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Old 04-02-2008, 01:41 PM   #1
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Putting distance in perspective.

First off, I enjoy reading all these dive stories.

Anyhow my question is this. I assume that when your talking about visibility (10' vis) your point of reference is from mask. When you guys talk about a 5' or a 12' shot, what is your beginning point of reference; spear tip?


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Old 04-02-2008, 01:51 PM   #2
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Re: Putting distance in perspective.

When I talk about that shot, I'm referring to speartip, yes. I don't know about the rest of the board.

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Old 04-02-2008, 01:57 PM   #3
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Re: Putting distance in perspective.

I start from the tips of my fins to make me sound really cool

In reality, from the tip of the spear.
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Old 04-02-2008, 02:22 PM   #4
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Re: Putting distance in perspective.

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First off, I enjoy reading all these dive stories.

Anyhow my question is this. I assume that when your talking about visibility (10' vis) your point of reference is from mask. When you guys talk about a 5' or a 12' shot, what is your beginning point of reference; spear tip?


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I usually can't see the tip of my spear, so I just judge the shot distance from my mask.
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Old 04-02-2008, 02:32 PM   #5
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Re: Putting distance in perspective.

When I say my gun has an 8-10 foot range, I mean distance from me to the fish. When I say most of my shots are less than 4 feet, I mean distance from my spear tip to the fish.
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Old 04-02-2008, 02:44 PM   #6
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Re: Putting distance in perspective.

I use the tip of my spear. It is easy, fish on the = under 9' 1/2 feet, no fish = 10' feet.
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