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Looks like fatigue failure.
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For what it's worth. Shaft shot
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Let me guess - just aft of the coupling? If so, probably caused by poor alignment at the coupling.
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For what it's worth. Shaft shot
You were lucky Dan. That's a pretty scary image.
An impressive example of crevasse corrosion
crevice/crevasse
Too quick with the spell check.
When I see pictures like this one...
Day y's boat had AN LOT OF MILES ON IT
I agree. 28 years old and almost 6,000 hours. A bit of each.
Looks like fatigue failure.