Dave Villwock and the Miss Budweiser team shattered the kilometer Kilo World Speed Record by 22323 mph for an Unlimited Hydroplane boat on March 13th on the Thermalito Afterbay Oroville California setting a new world record of 220493 mph for a kilometer run breaking the previous record of 19817 mph which had stood for 42 years.

Hydroplane boat speed record. Picton Ontario 1956-1961. Warbys home-made wooden hydroplane reached speeds of 46444 kmh breaking the previous ten-year-old record of 45898 kmh held by American Lee Taylor. The prop is completely in the water and ushing the boat through it.

Records as at 1 August 1999. 1 hour 33 minutes and 19 seconds. Knight The Boss 1986 17753mph 28639kph Unlimited Racing Runabout G.

Of course the higher the boat planes the less water resistance or drag there is -- and the faster she goes. Some years passed and racer Nando. Warren Lewis Chris Hanley.

This single step is generally known as a two-point hydroplane. Early in the morning of 26 June 1950 a small red boat skipped across Lake Washington near Sand Point Seattle and improved on Campbells record by 29 kmh 18 mph. Roger Murphy and his brother Jay were true sportsmen.

The war of 1914-18 held up development and in 1920 the record stood at 56 knots. In May 2000 the Internet service provider Freei began sponsoring the U-25 boat racing team. The meet at Seattle in Nov.

Weller Rat Attack 1998 13541mph 21787kph. Still the two-point design depends on water buoyancy to suspend the boat. For an approximate conversion to mph multiply the speed by 06213712.