New Use For IPS Drive - Shark Sushi

Amazing
Just tell us how did you managed to get back home with this on your IPS

what class of NMFS permit does that require?

Well I guess that answers the question of whether or not IPS drives raise fish.

Any details? Were they hooked up with the shark and it went under the boat? Trolling? Cruising?

Well, that looks like a tiger shark; so he would need an HMS permit.

https://hmspermits.noaa.gov/

Also, that's a nice looking shark.

Edit: Just read the article; it is indeed a tiger.

Gentelmans, you are not fair. All you talk about is the shark, nobody is thinking of the damage to the boat and the expences for the owner !

What damage? Looks like the pod is fine and the props from the photo look fine.

I guess the pods do raise fish...... that must've created a hell of a racket and a lot of drag......I'm surprised the sheer bolts didn't sheer off.

Capt J. Read the artical mentioned above, and read what the ow er said, as long as we believe in what he said

They said extensive engine damage. Have no idea what that includes.

If a motor is running at speed and comes to an instant halt either from grounding or something like this, in some rather rare cases you'll snap the crankshaft or connecting rods, transimissions can also snap the input shaft or gears. Insurance if the boat is equipped should cover that as it seems they have good documentation.

I know what it could include, just not what it did in this case. Well, yes, I'd say their documentation is good. What did you hit? None of this, "I don't know." Here are the photos.

Of course then I imagine the next question. "Well, what was the shark doing? Why was it there? Didn't it see you coming?" Followed by a recommendation to paint the drives a brighter color and use shark repellent on them.

Very often when shark fishing, once the fish come up the slick and find the boat, they are very inquisitive of the metal. With outboards it's easy to see the sharks testing the lower units and props by bumping and you can time putting the motors into gear when you are ready to leave. With inboards its touch and go. If this shark was investigating when the vessel's gears were engaged, you see the result. What does the Captain say?

I guess I should have read the article first - he says he hit it on the run. That sounds odd to me, but he was the one there.

The article says they were running about 25 knots.... I dunno, I've been running around Montauk a number of years, I don't think I've ever heard of someone running up the back of a healthy shark. Unlike manatee, sharks are fast. Not disputing the captain, but has anyone else heard of that? Maybe it was already dead?

Or shark didn't listen to his mommy and pay attention while playing in the street.

I can see how an inboard woudl slice thru the shark and that would be barely noticed. With a forward facing counter rotating IPS the results are obviously very different

I just hope somehow the owner doesn't get thrown in jail or be demonized as some rich guy who needlessly killed a poor shark. Don't laugh...