100 to 120 MPH With outboard-powered sport catamarans sales white-hot for the past few years buyers in this speed range will be best served by staying within this market segment.

Fastest boat around the world. The following season Larsen and. However it is estimated that Warby reached an estimated 300 knots 555 kmh or 34486 mph unofficially at the. The fastest monohull sailboat in the world is a needle-nosed ocean racer called VO60.

But Vestas SailRocket also made its mark. This sleek machine is 64 ft. Photo by Jeff Johnston.

DCB Performance Boat M28R. German team targets round-the-world speed record. The world record for the fastest powerboat circumnavigation could be under threat from a new German project backed by the University of Bremen and due to launch in 2020.

Currently known simply as The Fast One this 24 metre catamaran design by Hendrik Weber is being. Earthrace the worlds fastest eco-boat has smashed the world speed record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe knocking almost 14 days off the previous record. The carbon fiber trimaran crossed the finish line in Sagunto Spain at 1342 GMT on Friday 27 June having taken 60 days 23 hours and 49 minutes to travel around 24000 nautical miles fueled by biodiesel.

May 25 2006 At 368 metres Orange II is a very large catamaran designed that way so it can track straight and true at very high speeds. Designed by Mulder Design she is brainchild of John Staluppi and John Rosatti built in 2004 by Millennium Superyachts. The same day as the backflip SailRocket became the worlds fastest boat as opposed to board at a speed of 473 knots.

With that in mind heres a basic guide on some of the fastest pleasure boats in the world. See here for more information This record. Funded and overseen by Italian Industrialist Achille Castoldi the Arno XI Hydroplane was fitted with a marinised version of the engine from Ferraris Type 375 Grand Prix car and in 1953 this 12-cylinder 4500cc V12 unit with twin superchargers and an output in excess of 600hp powered the Arno XI to 1502mph on Lake Iseo setting a world record for an 800kg boat that remains intact today.