Posts by hau

  • Pompano Beach Nov21 [Cobia]

    greekdiver,
    I do not want this to get your great spearin post off post, but your boat looks new or almost new and I write to offer a suggestion.
    I used to commercial sponge dive and the dead sponges and fish would destroy/stain any boat deck. To stop that problem completly and to make boat cleanup easier, we would buy sheet vinyl from swimming pool builders and cut to fit our boat decks. At the end of the day all we had to do way fold up and lift out the sheet and throw it onto the ground for scrubbing and pressure wash/spray. Scrap pieces of this sheet vinyl is not expensive after you find a good source and one piece will last you many years.
    Hope this helps.
    hau

  • Pompano Beach Nov21 [Cobia]

    greekdiver,
    Very nice.
    I am sure great shots on fish that big and at that depth could only be done with pneumatic guns.:thumbup:[ Lo siento, I couldn't resist].
    Congratulations.
    Video?
    PS. That is a beautiful boat.
    hau

  • Mask reviews and defogging procedures

    Marco,
    I agree. The RA 130 Tuna open muzzle is my favorite gun also.
    How is the hand injury?


    alecrin,
    I agree with you also. I just started using the same mask as you, the Technisub micromask and it is now my favorite mask.


    hau

  • Nov 16/2008 Ft Lauderdale conditions

    : Vizibility off Miami beach?
    I only hunt in the mornings off Hollywood Beach or so and had 25 ft vis this am in 60fsw. I have a knot tied every 10ft on my yak anchor line so that I know how deep a spot is when I drop anchor on reaching a good looking spot. I just count the knots going through my hand till I feel the anchor touch bottom and that way I know the depth. Of course next I let more anchor line out for correct anchoring. When I enter the water I can look and count the number of knots to get a good viz distance referance. I do the same knot thing on my FAD line to help me better judge distance in clear blue water.
    Hope this helps.
    hau


    I got very cold today in the water. What 3mm suit would spearos suggest for me to buy for use in Miami?
    Gracias


    seahunter49,
    Hope you have a speedy recovery. I hate foot injuries. Lots of risk of infection in the feet and slows down my mobalization.

  • Riffe Euro

    I had a Riffe Euro and liked it better than all my other Riffes for freediving. I especially liked the different grip than "standard" Riffes. The Euro and Euro X grips are smaller and at a more relaxed angle than standard Riffes. To answer your question, standard Riffe shaft will fit the Riffe Euro X, but the Euro has a smaller diamiater shaft grove than the Euro X so that larger than 7mm shafts do not lay into the track. The limiting factor with Riffe shafts into the Euro is not the shape of the shaft /trigger end but the diamiter of the shaft.
    I would love to have a Euro with an enclosed track if Jay would make them. Hope this helps.
    hau

  • Coincidence or have we angered the spearfishing gods?

    I've had many boats. The best boats I had were ones I bought new. I have spent literally years working on boats of all types. Grinding, painting, sanding, fixing and buying parts for. I have spent days in the water to lift boats off the bottom to the surface with pumps and innertubes and barrels. All this has given me a greater appreciation of those who do have a boat. All this leads me to never wait to be asked for my share from a captain because I fully understand boat ownership. The ëxpenses" most private captains request never covers the real expenses of boat ownership.
    hau

  • DIYS Cure for Sea urchin punctures

    Marco,
    I didn't know you got injured until I read this today. Looks like you did a good job taking care of your injuries. Lots of good information you have given us about DIY sea urchin treatment. Good job and very informative post. I hope I never have that type of injury. Thank you for sharing such useful information and I hope you fully recover soon.
    hau

  • first pic try

    Rolo,
    This is the vest I use every day freediving that we tried to translate correctly.


    http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/270281/377-710-4294967143-1204/712/Safety/Primary-Search/mode-matchallpartial/40/0?N=377-710-4294967143-1204&Ne=712&Ntt=Safety&Ntx=mode-matchallpartial&page=Branding&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=8&subdeptNum=106&classNum=12387hau



    They come in different colors. Mine is all black. It works great. I'll happily answer any questions about this type of vest.
    Gracias
    hau

  • first pic try

    seahunter49,
    I found this video, wish it was me. I remember seeing jewfish like this in holes in the MG in 1975. We used a lot of PPD ammo back then. Ray Odor must have sold a lot more PPDs back then as every diver I knew used them. It was considered dangerous and foolhardy not to use a PPD on fish that big.
    The 4th line is just what I was missing. Thank you.
    hau

  • first pic try

    1. I do not have an pictures of my yak yet but will have some soon as I get better posting pictures.
    2. I will correct the picture size.
    3. I started this thread here just as a test to see if I could figure out how to post my first pictures. Thanks to greekdiver and others the pictures can now be viewed. Gracias
    4. My yak is a Hobie Adventure that I spent months modifying to a 1 man anytime/anywhere freedive/spearfishing yak. I even added 4 wheels to the yak cart so it goes through the soft beach sand. I have my yak set up so that I look like a tourist out for his morning yak ride off the beach. All my gear [flag, fins, wetsuit, cooler, everything] is stored down inside until I get out to my dive spot a half mile or so off shore. And when finished spearing I put everything back away down inside before I go back into the beach. The only one item that will not fit down below is my RA and I have a bag I made to put it into so it looks like a paddle strapped to the side of the yak. I have done this for over a year and no beach guard has ever approached me on any beach from South Beach to Ft. Lauderdale. I spray foamed inside the hull in all the unusable places so that the yak will not sink even when filled with sea water. I filled it with sea water and fully loaded as a test. I used Marine Goop to glue the FF transducer to the inside of the hull.
    5. The fish story is I got off work and yaked out the hour to my spot, dropped the anchor perfectly into the sand at my ledge and slipped into the water and saw fish immediatly in the 40 foot vis. A school of big cuberas came in just seconds after I got the first band loaded and I squeezed the trigger on one of the biggest ones and he just rolled over down onto the reef. He was 24 1/4 inches. The 16 inch hog was swimming straight away when the shaft entered his tail and came out the top of his nose between his eyes. I love my RA 130. I got cold in the water with my 1.5mm but that is all I have left. Lo siento this is so long.
    hau

  • first pic try

    I must be doing something wrong. I spend 15 min writing and try to send and have been logged off. When I go back to log on I loose everything I have typed. Lo ssento.
    hau