Posts by Dan

  • that´s why spearboard is a nasty place

    My mother told me that a man needs to be only a little better looking than a gorilla, what he does have to have is brains. So don't feel bad monster :D





    Let me see if I can remember part of Rolo's post, it went something like this.. "Definition of Man of war: An invertebrate with stinging tentacles that causes painful burns to something it comes in contact with. A home remedy is to pour warm urine over it."


    Translation - You're a spineless individual who causes discomfort to the people around you. The solution is to piss on you :D

  • that´s why spearboard is a nasty place

    Wolf/man of war sells more stuff on SB than anyone I've seen, and he has the nerve to criticize. I think he feels the member's items section belongs to him :rolleyes1: Take it light and in the end it just bumps your thread. I suggest you take better pics of the gun, it doesn't look appealing as is. Good pics is very important for a sale.

  • microfibers and graphite

    I noticed a difference between a wood and an epoxy track letting the shaft slide out of the track out of the water, the epoxy is more slippery but makes more noise. No difference in the water.

  • Cuba spearfishing

    Well there aren't many that can be found, I feel a little lame posting other peoples pics but it's better thant nothing. Maybe Pantoja will add some.


    I can't believe you didn't want to try the tarpon. Did it have a lot of little bones as I recalled?

  • microfibers and graphite

    Pucho, The reasoning behind the partial epoxy enclosed track is to prevent the front of the track from splintering if force is applied upwards on the shaft right? I've experienced this splintering effect already on my current gun, it doesn't have this protection. However I don't like to mess with epoxy if I can avoid so for my next gun I'm going to use two steel plates screwed down at the end of the track to trap the shaft and prevent upward movement. I hope it will work as I've never seen it done before.

  • Cuba spearfishing

    Quote from FREEK

    Made me start wondering what that tarpon and ray taste like?? Anybody??

    I remembered that I bought tarpon once. The fish was big and very bony. Made filleting almost impossible. Would be good for soup and croqueta. I don't remember the taste but remember making a note to myself not to buy it again. If anyone has experience with tarpon they can confirm.

  • Cuba spearfishing

    Whenever I think of diving from the Malecon/near Havana harbor I remember the story of Sir Brook Watson.

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    It was whilst swimming alone in Havana harbour, Cuba in 1749 that Watson was attacked by a shark. He was fourteen at the time. The shark attacked twice before he was rescued. The first time, the shark removed flesh from below the calf of Watson’s right leg; the second time, it bit off his right foot at the ankle. Watson was finally rescued by his fellow shipmates, but his leg could not be saved and it was amputated below the knee. Watson recuperated in a Cuban hospital and recovered within three months

    I remember reading he used the shark attack to his advantage later in life, because of the publicity he received he eventually became lord mayor of London, and on his coat of arms was a drawing of a wooden leg. This is the famous painting depicting the attack. Interesting how the artist didn't know exactly what a shark looks like.


    Watson and The Shark