 THE
SHARK™
ADVANTAGE:
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No Shrouds Lines
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No Bulky Chain
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No Stowage Bag
 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."
Video Coming Soon
Zack
demonstrates how easy it is to deploy the
SHARK™.
"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."
Zack demonstrates how simple it is to
retrieve
the SHARK™
and packs the
red canopy inside
the Para-Ring®
stabilizer
SHARK Technical Reports
by Zack Smith
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