Azzam the largest yacht in the world at 590 feet recently went through its first sea trials where it hit a staggering 315 knots making it the fastest yacht longer than 300 feet.

Fastest yatch. Topping out with a max speed of 701 knots Foners is propelled by two 1280hp MAN engines and three Rolls Royce 6700hp gas turbines driving three Kamewa water jets. We are 6-10 knots faster upwind at times than what we were in the AC50s of Bermuda in similar breeze Ashby told Justin Chisholm on Yacht Racing Life in a special Americas Cup podcast. Similar to the Lamborghini supercar the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 yacht is constructed of lightweight carbon weighing only 24 tons.

1990 9d 19h and 22min Explorer. The World is Not Enough - a Millennium 140 - is a luxury 42 metre superyacht that controls a staggering top speed of 70 knots. The yacht named Comanche is a full-on ocean speedster.

Designers VPLP and Verdier were liberated from the shackles of handicap rules and tasked with creating a yacht. Conceptualised by Mulder Design she is the brainchild of John Staluppi and John Rosatti and was built in 2005 by Millennium Superyachts. His latest project the Xenos hyperyacht aims to be the fastest yacht in the world in its class a luxurious yet practical vessel that will serve both billionaire owners and fleet operators.

Merijn de Waard SuperYacht Times Shergar a 1983 Lürssen was built to be one of the fastest yachts in the world with her owner at the time requesting a 6100hp gas turbine. With that power it immediately took the title of the fastest boat with a Tecnomar signature. July 1992 7d 2h 34m 42s Primagaz.

Heesens newest 265-foot-long superyacht is not only going to be largest yacht the Dutch superyacht yard has ever built. The highest speed officially recorded for a land yacht is 2029 kmh 1261 mph by Greenbird piloted by Richard Jenkins UK at Ivanpah Dry Lake Prim Nevada USA on 26 March 2009. The first solo record was set by Joshua Slocum in the Spray 1898.

It is powered by MAN 2000 hp V12 engines which give it a maximum speed of 60 knots. June 1994 1747 knots 3235 kmh 6d 4h 1m 37s IDEC. Built in 2000 by Allisteros Bazan yard in Spain Foners is currently the fastest yacht in the world.