A flopper with a flared end will definitely affect a shaft's trajectory. When I started spearfishing I tried bending them up a bit, supposedly for better deployment. I was missing long shots and finally noticed the shaft was making a turn somewhere around 10ft. It was so pronounced I could shoot around a corner at something 20ft away.
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Why wait? If I had the time and desire to prove my point (no pun intended) I'd grind a shaft to that shape, dipping it in oil to maintain hardness, and shoot it into a rock from a reasonable distance. I'm pretty sure about the results so I'm not going to bother. Never mind that the whole range and accuracy increase due to improved hydronamics is to say the least fishy. Damn so many puns
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A todo lo que es obviamente boberia. Usted siendo pescador submarino con amplia experiencia, deberia saber que tengo razon sobre este harpon.
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For bluewater a slip tip will normally be used, this is obviously not a bluewater/threaded shaft. With bottom hunting there's always the possibility to hit a rock or a wreck, or have a fish drag a point across the same. Things in Beuchat land must be done very different than over here.
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That weakened point will bend the moment you hit a rock. It would otherwise be amusing seeing Beuchat grasping at straws to attract attention to its products, but as a spearo I feel this "innovation" is insulting my intelligence.
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Looks like a good boat to get to and from places. Not too comfortable to get in and out of for spearfishing. Unless there's something in the transom.
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Nice looking boat. What does that design specialize in?
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To me the idea of deferring to a watch to tell me when to do things in freedive spearifshing is absurd. My body performs differently on different days and my job is to be in tune with it. I don't care what programming they put into the watch, it can't replace my brain which constantly takes stock of my actual physical condition. I know it's different for scuba divers, they're dependent on gauges and calculations. But I prefer freediving. Maybe I'm not such a good diver as Marco so my surface intervals are naturally longer/adequate in duration, to not experience anything weirder than just being tired.
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What kind of boat is it that can handle such weight?
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Can you see it on youtube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYV0oNUXiXw
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Since you mentioned knots I'm assuming you're not going to be using plastic or metal wishbones which would require a smaller diameter line, as would euro shafts with notches. Other than that abrasion resistance is the main factor. You can make any wishbone line last longer by having smooth tabs on the shaft and not sawing on them ie. repositioning/centering the wishbone on the tab. There is no advantage I can think of to the thicker line, so I use the Speardier wishbone system for all spearguns, with notched or tabbed shafts. This 1.8mm Spectra wishbone line is very smooth, rigid, and abrasion resistant.
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Welcome Josh.
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Well you know me JC, fairly obtuse. I dove with at least some of your former dive buddies; Rolo, Emil, Gerald they don't dive the way you describe. That puts you in the minority as far as your expectations of how things are going to be done.
I have my own diving style and my instincts take me where perhaps other's won't. I don't expect anyone to drop what they're doing and adjust to my diving. Nor would I do it for someone else.
Asking for a spot during a particularly challenging dive like an extraction is a different story. It's an isolated occurrence not a day long affair. If you feel you need a spot all day long then IMO you're out of your element. The whole idea of diving is to be relaxed, comfortable and aware. Not push to where you feel at risk every time.
Blackout doesn't creep up on you out of nowhere. I'm tired of hearing this misconception. Blackout happens when you **** up. Don't **** up.
Cubans employing the cordelero technique are not doing it because they can't afford a 2nd gun. Get your information straight. The ones I knew and respect dive in such hard conditions that would preclude %99 of American "spearos" from ever taking up the activity.
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Some very nice posts most notably Gecko's. Problem is the sentiments expressed are idealistic. The reality is guys keep dying in greater numbers than ever, even after being exposed to all this information. And guys keep diving alone, even if they think they're diving with a buddy. In the end freedive spearfishing in the US is a solo exercise, no matter what kind of spin you put on it, no matter how stoked you are over a noobs first nice fish. The only true team spearfishing system is how they do it in Cuba, two divers one gun. And I'd rather have it this way. There's nothing like the confidence gained to deal with problems than venturing out on your own and discovering it all for yourself. Accelerated progressions because of freediving courses will continue to equal more deaths. If there's any superficial motivator for me to be more careful, it's the thought of not allowing a thread like this about myself to come to be, wouldn't want to give anyone the satisfaction.
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Good story about the pufferfish.
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Correcto, estaba prguntando cual es el mejor nudo para conectar el hilo de carete al harpon.
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This happened back in 2005. I thought it would be good to repost here for those of us who didn't know lobster can bite.
Quote from loose cannonOur second day of sport season aboard “The Impaler” started out normal enough. The first drops produced a few bugs, but most were full of eggs. I surfaced with an empty bag despite having nabbed six lobsters and sending them back under the ledge. On second drop Rich was a little slow dropping because he jumped in without his gloves. Ken threw him his pair of gloves and down Rich went. Thirty minutes later, Rich was on the surface and we motored over to pick him up. As he handed his gear up he said something that sounded like, “the *****er bit me.” We were all a little puzzled, but were quickly distracted when Rich threw a bag containing a monster, 8-lb lobster on the deck.
When Rich got on board he pulled his gloves off and revealed a pinky finger sans one side all the way back to the base of the fingernail. Ken, found a lump in the finger of one of his gloves and there was Rich’s fingertip. First-aid was rendered by those on the crew who could handle the site without getting freaked out. Rich opted not to do any more dives, but he’s hardcore and didn’t even consider heading for the beach.
Evidently, it was an epic undersea battle with this bug. Rich found it up under a ledge in 90’ and was pulling on it with both hands. The bug wasn’t going to come away without a fight, and when Rich stuck his finger too close to the business end of that thing’s choppers the game was on. He said it had him so tight that he had to rip his finger out of its mouth. Once out of the ledge the bug was so big Rich had to break its legs off to fit it in the lobster hotel.
Quote from Mr.BillA few years ago a friend and I made a drop on a125 ft. spot. I got a big bug, about 8 pounds, and while my buddy held the bag I tried to stuff it in. I don’t know how it happened but my thumb got up in its mouth and it clamped down. I thought that I was going to lose the thump! It felt like somebody had clamped down on me with a giant pair of vice grips! It would not let go even when I tried to release it so my buddy grabbed the tail and while I held on to the head with my free hand and my hand that was in the mouth and he twisted the tail off. And don’t lecture me on that being illegal, a citation was the least of my concerns at that moment. Anyway it turned out that that was not a good idea because it still wouldn’t let go so I headed for the surface, and after some problems in trying to climb on the platform I got in the boat with the head still attached. I still could not pull my thumb out so my buddy started smashing the head with a tank. Its jaws relaxed a little and I was able to pull my thumb out of my glove which stayed in the jaws. My thumb turned black and it was months before all the feeling returned. If I had not had thick gloves on I probably would have lost the whole thumb. I have been careful ever since. If you get a chance take a close look at the jaws. They look like knuckles coming together. I guess if they can crush mollusks and crustaceans they can do the same to a digit.
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Cheers Don
