Seawing nova fins are dangerous

[rhwestfall]

see, once again the Boat Diving Specialty is shown to be necessary.....

 

[scubadada]

Be flexible, do what is the general procedure on the boat. I'm with djtimmey and generally show up early to claim a site near the rear. Most of my dives are in Boynton Beach off Underwater Explorers with an easy backroll off the side and no more than 6 divers.

 

[Qasar]

Well thank you all for your inputs in this thread.
What I like on this forum is that all participants are always right, never make mistakes and very quick to judge others.
I strated this thread to give a warning on a safety issue with the seawing fins. Who can say that they will never ever stand up with their fins on a boat? Whatever rules or other?
It seems important to know that the seawing are very very slipery and doing that is dangerous.
Why no one apart may be one or two people just recognize that Scubapro should have put a rubber part below their fins? increasing security with a very small thing.
Very good divers can do mistakes any time, exchange of lessons learned is the basis of a safe diving.

 

[Hickdive]

Dive boats that don't have a non-slip deck are the problem, not the fins or where you don them.

 

[BoltSnap]

This is the silliest criticism I have heard about fins EVER!! Fins are made for swimming underwater NOT for walking on a boat deck!!!! Why don't you question the slipperiness of the boat deck or the fact that your boat driver/master made you walk with the fins on on the boat deck when you shouldn't? You could have just as easily slipped on the boat deck with any other type of fins should the front of the fins or any part of the fins got caught on something on the boat.

 

[ScubaSteve1962]

Well thank you all for your inputs in this thread.
What I like on this forum is that all participants are always right, never make mistakes and very quick to judge others.
I strated this thread to give a warning on a safety issue with the seawing fins. Who can say that they will never ever stand up with their fins on a boat? Whatever rules or other?
It seems important to know that the seawing are very very slipery and doing that is dangerous.
Why no one apart may be one or two people just recognize that Scubapro should have put a rubber part below their fins? increasing security with a very small thing.
Very good divers can do mistakes any time, exchange of lessons learned is the basis of a safe diving.

Okay, so what did you learn?

 

[alewar]

Well thank you all for your inputs in this thread.
What I like on this forum is that all participants are always right, never make mistakes and very quick to judge others.
I strated this thread to give a warning on a safety issue with the seawing fins. Who can say that they will never ever stand up with their fins on a boat? Whatever rules or other?
It seems important to know that the seawing are very very slipery and doing that is dangerous.
Why no one apart may be one or two people just recognize that Scubapro should have put a rubber part below their fins? increasing security with a very small thing.
Very good divers can do mistakes any time, exchange of lessons learned is the basis of a safe diving.

Perhaps this is what you need:

http://www.opticsplanet.com/scuba-diving-flippers-omega-aquatics-amphibian-flip-fins.html

 

[Reggieb]

The heart of the matter. Production over safety? We talk about this lots in the oil field. This is recreation. No one should get hurt pursuing their sport.

On the contrary, sports are where most injuries happen for a lot of people ;-)

But I agree with your point. That said, if you're careful, you should be able to get to the back of the cattle boat without falling. I've done it in my Novas without issue.



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[flots am]

Following good reviews from this forum I bought a pair of seawing nova. I used them for the first time on a small boat (35ft boat) trip. A boat with plastic deck. Unfortunatly I put my fins on and tried to move towards the edge for a rolling over departure. I flew over the deck with all my gear and cylinder and fall very hardly, hurting badly my arm and leg.

Yes, that's terrible! Who could have imagined that walking down a narrow aisle with giant flappers on your feet might be a problem?

Before dive:

• Put fins over wrist
• Walk to exit
• Hold railing and slip fins on
• Jump in.

Alternate:

• Put fins over wrist
• Walk to exit
• Jump in.
• Slip fins on

After dive:

• Grab ladder or line
• Take fins off
• Put on wrist
• Climb ladder
• Walk to seat.

Options:

1. When DM says "put your fins on and walk across this deck full of crap to the exit", pretend you didn't hear anything.
2. Ask DM if he is insane and/or has lots of liability insurance.

---------- Post added May 27th, 2014 at 09:18 AM ----------

Who can say that they will never ever stand up with their fins on a boat?

Me.

I will never, ever, walk across a boat deck wearing fins, even if the DM tells me it's required by law, because it's dangerous and stupid, and falling over and hitting any of the many hard metal things on the boat can easily be fatal or leave me drooling in a hospital bed.

This should have been covered in class. Did your instructor let you walk across the pool deck in fins?

Fins are for swimming. Shoes/booties/bare feet are for walking.

flots.

 

[lv2dive]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned is HOW one walks. Not that what I personally have witnessed is statistically significant but I have seen a lot more people fall from wearing fins and trying to walk in a FORWARD motion, than from shuffling backward. In fact I can't say I have ever seen anyone take a tumble when shuffling backward but the same is not true of those who try to walk like normal with "feet" that are suddenly much longer and wider than they were moments ago.