>Tony
>I dived the Gara for years and still dive them on single tanks. Patti
>always dives them. However you will discover that if you are doing
>doubles with stages they breakdown under the loading.
>
>Last week while teaching a halcyon course carring stages a good friend
>Dale Harrod an ardent Gara diver made this discovery. He is a quick
>swimmer but passing him was a breeze. He then tried my ex large
>scaubapro jets and bingo was he ever fast again.
>
>It comes down to fins deliver in the range for what they are designed
>(by purpose or accident) Garas and free diving or single tank diving or
>unbeatable, they are the quickest fins posible in this use. But ex jets
>are equally unbeatable when you load yourself down with stages etc.
>Prove it to yourself put your Garas on with doubles and a stage or two
>do a timed swim for 300 yards , then rest and repeat with the exlarge
>jets, i promise you the jets will be faster. I also promise if you do
>the same test in a single tank witout stages the garas will smoke the
>jets really bad.
>
>It all comes back to use the right tool for the right job.
>
>Tom


I'll agree exactly with Tom's last statement---the right tools aspect. The
Cressi Gara 2000,s seem to be an ideal fin for single tank use, as well as
freediving for most people. If you need more thrust, you do NOT have to
leave the superior charicteristics of the freediving fin. You can go to
Esclapez Black fins (stiffer) or their most elite freedive athlete model,
the Esclapez No Limit (AKA Immersion No Limit) . Or try the Omer Tuna Comp
 similar to the Esclapez black). The Cressi Gara 2000 is most similar to the
Esclapez green fins, which are the fins directly under Esclapez black in
stiffness.
While the No Limits are the stiffest freediving fins I know of, I would
hesitate to tell you that they would be the "right tool" for you with
doubles and stages---they are so much stiffer than the jet fins, that many
of the divers on this list WOULD NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH TO KICK THEM...The No
Limits are made for "world class" freedivers----elite athletes.  If you are
strong enough, they have unbelievable thrust----I will kick them 3 times to
swim down 70 feet, where as with the gara 2000's I might need 12 to 15
kicks.  Conceptually, using a bike anology, they are a bigger gear----if you
ride a little gear, spinning like crazy at 15 mph, your heart rate and
breathing will elevate. If you go to the biggest gear on most bikes, the 52
X 12 , your pedals turn slowly to reach 15 mph....as long as you have strong
muscles in your legs, this will not be a difficult contraction for your
legs, and they will do the work easily, and will prevent your heart rate or
breathing rate from elevating.  But you DO need to pick the "Right" gear. In
this case, you need to find the freedive  fin that has the right stiffness
 or gearing) , for your strength level.
The Esclapez blacks or the Omer Tuna Comps, would be a much safer jump in
stiffness from the Gara 2000's.  And I am assuming here the discussion was
about the Cressi Gara 2000's, and NOT about the Cressi Rondine Garas ( the
rondine garas are so soft they are like limp spagetti noodles compared to
the Gara 2000's--and are suitable only for shallow freediving or slow scuba
on a single).
Regards,
Dan

>
>WELDFISH wrote:
>>
>> Dan:
>>
>> As I stated privately, the long fins (Gara 2000's) are a big improvement:
>>
>> I own Jetfins, the old Power Plana Graphite full foots, and now the
Garas.
>>
>> The Jetfins will remain in the caves, and the Planas will remain in the
>> closet.
>>
>> The Garas are much more linear in thrust to effort, and I also find that
they
>> are just plain more effecient at all speeds. They also have a noticable "
>> sweet spot " with a long slower kick.
>>
>> Also , the Url's on Trainiing and diet were right on.
>>
>> Credit whwer credit is due, Dan
>>
>> Tony  Sebastian
>

--
Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'.
Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]