Posts by Don Paul

  • I got a boat

    Quote from Dan

    Thanks guys.


    I can't believe I had a thought at one point to spent about a grand less on a PWC. Thanks for talking me out of it Alan. After going to see one and sitting on it I knew it was a waste of time.


    Jeeze Don is there anything you don't know :) Yes there will be an ample supply of tip protectors on board. And the rule is they go on before the gun goes in the boat which means if you're diving with me you have to find a place for it on your person. Ironically a couple of years ago I was very taken aback when asked to do the same thing on this one person's boat but it wasn't an inflatable and wasn't his boat anyways. He wanted it done for safety reasons so no body gets poked. But this is a different situation, some people like to really sharpen their spear points and the day can easily turn into a disaster on an inflatable boat. I plan on making a bunch of tip protectors out of fuel line with a constrictor knot in one end, they're very compact.


    Here is my first Cali blue water boat in 1982, a 12' Zodiac GT with 18hp Suzuki, I named her Breathless.
    Sorry for the crap disposable cam shots. Here she is 32 miles offshore putting me and a friend on small
    local Yellowtail. Later I packed it in my Baja van and crossed the Baja peninasula ( 80miles of no road)
    and found some bigger fish. The boat had a motor cycle battery for the VHF, navigation was state of the
    art dive compass. My custom transom mounted gun rack held 4 game guns. I had indoor/outdoor carpet panels
    sewn to help keep tips and grouper spines from damaging the compartments, I never had a leak.
    I'll be using the boat to take my 10 year boy fishing with this spring, but not offshore.
    Cheers, Don
    PS.... I know yu guy's are going to give me Shite about the Looooong bands on my 7' teak gun, but I had a broken hand from bouncing and it was the only way I could load it.^^ it completely lined the big Yellowtail though.

  • I got a boat

    Quote from sdeisen

    ha i agree,, the only thing i hate more than country music is rap, but that video really expresses the pride of boat ownership well. haha


    I'm a big Rage Against The Machine fan (for the music) but my cop buddies think I'm puke for listening to it. I like old Cubano music a lot too but I don't under stand the words.
    Ciao Don

  • Enclosed track speargun

    Quote from Tin Man

    Thanks Don. It's 47.5" long.


    It look's a lot longer in the first image, at 47.5 Hau should have no problem indexing the shaft on reload.
    One thing that helps as well is a 157 degree angle at the front of the ET. This will rotate and help index
    the shaft as the wing meets it on reload.
    My beach gun has a 49'' rail barrel and is a greet all around shooter. You are one cool dude man !
    Cheers, Don

  • Spearfishing competition footage circa 1960

    Dan, thank you for sharing this film of some of the world's best spearfishermen. I have only seen this
    footage of Del's one time a long time ago at a awards banquet. Many of the divers were members of
    my club, The Long Beach Neptunes. Some like Big Jim Christiansen and Charlie Strugill and others are no
    longer there to mentor me. Terry Lentz ( another Neptune) is the USA's only World Champion, he
    has always been the diver I look up to, and not just for his world class spearfishing skills. Terry to this
    day continues to train and condition his mind and body for a life worth living in our Mother Ocean.
    All the Best, Don Paul
    Long Beach Neptune past President 1986.

  • What slows down a shaft the most?

    [quote='Don Paul','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=22600#post22600']I'm not speaking for Tin, but think of the end of a spear shaft like the tail of a plane or the stern of a
    Americas Cup boat. But first...CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE ANY MATERAL FROM YOUR SHAFT
    THAT REDUCES IT'S ABILITY TO LOCK IN THE MECHANISM.
    I build my own mechanisms that are based on geometry from a old Australian mech called Undersee.
    If you take apart many of the top big gun mech's today you find many have geometry based on Undersee
    mechs. The tail of the shaft behind Undersee type shafts is very unfriendly to the water behind it.
    Behind and in front of things moving at high speed we want to create Laminer Flow.


    I you look at thw image you see the line loop is long and the swage is out of frame well behind the shaft tail.
    I going to stop now on the shaft details before a get some kid that be lurking hurt.
    Cheers, Don

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  • Interesting and funny stuff

    Your killing me.... <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">
    Don

  • What slows down a shaft the most?

    Quote from El cazador

    4. "Boat tailing" the end of the spear shaft, again to make it more hydrodynamic

    Hey Tinman could you please explain this concept. I'm not sure what you mean.


    Also I believe another factor that could play a role is the slip-tip cable. If its kinked and twisted it could affect the speed and accuracy.:confused2:


    I'm not speaking for Tin, but think of the end of a spear shaft like the tail of a plane or the stern of a
    Americas Cup boat. But first...CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE ANY MATERAL FROM YOUR SHAFT
    THAT REDUCES IT'S ABILITY TO LOCK IN THE MECHANISM.
    I build my own mechanisms that are based on geometry from a old Australian mech called Undersee.
    If you take apart many of the top big gun mech's today you find many have geometry based on Undersee
    mechs. The tail of the shaft behind Undersee type shafts is very unfriendly to the water behind it.
    Behind and in front of things moving at high speed we want to create Laminer Flow. ....to be cont.
    Don

  • What slows down a shaft the most?

    Thanks Dan, you guy's are my brothers, I hope I don't mess up threads by going off track.
    I wish I could share some under water footage, but it was on someone else's dime.
    This summer I'll mount a new video cam on one of by big Sten 140's and send FSF some cool shite.
    Cheers, Don

  • Sharky Bluewater Diving

    Quote from griswold

    No that gun is rigged so that you can switch from reel to float depending on the situation. It had a bungie float line attached since we were hunting tuna.


    Looks like a day of filming in French Poly without the nasty eaters.
    Chad, do the bulls come up to the 75' level out there, and do they ever bump first?
    I have never had a Dusky get too sh-ty with me , usually just want the fish until you dive on them.
    The tigers I have seen in the Sea of Cortez have been cool, But I don't ever trust Tigers in Tahiti.
    The chum really gets the tuna moving fast.
    Thanks for the cool post.
    Cheers, Don

  • What slows down a shaft the most?

    Quote from Pucho

    Looks like an old wood surfboard:@, how much shaft overhang on that gun?


    Pucho, Jay's big gun had a standard Blue water gun and shaft along with a SS plates to enclose the shaft.
    If I didn't build my own guns, the gun in the last picture would be the one I would hunt the blue with.
    This gun and a handful of its brothers have taken more Blue Water fish over the last 20 years then I
    could ever remember. The gun and one of the greatest minds in custom gun building, John Warren.
    Cheers, Don

  • What slows down a shaft the most?

    Quote from Dan

    After you're done diving you can paddle home on that gun <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> Nice pic!


    Yeah I busted Jay's balls about not having cup holders, It had a metal ET and shot with a big woosh and
    very little recoil. At DEMA it drew a huge crowd at the Rife booth. The gun was bought by a friend in
    Japan, and yes it did kill a fish.;) I had no part in it's build, I was just the test driver.
    Cheers, Don