Ken Warby and the world speed record

[dolphin300]

I saw a show on Ken Warby breaking the speed record in the late 70’s. What has happened since then? Have there been other record challenges in the last 25 years?

[Willallison]

The water speed record currently stands at 317.6 mph, but there are a number of projects currently underway to have ago at that:
http://www.americanchallengewsr.com/
http://www.kenwarby.com/introduction.htm
http://www.fluent.com/about/news/new.../00v9i1/a6.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/...00/1568630.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/...00/1878970.stm

[dolphin300]

Thanks Will! The challenge is still alive!

[Jeff]

Interesting to see the similarities in the models.









Also interesting to see the timeline from the http://www.quicksilver-wsr.co.uk/ site and how much of a gap there was from Warby's record to the present. I wonder by how much they'll be able to break the record or if the laws of physics have determined that that is the max before you have an airplane

92.84 mph George Wood (USA) Miss America 7
04 December 1928 Revier Canal, Detroit, Michigan, USA

93.12 mph Gar Wood (USA) Miss America 7
25 March 1929 Indian Creek, Miami, Florida, USA

98.76 mph Sir Henry Segrave (GB) Miss England 2
13 June 1930 Lake Windermere, England

102.25 mph Gar Wood (USA) Miss America 9
20 March 1931 Indian River, Florida, USA

103.49 mph Kaye Don (GB) Miss England 2
02 April 1931 Parana River, Argentina

110.22 mph Kaye Don (GB) Miss England 2
09 July 1931 Lake Garda, Italy

111.72 mph Gar Wood (USA) Miss America 9
08 February 1932 Indian River, Florida, USA

117.43 mph Kaye Don (GB) Miss England 3
16 July 1932 Loch Lomond, Scotland

119.81 mph Kaye Don (GB) Miss England 3
16 July 1932 Loch Lomond, Scotland

124.86 mph Gar Wood (USA) Miss America 10
20 September 1932 St. Clair River, Detroit, Michigan, USA

126.33 mph Sir Malcolm Campbell (GB) Bluebird K3
01 September 1937 Lake Maggiore, Italy

129.56 mph Sir Malcolm Campbell (GB) Bluebird K3
02 September 1937 Lake Maggiore, Italy

130.93 mph Sir Malcolm Campbell (GB) Bluebird K3
17 September 1938 Lake Hallwyl, Switzerland

141.74 mph Sir Malcolm Campbell (GB) Bluebird K4
19 August 1939 Coniston Water, England

160.32 mph Stanley Sayres (USA) Slo-Mo-Shun 4
26 June 1950 Lake Washington, Washington, USA

178.49 mph Stanley Sayres (USA) Slo-Mo-Shun 4
07 July 1952 Lake Washington, Washington, USA

202.32 mph Donald Campbell (GB) Bluebird K7
23 July 1955 Lake Ullswater, England

216.23 mph Donald Campbell (GB) Bluebird K7
16 November 1955 Lake Mead, Nevada, USA

225.63 mph Donald Campbell (GB) Bluebird K7
20 September 1956 Coniston Water, England

239.07 mph Donald Campbell (GB) Bluebird K7
07 November 1957 Coniston Water, England

248.62 mph Donald Campbell (GB) Bluebird K7
10 November 1958 Coniston Water, England

260.35 mph Donald Campbell (GB) Bluebird K7
14 May 1959 Coniston Water, England

276.33 mph Donald Campbell (GB) Bluebird K7
31 December 1964 Lake Dumbleyung, W. Australia

285.21 mph Lee Taylor (USA) Hustler
30 June 1967 Lake Guntersville, Alabama, USA

288.18 mph Ken Warby (Australia) Spirit of Australia
20 November 1977 Blowering Dam Reservoir, NSW, Australia

317.60 mph Ken Warby (Australia) Spirit of Australia
08 October 1978 Blowering Dam Reservoir, NSW, Australia

[Willallison]

I seem to remenber that there is another challenger kurking out there somewhere - but I couldn't find any references to it....

[foxxaero]

Originally Posted by Willallison

I seem to remenber that there is another challenger kurking out there somewhere - but I couldn't find any references to it....

Hi guys, Huge money is being invested in the American Challenge (US) and Quicksilver (UK) projects. Both projects are investing their money into reverse three-point designs. This design has not proved (in the past) to be a winning design, Hmmmm?

If I had to place money on the projects ... I'd have to go with Warby's design.

http://foxxaero.homestead.com/indhydro_017.html

Cheers

Russ

[yipster]

from jimboats newsletter:

June 2005, Taree NSW - back in June, Ken Warby and his WWSR Team went to Taree NSW, Australia for a test session. The boat's speed was increased on previous runs. Ken believes the only speed worth talking about is the one that will be clocked over the kilo course. If you would like to know what speed he has got to, let's just say Ken is very, very happy with the performance of Aussie Spirit. He is looking forward to returning to Taree later this year for further testing and tuning.

download FREE video of Ken Warby test run:
http://www.kenwarby.com/video/Aussie...areeJune05.wmv