Can a shark swim as fast as a speed boat if it were trying to attack it?

Question

Can a shark swim as fast as a speed boat if it were trying to attack it?

Answer 1

Sharks don't attack speed boats because speed boats don't resemble food and they're not that dumb (or that smart to realize food is in the boat).  You are safe in the boat.

Answer 2

As the previous poster pointed out, makos can go as fast as a speedboat.  They can't really harm a boat that is strong enough to go that fast.  45 MPH is very fast on the water.  Makos are very fast but they couldn't do much to a fiberglass boat unless they jumped in.

Answer 3

YES they are so freaking fast they can deffinately do that  

Answer 4

I do not know how fast a speed boat goes but the fastest shark is the shortfin mako. It can do bursts of speed at 46 M/Hr. But it is sometimes said it can go up to 60. But scientists haven't been able to study it enough to know for sure. But I don't see a reason for a shark to attack a speed boat. I think it's smart enough to not think it was food. A diver or surfer is a different case. It can look or act like a seal or penguin but a speed boat? What animal could the shark mistake that for unless you were hanging dead fish off the side of the boat in the water.

Answer 5

i dont really think it is possible

Answer 6

Shortfin makos and blue sharks are the fastest sharks in the world respectively.  Both have the capacity to hit ~50 mph in full stride, although there have been repotrs of speeds over 60.

While they have the ability to catch a speed boat, the boat itself does not resemble a typical prey item nor does it make sounds nor vibrations that would cause either shark to consider it an easy target for dining.

Answer 7

Mythbusters was just saying a white shark must travel around 40kph(25mph).

Answer 8

Possibly but only for a short period of time.

Answer 9

No, the fastest shark is a mako and it can'T do anything to a boat and it can only reach 40mph.