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Model of Spirit of Australia in which Ken Warby set the world water speed record in 1978 on Blowering Dam. Ken Warby MBE (9 May 1939 – 20 February 2023) was an Australian motorboat racer, who at his death held the water speed record of 275.97 knots (511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph), set on Blowering Dam on 8 October 1978.
The world unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle, irrespective of propulsion method. The current unlimited record is 511.11 km/h (317.59 mph; 275.98 kn), achieved by Australian Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia on 8 October 1978.
Spirit of Australia in which Ken Warby set the world water speed record in 1978 on Blowering Dam, New South Wales, Australia. In the Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney. Spirit of Australia is a wooden speed boat built in a Sydney backyard, by Ken Warby, that broke and set the world water speed record on 8 October 1978. [1] [2] [3]
The current record of 317mph (510km/h) was achieved by Australian Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia in 1978. ... A date for the Longbow world water speed record attempt is yet to be set.
After more delays, he finally achieved his seventh water speed record at Lake Dumbleyung near Perth, Western Australia, on the last day of 1964, at a speed of 276.33 mph (444.71 km/h). He had become the first, and so far only, person to set both land and water speed records in the same year.
Dumbleyung Lake received world recognition when Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on it on 31 December 1964, travelling at 444.66 km/h (276.3 mph) in his boat Bluebird K7. A granite memorial to Campbell can be seen at Pussy Cat Hill, a prominent feature and vantage point to view the entire lake area. [3]
Water speed records Category Speed (knots) Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs Water speed record: 275.98: 511.11: 317.59: Spirit of Australia: Ken Warby: 8 Oct 1978 UIM [51] [52] Propeller-driven 226.78: 420.00: 260.97: Problem Child: Daryl Ehrlich 22 Nov 2009 IHBA, GWR [53] [54] Wind-powered 65.45: 121.21: 75.32 ...
It was a special night for "Go-Big Show" contestant Professor Splash, as he attempted to set a new world record. 60-year-old man belly flops from over 26 feet into just 10 inches of water to set ...