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World Water Speed Records

YEAR

SPEED (mph)

BOAT NAME

DRIVER

RECORD LOCATION

14th April 1874

24.61

Sir Arthur Cotton

Felix Thackery Haig

Chiswick Reach, England

1885

26.2

Stiletto

Nathaniel Herreshoff

 

1887

30.0

Ariete

 

 

1895

33.75

Boxer

 

 

April 1897

37.71

Turbinia

Charles Algernon Parsons

River Tyne, England

June 1897

39.1

Turbinia

Charles Algernon Parsons

Portsmouth, England

June 1897

9.73

Elaine

--

Long Reach, Greenwich, England

July 1900

42.73

Viper

--

 

1902

22.36

Mercedes

--

Nice, France

Spring 1903

45.06

Arrow

Charles R. Flint

Hudson River, NY

12th July 1903

24.9

Napier

Campbell Muir

Queenstown

Spring 1904

25.1

Trèfle-à-Quatre-Feuilles

M. Théry

Monte Carlo, Monaco

1904

26.65

Trèfle-à-Quatre-Feuilles

M. Théry

Paris, France

29th October 1904

28.36

Onontio

Harrison B. Moore

Hudson River, NY

3rd February 1905

29.3

Challenger

A.D. Proctor Smith

Palm Beach, Florida

1905

29.93

Napier II

Mr. Tucker

Long Reach, Greenwich, England

1905

32.45

Dubonnet

Emile Dubonnet

Monte Carlo, Monaco

1905

33.80

Dubonnet

Emile Dubonnet

Juvisy, France

1st February 1906

34.17

Legru-Hotchkiss

 

Paris, France

5th August 1908

36.6

Dixie II

Clinton Hoadley Crane

Hempstead Harbor, Bayonne, NY

April 1910

43.6

Ursula

Noel M. Robbins

Monte Carlo, Monaco

9th September 1911

45.21

Dixie IV

Fred K. Burnham

Huntington Bay, NY

July 1912

46.51

Maple Leaf IV

Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith

England

September 1912

58.26

Tech Jr.

Coleman du Pont

Huntington Bay, NY

June 1914

59.964

Santos-Despujols

Victor Despujols

Monte Carlo, Monaco

1915

66.66

Miss Minneapolis

Christopher Columbus Smith

Put-in-Bay, OH

9th September 1919

70.86

Hydrodome IV

Casey Baldwin

Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia

15th September1920

74.97

Miss America

Gar Wood

Detroit, MI

September 1920

77.85

Miss America

Gar Wood

(at the Lake George Cup)

6th September1921

80.57

Miss America II

George B. Wood

Detroit, MI

10th November1924

87.392

Farman Hydroglider

Jules Fischer

Sartrouville, Seine River, Paris, FR

5th September1928

92.83

Miss America VII

George B. Wood

Detroit, MI

23rd March 1929

93.12

Miss America VII

Gar Wood

Miami Beach, FL

13th June 1930

98.76

Miss England II

Henry O'Neill de Hane Segrave

Lake Windermere, England

20th March 1931

102.16

Miss America IX

Gar Wood

Miami Beach, FL

16th April 1931

103.069

Miss America IX

Gar Wood

Miami Beach, FL

24th April 1931

103.49

Miss England II

Kaye Ernest Don

Parana River, Argentina

9th July 1931

110.22

Miss England II

Kaye Ernest Don

Lake Garda, Italy

5th February 1932

111.71

Miss America IX

Gar Wood

Miami Beach, FL

18th July 1932

117.43

Miss England III (K1)

Kaye Ernest Don

Loch Lomond, Scotland

18th July 1932

119.812

Miss England III (K1)

Kaye Ernest Don

Loch Lomond, Scotland

1932

120.5

Miss England III (K1)

Kaye Ernest Don

 

20th September 1932

124.91

Miss America X

Gar Wood

Detroit (Algonac), [St Clair River] MI

1st September 1937

126.33

Bluebird K3

Malcolm Donald Campbell

Lake Maggiore, Switzerland

2nd September 1937

129.56

Bluebird K3

Malcolm Donald Campbell

Lake Maggiore, Switzerland

17th September 1938

130.93

Bluebird K3

Malcolm Donald Campbell

Lake Hallwyl, Switzerland

19th August 1939

141.74

Bluebird K4

Malcolm Donald Campbell

Coniston Water, England

26th June 1950

160.32

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

Stanley St. Clair Sayres

Seattle, WA (Sand Point)

7th July 1952

178.49

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

Stanley St. Clair Sayres

Seattle, WA (East Channel)

23rd July 1955

202.32

Bluebird K7

Donald Malcolm Campbell

Ullswater, England

16th November 1955

216.20

Bluebird K7

Donald Malcolm Campbell

Lake Mead, Nevada

20th September 1956

225.63

Bluebird K7

Donald Malcolm Campbell

Coniston Water, England

7th November 1957

239.07

Bluebird K7

Donald Malcolm Campbell

Coniston Water, England

10th November 1958

248.62

Bluebird K7

Donald Malcolm Campbell

Coniston Water, England

14th May 1959

260.35

Bluebird K7

Donald Malcolm Campbell

Coniston Water, England

31st December 1964

276.33

Bluebird K7

Donald Malcolm Campbell

Lake Dumbleyung, Australia

30th June 1967

285.21

Hustler

Lee A. Taylor Jr.

Lake Guntersville, AL

20th November 1977

288.60

Spirit of Australia

Ken Warby

Blowering Dam, NSW, Australia

8th October 1978

317.60

Spirit of Australia

Ken Warby

Blowering Dam, NSW, Australia

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