my set of omer pegaso's have served me well.
really quiet, don't slide, great long distance fin, blade is extremely
resiliant etc..
however...
Went out into the SE gutter's to try some ankle weighting for my agachon
work. Tide was a fair sized 37ft and running but, not unlike what we are used
to swimming with and across.
Half way over a gutter running at around 8-9 kts i felt my left fin disengage the water.
It felt really strange.
I looked under and backwards to see one side of the foot pocket completely open from the blade. Thankfully it was my left leg as i still had a fair swim or get swept a LONG way out and on 1 fin i didn't fancy that somehow.
After what seemed like an age of 1 legged swimming i crossed the gutter.
It seems the foot pocket was fine. In fact, the rubber rail glued alongside the back (foot end) of the blade had just become completely unglued ?
I'm a kind of guy that checks all his kit before swimming/diving and i can't help but think i've just overpowered the fin in the run or the bonding is somehow at fault.
I've repaired the rail with superglue gel since and its fixed it ok. However, i'm still yet to swim with the repair.
I did consider fixing the whole blade into the pocket with marine sealant as i don't fancy this happening again.
they aren't overly powerful bladed (med pegaso) and you notice this when coming up from 15 meter dives or more. You can feel the blade buckle a little when you give them a firm kick. But, in fairness, they always get you back.
Anyone else had anything like this happen and ...
what was your long term solution that could trust ?
Cheers..
really quiet, don't slide, great long distance fin, blade is extremely
resiliant etc..
however...
Went out into the SE gutter's to try some ankle weighting for my agachon
work. Tide was a fair sized 37ft and running but, not unlike what we are used
to swimming with and across.
Half way over a gutter running at around 8-9 kts i felt my left fin disengage the water.
It felt really strange.
I looked under and backwards to see one side of the foot pocket completely open from the blade. Thankfully it was my left leg as i still had a fair swim or get swept a LONG way out and on 1 fin i didn't fancy that somehow.
After what seemed like an age of 1 legged swimming i crossed the gutter.
It seems the foot pocket was fine. In fact, the rubber rail glued alongside the back (foot end) of the blade had just become completely unglued ?
I'm a kind of guy that checks all his kit before swimming/diving and i can't help but think i've just overpowered the fin in the run or the bonding is somehow at fault.
I've repaired the rail with superglue gel since and its fixed it ok. However, i'm still yet to swim with the repair.
I did consider fixing the whole blade into the pocket with marine sealant as i don't fancy this happening again.
they aren't overly powerful bladed (med pegaso) and you notice this when coming up from 15 meter dives or more. You can feel the blade buckle a little when you give them a firm kick. But, in fairness, they always get you back.
Anyone else had anything like this happen and ...
what was your long term solution that could trust ?
Cheers..