Posts by Don Paul

  • Terry Maas Freediver recovery vest

    Quote from phil herranen

    new divers are not the ones who die ,its the upper end of the spectrum . you can tell yourself whatever you want about how it wont happen to you , but the better you are the higher your odds are of dieing in this sport
    phil


    Phil is spot on in my book. The thing I fear the most when freediving is my own complicity. It becomes easy as the the trips to the edge become completely normal.... Another killer is greed... '' I want to win this meet''.
    ''I know I can cut this fish out before it tears of''. Dam ! that's a monster groper back in that cave, but I've done this before''. Betting your dive mates for big fish on the boat or on the trip, is another killer.:nono:
    I admit to hanging longer on deep dives if a pro cinematographer is burning film. I personally have committed these sins and that is why I am a candidate for Terry's vest. Some guys have more control than I have and they may never need it, I don't.


    PARACHUTIST'S DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL


    LOUISBURG (AP) - The death of an experienced parachutist who fell
    10,500 feet without a parachute while he was filming another jump was
    accidental, Franklin County investigators said Tuesday.
    "We have gathered enough information to declare it an
    accident," Sheriff Arthur Johnson said.
    Ivan Lester McGuire, 35, of Durham died Saturday after jumping from an
    airplane without a parachute, said Captain Ralph Brown of the
    Sheriff's Department. McGuire had made more than 800 jumps.


    Cheers, Don

  • Terry Maas Freediver recovery vest

    Quote from ladvr

    Does the vest come with a lifetime warrenty? Who is going to fis it if the company goes out of business?


    Valid question for sure ladyr, I will forward your question to Terry if he is in town. I could modify my dangerous free diving methods by having a buddy follow be around and spot me on dives like the Freedive class disciples
    are taught, but I know I will probably die alone in the arms of Mother Ocean. My plan is for my body to be returned to the sea after cremation or found resting at peace at the end of my 100 foot float line.


    I have blacked out alone at dusk while deep diving for a holed fish in 65 FSW. unbuckling my wt belt and letting go of my gun saved me along with the luck of floating face up. Now that I'm older and less likely to recover from such a blackout or stress to my heart, I will be buying a vest as soon as funds permit. Losing 25 friends around the world along with attending many funerals seeing the pain on wives, kids and family has been a strong factor in my decision to purchase a vest. I would trust any product Terry Maas produces with my life without a second thought.


    There will always be the exception when a seat belt, back up chute or air bag causes a unforeseen fatal outcome, but I will put my trust in the statistics of life saving data.


    Cheers, Don

  • Stealth 140 (The New Generation)

    Quote from red tide

    Four bands and an open track is a strange design in my book.:toast:


    I have a friend that has been building open track guns for 25 years ( like me) with 6 bands of the real deal rubber at 300 percent elongation... not stretch ratio and our pool test targets were a 4'' group @ 25' off the tip. The shafts were 3/8 on a 54'' barrel. Perhaps the Greek has very progressive bands matched to the shaft spline cycle.
    I think ET guns are over rated when pool tested side by side to a gun with balanced power pulling on a tuned
    axis of asymmetry.


    Cheers, Don

  • B.W.M. Two In One Shot

    Quote from captn ron

    Wasn't sure if you were out there. The after party was pretty fun. I won a huge bottle of silver patron, but I'm on the wagon. I think the bottle was empty after 15 minutes. I noticed the volume level increased after that. ;)


    Yeah Scott (Bamz) and I were there Thur, Fri scoutting., We had cans at both ends of the island and even went to Dave's Reef for dinner Fri night to do intel. Me and Scott had monster WSB we were hand feeding till the first gray light Sat......not^^;)
    We ended the comp early but I''l let him tell the story, (we should have brought banyans) he was a great guy to dive with... cool spirit and a fine skipper at the helm.



    Cheers. Don