THE SHARK™
ADVANTAGE
HOW-TO VIDEO
CLIPS
How to Deploy
How to Retrieve
SHARK™
Special Features
 Para-Ring®
Eliminates
Shroud Lines.
The 8-inch
Para-Ring®
stabilizer
eliminates the
challenge of
handling
the large
metal hoops
required to keep
many drogues
inflated.
This
Para-Ring®
technology
also
makes it
impossible to
tangle the
SHARK™
because it
eliminates the
need for shroud
lines.
Fiorentino's
patented
Para-Ring®
is designed from
316 stainless
steel. No
trip line
required to
recover
the SHARK™.
Drogue Tail™
Eliminates Bulky
Chain.
To avoid
cumbersome chain
required to keep
drogues
submerged
below
stormy
seas,
Smith
developed a
drogue tail™
so
mariners can
easily attach a
spare anchor on
the backside of
the SHARK™. Smith
say's
“It’s
complicated to
deploy chain,
not to
mention, the
cost of splicing
chain into
anchor rode.” A
small ground
anchor is more
compact and most
sailors already
store a spare
anchor in their
lazerette. Any
style
anchor from 10
to 50-pounds can
be shackled onto
the
SHARK’S
drogue tail™.
 Better
Storage
Without a Bag.
When not
in use, the
SHARK's™
canopy
and drogue tail
fit compactly
inside
its
own
Para-Ring®.
A protective
cover is
easily snapped
into place with
two nylon
buckles.
Self-contained
packing saves
space and
eliminates bags
that must
be stowed and
later recovered.
The Safer Choice.
The SHARK™
is the only hybrid
drogue built from
heavy grade
fabric that
meets precise
hydrostatic
test requirements to
ensure a stronger
and safer product.
Fiorentino is
recognized as the
only drag device
manufacturer to go
beyond any ISO and
USCG safety standard
to produce high end
products for extreme
weather. Unlike
other drogue
suppliers,
Fiorentino’s
life saving gear is
manufactured
in the U.S.A.
Here's
EVERYTHING
included
with the SHARK™
Drogue:
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Tow
a SHARK™
to
Slow Your Boat
"Sailboats,
trawlers and power
boats that go
to places like the
Bahamas or Mexico
are all
likely to encounter
large waves at some
point
in their voyages.
Experienced
sailors know
that steering a boat
downwind in heavy
seas
is dangerous
and
exhausting. Large
waves
can toss a boat
out of
control or crash on
top
of the person at the
helm.
The Shark™
can
help slow
your boat
down so it’s not
surfing
the waves
while maintaining
enough speed to
ensure
that
waves don’t
break on the
cockpit."
--Zack
Smith, inventor of
the SHARK™
and author of "The
Complete Para-Anchor
Set Up."
Safe & easy for
first time users!
The SHARK's™
COMPACT design makes
it
a safer drogue for
any novice to
quickly
and simply
deploy from an
unstable platform.
Other drogues
require huge
lengths of cone
ridden rope and
long lengths
of bulky chain
nearly impossible
to deploy in
sloppy seas.
Still
other drogues
use large
cables that
can spring
open in
your hands
presenting
an entirely new
challenge.
Best of all, the
Shark is so easy to
retrieve
that you'll
never have to winch
it in or cut it
away. Unlike
those other drogues
which
must be cut away
rather than
retrieved, the Shark
can be relied on
time and time again.
This
high performance
safety gear is an
outstanding
investment for any
serious
boater.
The
Shark™
is built "tough,
deployment is
easy, and there has
been a genuine
effort
to make the usage
foolproof. Thorough
industrial design
package, innovative
thinking."
--Kimball Livingston
editor for "Sail
Magazine."
"Fiorentino's Shark™
drogue is a very
welcome
addition to the
heavy weather
arsenal. The
compact design and
ease of launching
are
big advantages."
-Steve & Linda
Dashew, authors of
"Surviving the
Storm."
SHARK Technical
Reports
by Zack Smith
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