Posts by Don Paul

Quote from outrunnermike

I'm sure I want it, just not so sure if I can justify the price, it's definitely a life saver especially if combined with dive buddy. But the price tag is a little bit high, or I'm looking at the wrong website?

What price are you seeing?

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I have long forearms so mine is 14.25 from handle Y to end of butt end.

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I need one, I know myself too well.

Don

Quote from hank

I had to Google that. Blue Whale? The boat light or the eye of the cubera?

Boat light <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

To tired to write, fits as designed, later. Will out line work and specs on the weekend.

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Hank, looking at the first image with that cold staring eye she looks looks like a Balaenoptera musculus <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> 

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Welcome home to the Americas .
Love the high bow and deadrise.
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Quote from Ramon

Lo creo

Think so.

Bravo
Love every thing, the filming, the music score and top notch shooting.
You must be very proud.

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Quote from Dan

What is the green coating?

2 layers of green tinted 3 part Raptor truck bed liner that I poured on and distributed with a plastic spreader, then used a foam roller twice before tack to control texture.

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10:00 PM here:boring1: Really tired, it was hot again. Just some pix tonight. That is just a 14 buck Harbor Freight plane that makes a nice sanding block.;) The grey pix is not true color flash turned off.

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This post is dedicated to the thousands of boat builders and fisherman around the globe that do hard work on boats in unbearable heat with minimal tools. Many times I build things with un powered basic hand tools to remind myself how easy we have it here in the states. Today I left the safe, conformable air conditioned environment to reconnect with hell.
My temp boat house is a black roofed storage unit that has no power and is as hot as hell ! Never lay down epo in direct hot sun. The sun will heat the wood releasing trapped air bubbles from the grain. Today it was 104 in my work area. I woke up and made many excuses to myself that this weekend would be too hot to work, I should just stay home or head to the pool.
Then I thought about the boat builders in Cuba, Mexico, Caribbean and the outback.....what a pussy I am.;)

So...off the couch armed with a chunk of straight yellow oak, some 180 open sand paper, ice chest of water and 70bucks of ResinResearch performance surf board epoxy and slow catalyst. I got some shite done.

Taped out the Gflex edges, hand sanded the marine ply from 3 angles to give the wood a good key for the epoxy to grab to. Next hand brushed and swatted the dust away, scrubbed the surfaces with acetone before laying down a sealer coat with a plastic spreader.
Tomorrow the heat wave continues and so will the next work opps, which will be sand and recoat top/bottom, and sand again before laying down mil green tinted bed liner to the topside.

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Nice.

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Hydrotek Marine Plywood is manufactured utilizing BS 1088 specifications, it is a multiply type construction, with balanced internal plys and thick (1mm before sanding) face veneers, and water proof phenolic glue. It is made using a stiff and strong wood specie which when put together, yield a very good quality marine panel.
Meranti/Keruing Mahogany ply is my first for a strong deck core, this wood is 3/4'' with 13 plys.
In materials, BS 1088 is the British Standard specification for marine plywood that applies to plywood produced with untreated tropical hardwood veneers that have a set level of resistance to fungal attack. The plies are bonded with Weather Boil Proof (WBP) Glue.

First the ply was cut to length, then Port and Starboard edges were milled to 17degrees top and 21 degrees bottom edge.These angles were chosen to match the stock aluminum deck slats on the roll up floor. I chose to go with a solid deck as I will not be launching the uninflated boat from a submarine tube or hatch.;) Next I used a coarse file to dress corners and blend a rounded outer edge, followed by a quick sand with 180 paper. I wrapped the wood in black plastic in the sun until I had 115 degree wood and waited till late afternoon when air temps were on the decline. This opens the pores in the wood slightly to except the epoxie also lowering bubbles that are formed when the base wood is rising in temp after epoxy is applied.
I use this same process when applying any top coat on wood.
This weekend I will be epoxie sealing both sides, followed by a bedliner system tinted military green.
Black was my first choice but my wife may talk me into a lake trip some day. <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin"> <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

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Yeah that's the spirit !
Dam now I feel good !...can't wait to try your after work meds tonight

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Quote from Dan

I gotta see this. I don't think it will be easy.

Yeah you would know, It will definitely be one of the last things before the boat gets wet. I found a place in England that has many custom colored hypalon fabric or I could flex paint. I'm good with a scalpel knife and patterns. The black outline would not be carried over.

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This will be made out of hypalon material ....to scare the sharks away.
Going to sand the new deck wood tomorrow and check fit before coating it with Rino Liner.
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Quote from hydroid

I'll turn 60 in a couple of months and looking forward to continuing the sport as long as I can. You "old farts" are my inspiration.

Funny thing is as I read you post I thought to myself..''Wow this guy is diving at 60'' then I stopped and thought ''holly cow, I'm almost 65''.:@

The only time I don't feel 25 is when I wake up each morning feeling all the stupid shite I've done to my body over the years, and I don't mean drinking or drugs.

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:@:@ I need a bigger boat.;)

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Tank back from powder coating texture satin black, along with new water pump bits....later.

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