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that the movie Jaws used an engineless, fiberglass boat that could sink on command and resurface. The Orca II was a replica of the wooden Orca, a real boat used as Quinn s shark hunting ship at the end of the film. Pneumatic tubes tipped barrels mounted below Orca II to fill up and sink it.

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Fun Fact: that the movie “Jaws” used an engineless, fiberglass boat that could “sink on command” and resurface. The Orca II was a replica of the wooden Orca, a real boat used as Quinn’s shark hunting ship at the end of the film. Pneumatic tubes tipped barrels mounted below Orca II to fill up and sink it.

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