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01-17-2019, 01:11 PM | #16 | |
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Re: Tethering Shark Shield to the tip of fin w/o drilling hole in fin?
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The fins have an epoxy coat so they are very slick, but 5200 sounds like it is meant for such surfaces. The other option may be to glue a thick piece of mono running along the end portion of the blue rail (inside the groove) and attach a thinner piece of mono to a loop (or albright knot) on the thick mono, if that makes sense, this would avoid gluing anything onto the blade I am also curious to try using a bobber on the tip of the SS tail, with no tethering to the fins, this would have the least interferences with my kick and hydrodynamics i think, because tethering messes up the performance of the fin Thanks for the suggestions. Last edited by TheMackDaddy; 01-17-2019 at 01:21 PM. |
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01-17-2019, 01:38 PM | #17 |
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Re: Tethering Shark Shield to the tip of fin w/o drilling hole in fin?
It is a wonder given how many years the shark shield has been around that they have not built it into a fin or created some streamlined gadget that adds a whip tail to the blade of the fin. As sharks sneak around behind you or come up at an angle from the rear as they use the advantage of surprise then the electric field is more effective at your rear so that is the reason for the trailing leash. Plus it distances the potential shock from you.
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01-17-2019, 03:47 PM | #18 | |
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Re: Tethering Shark Shield to the tip of fin w/o drilling hole in fin?
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01-23-2019, 01:04 PM | #19 |
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Re: Tethering Shark Shield to the tip of fin w/o drilling hole in fin?
There's an idea for a company. Someone needs to make foot pockets with shark shield retention clips built in.
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01-26-2019, 04:17 PM | #20 | |
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Re: Tethering Shark Shield to the tip of fin w/o drilling hole in fin?
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03-24-2019, 11:42 AM | #21 | |
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Re: Tethering Shark Shield to the tip of fin w/o drilling hole in fin?
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it never happens at the start of the dive or while kicking (you have enough speed to keep the tail behind you at those points) it happens at the very bottom of the descent where I'm free falling but then slow down or stop. the tail has to go somewhere at that point and it sinks and lands on you To update on my initial post, nothing worked, every type of glue came off instantly almost. I ended up drilling a very small hole in the corner of the fin. Last edited by TheMackDaddy; 03-24-2019 at 03:37 PM. |
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