home made spearo buoy

[charlie.]

i posted this a few weeks ago but it wasn't quite finished. so i cut up an old body board and sprayed painted it glow orange then tied in a keep net, gun straps, flag pole with diver down flag (detachable), water bottle holder, lobster nooses on the bottom and a 0.7kg grapple anchor with 20m of glow orange para cord. and all for a grand total of £15

 

[ReefTroll]

The best way is DIY, I love it!

 

[Mr. X]

Several clever features. The built-in float-line winder is a feature I have not seen before. The keep-net is unusual - I have seen one in a tube float but not on a spearing float before.

 

[charlie.]

The only problems I've had with it so far are the lobster nooses are a bit too close to the keep net and they have been nipping the fins of my catch while I'm diving and the paint job is peeling but its made my trips out so much more enjoyable. if anyone wants me to do a more comprehensive post on how i put it together and its features I'd be more than happy to oblige.

 

[bobdonny]

great job, I like the built in winder!

 

[razor4ever]

i made this one, i think it work well, and i can hang something on it like torchlight, string and flash

 

[poildeq]

Way cool mate very creative

 

[MozSpearer]

I like. It, i wanted to to use my bodyboard as a float as well but then it blew off the ferry on the way to my favourite spearing spot. BUmmer

 

[Marco van Wyk]

Great idée, I” am brewing on a similar float. We got a lot of black tip sharks that take our fish of our stringer.
Will have to make a bag for the fish on top. Going to put that one on my list of going to do.

 

[Pinniped72]

I like that, I was gonna make a bodyboard float but the only body board I have I use for body boarding and it was quite expensive. I filled my double bladder immersion float with the foam from some old buoyancy aids that I had floating around............ sorry, couldn't resist that one It took the foam from three vests so it should be quite good but it hasn't got wet yet so I will find out. DIY is important in these less than affluent times.......... good float you have there.

 

[kwtony]

Foam from three vests?? The foam life preservers should not stay in direct contact with wate, or it will be come saturated with water and sink. Life vest have a certain ' float time' before they start to soak up the water. If you are going to use any sort of "foam" you need to look into the 2 part foam. Spray foam WILL NOT work either.

 

[Pinniped72]

I soon realised that when I started taking them apart. I left the foam in their water tight compartments and squeezed them in the float. It was quite a tight fit I will look into the two part foam though, thanks for that

 

[kwtony]

Im having a tough time understanding what you are actually using for the float. However, filling a can with 2 part foam will not make it float any more, it might help it keep from crushing at depth, but wont aid in its buoyancy.

For example, filling a lifeguard float, will only add weight (cause 2 part foam can get a little heavy) and not make it float any more. If it has a hole and is filling with water, then seal it and the air will work in it just fine.

 

[Pinniped72]

What I was trying to do is make it puncture proof, working to the rule, if something can go wrong it probably will I realise that foam will not be more buoyant than air and its just the air bubbles in the foam providing buoyancy but the puncture proof thing was more important to me so I was ok with loosing a little buoyancy for a trade off in durability. Thanks for the information though