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. Heesens newest 265-foot-long superyacht is not only going to be largest yacht the Dutch superyacht yard has ever built. June 1994 1747 knots 3235 kmh 6d 4h 1m 37s IDEC. These yachts are the fastest performance superyachts in the world and the luxury yacht companies that design and build these open style sports type motor yachts are Mangusta Overmarine Leopard Sunseeker Baia Couach Baglietto Tecnomar Pershing and Royal Denship to name a few.

The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world was Juan Sebastián Elcano and the remaining members of Ferdinand Magellan s crew who completed their journey in 1522. 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. Lürssen - 45 knotsPhoto.

Built in 2000 by Allisteros Bazan yard in Spain Foners is currently the fastest yacht in the world. 6 July 2005 1975 knots 3658 kmh 5d 19h 29m 20s Sodebo. 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.

IDEC 3 current outright record holder at 40 days 23 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds. 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.

1990 9d 19h and 22min Explorer. 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. Designers VPLP and Verdier were liberated from the shackles of handicap rules and tasked with creating a yacht.

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. Conceptualised by Mulder Design she is the brainchild of John Staluppi and John Rosatti and was built in 2005 by Millennium Superyachts. With that power it immediately took the title of the fastest boat with a Tecnomar signature.