Subwing - New Toy for Sailboats

[manitu]

Subwing

Basically a wing for "flying" under water behind the sailboat.
Looks like loads of fun!

.manitu

[cal40john]

Tow sleds are an old idea, but Subwing's tweak on the idea allows you to spin easily.

Used Scuba Dive Gear - Underwater Tow Sled

John

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by manitu

Subwing

Basically a wing for "flying" under water behind the sailboat.
Looks like loads of fun!

.manitu

"Here Sharkey, Sharkey...."

[rebel heart]

I have a hard enough time clearing every few feet when scuba diving. That thing would blow my sinuses wide open. Lucky you guys who don't have those issues.

[cal40john]

Originally Posted by rebel heart

I have a hard enough time clearing every few feet when scuba diving. That thing would blow my sinuses wide open. Lucky you guys who don't have those issues.

I reached the point where I had to ascend very slowly or I'd get a bad headache and sometimes my sinuses would bleed. Went to the doctor, said my sinuses had completely closed up due to repeated sinus infections. They dremel tooled out some nice big windows. Made a huge difference in diving and in sinus infections/headaches.

My dive instructor sometimes had big sinus problems diving. Turned out he had a polyp that sometimes flopped over the right way and blocked the opening. Removal of polyp removed problem.

John

[rebel heart]

Originally Posted by cal40john

I reached the point where I had to ascend very slowly or I'd get a bad headache and sometimes my sinuses would bleed. Went to the doctor, said my sinuses had completely closed up due to repeated sinus infections. They dremel tooled out some nice big windows. Made a huge difference in diving and in sinus infections/headaches.

My dive instructor sometimes had big sinus problems diving. Turned out he had a polyp that sometimes flopped over the right way and blocked the opening. Removal of polyp removed problem.

John

Been there on all of that. I got my divemaster through padi so I worked with students a lot, chasing them up and down and trashing my face in the process. Had some really nasty stuff happen. Went and saw an ENT, and he went in with the camera on the wand and showed me all my ostyas (or whatever those holes are called) and my tube openings.

I have to take a nasal steroid every day for the rest of my life if I want to keep diving. Small price to pay. Stuff is cheap enough, one shot up each nostril every day, has kept me from needing surgery and diving doesn't hurt anymore.

[Hoosierdoc]

I just bought one. Looking forward to trying it out!

[psk125]

What happens if one of them snags on a rock or coral head?

[Hoosierdoc]

Originally Posted by psk125

What happens if one of them snags on a rock or coral head?

I’m worried about my head hitting one of those.

Basically only do it in good visibility or stay on surface

[grecko]

Looks really fun. I'm curious if it is easy to maneuver when under water.

[Hoosierdoc]

so we only used it once. Would have used it more but the sailing school kept getting in the way. Tie your shorts well! And make sure you're not fogged up. It was hard to see and there were coral heads around so I mainly stayed at the surface.


It is hard to dive down, at least with my body size and grip strength. Barrel rolls were easy and fun. I used a mask without snorkel as I was worried about the drag of it. The dinghy with 9.9hp was plenty powerful enough. It was worth $180