Posts by Don Paul

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    Quote from Oscar

    Great idea Don.


    Curious - with your large extensive enviable collection of spearguns, collectible and current, are the Euro style guns shown in your Thule mount what you currently use in So Cal?

    Most of collectable guns I have all retired from taking fish with the passing of their former owners.


    The wood gun in the rack is called Tiputa, I built her in 1984 from hondo,white birch,white oak and titanium.
    I use her to shoot the first white seabass of the season and sometimes a yellowtail before going back on the wall.


    The reworked airbalete will just be used for a camera gun once my boat is done although I taken bonita,small blue fin and yellow fin tuna with her.


    90% of the fish I've taken in Cali and Baja is with my gun called Double Trouble.


    Cheers, Don

  • Sinus cleansing flushing neti pot

    Quote from Dan

    "it shouldn't come in your mouth unless you're tilting your head backwards" <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, I remember when Marco posted that vid a couple of years ago. It was on my mind when I started this thread. Knowing what I know now about using the neti pot, what this chick is doing with the syringe is ignorant, uncomfortable and risky. I was actually looking for that thread to link to this one and couldn't find it.


    I'm a mind reader ;) but she is hot.^^


    Cheers, Don

  • Sinus cleansing flushing neti pot

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orpf63wsLyo


    Out of the past... my all time favorite nose cleaner.^^^^;):thumbup:
    But I like 1:24 in Dan's second vid. <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">


    Cheers, Don

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    I know what you local kooks are thinking....lets pop Don's boat popper while he's 500' up current from the boat.:nono: I haven't had any anger management class's in years.;)^^ I'll take you down to China Town.^^


    Cheers, Don

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    Very cool product. Is it immersion activated or do you have to yank a cord?


    If it is water activated how does it trigger? I was just thinking it would be the last thing you want to deal with in bad weather is a huge inflated airbag acting like a sail


    I will be using the guts from a Avon life boat, hand pull, water activator valve, Co2 tank, over pressure valves.
    My console is close to water tight, so if I could get the boat righted within a few minutes I would still have electrical power, the radome would not survive but I would be OK with that. My boat Total hull weight with 18gal fuel and weight belts is under 800lbs
    including the hard bottom ( cold winter project). so my bag will be much smaller the the ones shown.


    Cheers, Don AluGuard self Righting Test - YouTube

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    Quote from Dan

    With some modification that radar arch can hold spearguns.


    That part is ready to go on after the clevis and base section gets installed to the floor (not shown).;)
    There is also a self righting system that I am designing now, but that is going to fitted to the arch before off shore trips. It's like a large air bag that re-rights the hull if inverted. Normally 4 guys stand on one tube and lean back holding a righting line, but I won't have a crew.


    Cheers, Don

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    Quote from Oscar

    Now that is what is known as a Man's garage


    Glad to hear you are off the crutches - must be getting better.


    We have it divided into thirds; boat 1/3, work out1/3 and ....her 1/3.;) I'm lookin to invade the other 1/3s before our grandchild gets a foot hold.:)


    Cheers, Don

  • Viva Diana

    When Susie Maroney swam it in 97 she was seen by her Capt holding on the the Shark Cage.:rolleyes:



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    Don

  • Late Cortez Banks Report

    Great story and pictures and congrets on you first, there will be many more. Boy! by the look of the flat seas Mother Ocean was sweet to you.......this time.;) Nice center of mass shoot on the YT.


    Cheers, Don

  • Viva Diana

    Quote from Dan

    An incredible feat. But I'm obliged to say that choosing this particular route feels disrespectful, considering how many people died trying to make that passage and didn't have a choice.


    Sorry Dan, you bring up a sad point.:( do you want me to drop the post?


    Don

  • Lost Gun

    Quote from Baja

    Thanks Don. Yeah it barely bobs. I ran around on my ski for a while yesterday because it was so glassy. No luck though. Ill post it as mentioned. Thanks.


    I had a hand built 48'' teak gun with inlay I loved...lots of fish and lots of time building her. Was at the hi spot @:nono:with a alpha and dive flag on a outrigger, heard a boat overhead, stayed as long as I could and went up.
    Dam...what is that squealing sound...eardrum? Holy shite that's fat jinki mono cutting into my shoulder!
    Swept the barrel of my gun to get it off my body and whoosh...gun ripped out of my hand by a
    marlin lure.....Fleck!!! Screamed at them as they ran to their pole... and the boat kept pulling away.:(
    Swam against a killer current for 10min getting to the swimstep, ran to the bow to pull the chain rode and the windless beaker takes a shite. Finally hump 120' chain on the deck and go to find those Aholes.
    Looked all over the island for the day and didn't get in another dive, stared at the stars that night and said
    yep...she's gone.:(


    Loosing a nice gun really sucks, I feel for ya mate. Say goodbye to her and think about how bitchin the new one will be.:toast::toast:
    I'll keep my eye out.


    Cheers, Don