Originally Posted by Fl1ingfrog
I would be shocked to discover that any fish could reach 72mph in one second in a straight line.
LOL. I assumed that as far as the fish is concerned the g figure came from something like 0 to 20mph in a fraction of a second. The 0 to 72mph in 1 second was merely a representation of just how difficult it would be to replicate that acceleration for a TV programme.
The number apparently comes from a scientific study that attached tracking tags including g meters to fish. There's no mention (in the article) about whatever speed the fish reached or for how long.
https://medium.com/@Tuna/is-sailfish...2f7c82779#5b51