World speed record on the water

The world speed record on water is determined similarly to that on land for motorized watercraft in different classes and types. The canonizing / sanctioning organization here is the UIM (Union Internationale Motonautique) in Monaco , the counterpart to the World Sailing Speed ​​Record Council for sail-powered watercraft.

In order to set a record for the UIM in the Speed category , two attempts must be made in the opposite direction within an hour. The time is measured to cover a flying kilometer or a flying mile. The speed of the run is calculated from the time measured, and the record is then calculated from the average of the two runs. To be recognized as a new record, the speed must be at least a factor of 1.003 higher than the previous record. The records of sail-powered watercraft are only determined with one run, since a counter course would usually not be fast enough here due to the dependence on wind direction and sail position.

Other categories for UIM records are:

• Course record: Depending on the class, a certain number of laps must be driven on a course of a maximum of 6 nautical miles
• Endurance record: The average speed that is reached in 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12 or 24 hours counts. Refueling and changing drivers are allowed.
• Race records: what counts is the speed achieved during a competition with multiple boats over 3, 5, 10 or 15 nautical miles.

With the absolute speed record there are no regulations for boat and engine, otherwise the regulations for the respective boat class apply.

• The fastest driver of a motor boat is Ken Warby from Australia . On October 8, 1978, he drove his jet-powered Spirit of Australia 317.60 mph (that's 511.13 km / h ).
• The fastest driver of a propeller-driven boat is the American Dave Villwock. He drove on March 13, 2004 with the "Miss Budweiser" 220.55 mph (354.86 km / h) on Lake Oroville .
• The Vestas Sailrocket 2 achieved an average speed of 55.32 kn (102.45 km / h) over one nautical mile on November 18, 2012  , and on November 24, at 65.45 kn (121.12 km / h) world records over 500 m for the fastest sail-powered watercraft.

Development of the absolute UIM record

date	place	mph	km / h	ship	Pilot (s)
September 19, 1919	Bras d'Or Lake	70.86	114.04	Hydrodome IV	Casey Baldwin
September 15, 1920	Detroit River	74.870	120.492	Miss America	Gar Wood
September 6, 1921	Detroit River	80.567	129.660	Miss America II	Gar Wood
November 10, 1924	His	87.392	140.644	Farman Hydroglider	Jules Fisher
September 4, 1928	Detroit River	92.838	149,409	Miss America II	George Wood
March 23, 1929	Indian Creek	93.123	149.867	Miss America VII	Gar Wood
June 13, 1930	Windermere	98.760	158.938	Miss England II	Henry Segrave
March 20, 1931	Indian Creek	102.256	164.565	Miss America IX	Gar Wood
April 15, 1931	Paraná	103.49	166.55	Miss England II	Kaye Don
July 31, 1931	Garda lake	110.223	177.387	Miss England II	Kaye Don
February 5, 1932	Indian Creek	111.712	179.783	Miss America IX	Gar Wood
July 18, 1932	Loch Lomond	117	189	Miss England III	Kaye Don
July 18, 1932	Loch Lomond	119.81	192.82	Miss England III	Kaye Don
September 20, 1932	St. Clair River	124.86	200.94	Miss America X	Gar Wood
September 1, 1937	Lake Maggiore	126.32	203.29	Bluebird K3	Malcolm Campbell
September 2, 1937	Lake Maggiore	129.50	208.41	Bluebird K3	Malcolm Campbell
September 17, 1938	Hallwilersee	130.91	210.66	Bluebird K3	Malcolm Campbell
August 19, 1939	Coniston Water	141.74	228.11	Bluebird K3	Malcolm Campbell
June 26, 1950	Lake Washington	160.323	258.015	Slo-Mo-Shun IV	Stanley Sayres, Ted O. Jones
July 7, 1952	Lake Washington	178.497	287.263	Slo-Mo-Shun IV	Stanley Sayres, Elmer Leninschmidt
July 23, 1955	Ullswater	202.32	325.60	Bluebird K7	Donald Campbell
November 16, 1955	Lake Mead	216.20	347.94	Bluebird K7	Donald Campbell
September 19, 1956	Coniston Water	225.63	363.12	Bluebird K7	Donald Campbell
November 7, 1957	Coniston Water	239.07	384.75	Bluebird K7	Donald Campbell
November 10, 1958	Coniston Water	248.62	400.12	Bluebird K7	Donald Campbell
May 14, 1959	Coniston Water	260.35	418.99	Bluebird K7	Donald Campbell
December 31, 1964	Lake Dumbleyung	276.33	444.71	Bluebird K7	Donald Campbell
June 30, 1967	Lake Guntersville	285.22	459.02	Hustler	Lee Taylor
November 20, 1977	Blowering Dam	288.18	463.78	Spirit of Australia	Ken Warby
October 8, 1978	Blowering Dam	317.60	511.13	Spirit of Australia	Ken Warby

Development of the record for propeller-driven boats

The Slo-Mo-Shun IV boat was the last propeller-driven boat to hold the all-time speed record on the water. Since then, this record has developed as follows:

date	place	mph	km / h	boat	pilot
November 1, 1957	Lake Ontario	184.540	296.988	Miss Supertest II	Kind Asbury
November 29, 1957	Lake Washington	195,329	314,352	Hawaii Kai III	Jack Regas
April 17, 1962	Lake Guntersville	200.419	322,543	Miss US1	Roy Duby
June 15, 2000	Lake Washington	205.494	330.710	Miss Freei	Russ Wicks
March 13, 2004	Lake Oroville	220.493	354,849	Miss Budweiser	Dave Villwock

See also

• List of speed records
• Land speed record
• List of world speed records for rail vehicles

Web links

• http://www.uimpowerboating.com/
• http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/

Individual evidence

1. ^ Australian National Maritime Museum - website: Spirit of Australia: Three point hydroplane - world's fastest boat. (No longer available online.) At: www.anmm.gov.au , archived from the original on March 9, 2014 ; accessed on May 10, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Thunderboats - website: Miss Budweiser Shatters World Speed ​​Record for Kilometer Run. (No longer available online.) At: www.thunderboats.org , archived from the original on December 27, 2014 ; accessed on May 10, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Yacht.de - Website: Fable world records for Sailrocket 2. On: www.yacht.de , November 19, 2012, accessed on May 10, 2014 .