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Divinycell floats

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great input on the various floats, I think Terry Mass mentions a life guard can filled with the 2 part foam (which is the ticket, the polyfoam in a can is mierda)...rhino liner works well I'm actually prototyping a float that actually uses WS with one of their fillers, crazy tough finish...I'll post specs when the first phase is done.
 
Well, it's been a long time and I can provide a little more information on how the two divynicell floats work with large tuna, wahoo, amberjacks and some other nice fish.

My largest tuna caught with the small float has been 120Kg or around 256Lbs. I have also taken 100Kg, 88Kg, 85Kg, 78Kg and some smaller ones with the same float. I have also lost a few others due to tear or equipment break.

The largest tuna actually never went down and swam on the surface the whole time, dragging me out to open ocean for about 500 meters, same thing happened with a 75Kg tuna speared a few years ago. The others acted normaly and went straight down.

When the tuna go down, the board dissapears at the very most 10 or 20 seconds and comes straight back up. Since the samll float has been sufficient to land the tuna, I have not used the large board and I'm about to cut it in half and make two boards out of that one.

On a recent trip I lost a very large tuna because the bungie got entangled with the chum bag on the back of the float and the tuna pulled the board flat down. The swivel couldn't take it and broke. I have also lost some tuna due to tear. The board might provide too much drag and that is another reason I'm cutting the large board in two more streamlined floats.

The boards trail behind you very well while diven but can't be towed behind the boat because they go submarine.

110 and 120 Kg tunas
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120 Kg
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60Kg
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85Kg
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88Kg
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88 & 40sh Kg
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Hi Alex,

Can you give me the approx dimensions of the smaller float? I have a trip coming up where we will shoot probably no more than 200 pound Tuna and a smaller float sounds like it might be the way to go.

- Robbert
Robbert@SpearTrips.com
 
Robert, dimensions are on the first post. I think I left some dimensions out but gave an approximate. You can make the float somewhat smaller than mine and will still bring any tuna to the surface.

My boards are on the beach so I can't give you more info right now, but will surely go before you go on your Alijos trip.
 
Hi Alex,

Thanks - I got the measurements from the earlier threads you noted. That's a lot smaller than I expected. Clearly it works! Thanks!

- Robbert
 
Just got back from the beach, so here are the measurments for the board:

55 cm long x 45.5 cm wide and 8 cm thick.

This dimensions provide a little less than 20 liters of flotation (would be 20 liters if it was square) wich is not a whole lot, but the board can go down to 200 feet and the volume won't change more than 5%, so eventually the board comes back up.
 
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Alex, thanks for the information. I made a board based on your dimensions and it works GREAT!
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