Fish Wins! Fish Wins!

[Piscator]

Looks like this guy backed down too hard............

A hooked marlin sinks a fishing boat? Well, something like that

[thefishingfreak]

Shut the tuna door!

[niko]

Backing down and flooding the cockpit always seemed like a bad idea
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[nightfighter]

Bad seamanship. Even though we all see footage of sportfish boats backing down on a fish and filling the cockpit with hundreds of gallons of seawater, do you think it comes without a price? I've spoken to many marine architects/designers on this very subject, and they admit it is the absolute weakness to how those designs are put to use. Many have moved the engines forward, and even raised the beds to prevent flooding them out. But they weren't designed to be taking that much green water over the transom. (Nevermind what it does to an outboard hanging back there...) They all said they had to accept the shortfall of the design and hope the captain would chase from the quarter rather than dead back. OK for FAC, in the harbor, or 1-2 footers. But not when you are taking water up and over. One also said it loads the backbone of the hull, as well as putting huge pressures on the shaft connection, in a direction it was not primarily designed for.
Definitely one of the most uncomfortable actions on a boat for me.... Have you ever seen a square transom on an ocean going tug? No. Designed to back down in a sea........

[thefishingfreak]

I've had mine wound up full turbos pounding backwards after a fish.
Not a pretty sound
Pointy end first!
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[Mr. Sandman]

one problem with straight inboards is the shaft angle works to help suck down the stern when backing. So if you give it the gas hard the stern instantly plunges deeper in the water.
Further, most boats are unstable in reverse and can give the operator fits when backing down hard.

The new pod drives behave much better in reverse as the thrust is parallel to the surface, not at an angle to it. I have seen video of sportfish boats with pods going 10+ knots in reverse with no problem. That said, big seas and flat transoms and powering astern = wet cockpit and demand B I G scuppers.

[wdmso]

backing down and rolling yes the fish looks photoshop edit

[MakoMike]

Just to be clear, the fish most likely died.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by wdmso

backing down and rolling yes the fish looks photoshop edit

i blew it up in my editor and it's lookin faked- agreed

[thefishingfreak]

There's multiple angles of that same boat on Facebook and bd outdoors
fake no
dumbazz captain yes
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[Raven]

I saw different color sky left in around the FISH

never said the boat wasn't real