eat a small piece and wait a couple of hours to see if you get mildly sick. Cig can happen in many species of fish not only cuda, it depends on location. Amberjacks can have it, so can schoolmaster snapper, big black groupers and even hogfish, as well as many other species I'm sure. Didn't Kris get sick from a permit or pompano? I got sick once from a big lizard fish, ain't ever touching one of those again.

You're doing it wrong. This is what you want. Just follow the instructions in the image posting tutorial carefully.

What was that nonsense then about his legs being cut off?

That makes me want to get out there, thanks Davie.

Everybody likes pics.

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A message from Rabitech re: Mako & Daniel Hu

It is with great regret that we noticed Rabitech's Stealth and Apex grips and muzzles have been replicated by another brand. These components have been designed and modified over the years by Rabitech in conjunction with the manufacturer directly. Rabitech is proud of what it has achieved as a brand over the years, with over 10 world records and with the aim of supplying superior quality products to the spearfishing industry at affordable prices. Something we believe we have achieved in 10 years of servicing the industry. We were manufacturing and distributing Rabitech under the rights exclusive to Rabitech.

What has transpired is out of our control and in my opinion a breach of business ethics. We are flattered that our gear including guns, Spierre Fins, and so on have been requested by Mako to be replicated under their brand name, and in this economy one of our designers Daniel Hu has been suffering trying to get all the business he can, approaching distributors of Rabitech product to carry the same line, rebranded (including us -Sumora/Rabitech USA).

We politely declined because more than simply price, Rabitech has always been 150% on service. Whereas in 2004 when I joined Sumora the guns had a 1 year manufacturer's warranty, we increased to 3 years, and even parts that were admittedly handled negligently by customers were replaced beyond the 1 and/or 3 year period. Because of the excellent service, friendship, and dive partnership formed, we could not undercut the brand that helped us grow and in which we grew together.

In addition, much of our text was stolen/plagiarized from our website and copy pasted verbatim as some people on this board have made me aware of. Our website is copyrighted.

That said, maybe my opinion in the face of the business world where free markets and profitability is the norm, is also naive. What this holds for Rabitech in the international arena remains uncertain. What we can promise is that Rabitech will not disappear. We are still passionate about our products, the industry, and above all spearfishing. What we can also say with certainty is that Rabitech has always strived towards ultimately satisfying customers needs, at all times. Competition is unavoidable, and the mere fact that the same components are being used means the competitor has faith in Rabitech's research and design, which in itelf is a compliment to Rabitech.

For Sumora USA: We still hold our 3 year warranty versus a 1 year warranty and service any gun. Even before when Rabitech was sold through Florida Freedivers, we have serviced these guns as well...even if some of them were simple trigger jams due to sand in the mechanism from 2003.

We are proud to note Spierre declined such offer for their fins to be rebranded and Sumora still holds exclusive rights to this distribution in North America. 5x National Champion Jaco Blignaut and 2x World Record Holder Trevor Hutton endorse without sponsorship.

Our Tommy Botha Line including Tommy Float and Tommy Tuna Guns are ours, and a new ballasted design coming in a few months.

Our Sumora Spears for Euro & American Mechanisms are still manufactured solely for us in our SA Factory.

On a personal note, I wish Mako and Mr. Daniel Hu all the best in the future for not only the USA market but any other market it chooses to enter. Thanks to feedback from our spearos we have discontinued the Stealth and Apex line and have a new model coming shortly 2009. (On the plus side, I've been pushing Rabitech to carry more models so maybe we'll get what we've been waiting for sooner than expected!)

Regards,

Louis Hattingh, Tim Theunissen/Rabitech CC
Erik Sun, Sumora USA

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I remembered reading about this fish, it sure is ugly. But for some reason it looks to me like it would be good eating.

I was gonna say, the two barbs make a greater likelihood that you can't get the shaft out if it gets stuck in a rock past the floppers. Usually you can turn the shaft so the flopper closes and pull it out, but with two floppers you get the same effect as when it's holding fish, when one flopper closes the other opens.

Welcome. Looking forward to some pics and stories from a different place. The relief of the sea bottom in Trinidad looks awesome.

When you want to check for accuracy you don't mess around!

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That be the eye of the whale..

That would make a great user name BTW.

Congrats.

What kind of diameter is 15mm ( bands), is it standard?

What is that bright white thing which is supposed to be the bullseye? It looks tiny as it's only a little bigger than the diameter of the shaft.

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What shafts are those?

I don't know which shafts they are but if you're asking about the two flopper one where the floppers are offset, I used to use a shaft like that but I made it myself by adding the second flopper. It increases holding power without affecting accuracy too much. But I think that a well tuned single flopper is good enough. I made the second flopper shorter than the main one.