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WORLD WATER SPEED RECORDS
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AMG MERCEDES - At speed offshore testing, this Mercedes deep V powerboat (cigarette) is undeniably fast. 86 knots on batteries and electric motors. Not that fast in reality compared to other powerboats, but then this is offshore racing where the hulls get a severe pounding. The main consideration here is that fossil fuels are not used, provided that the batteries are charged from renewable electricity supplies.
RECORD
HOLDERS & IN PROGRESS ATTEMPTS mph km/h Craft Pilot(s) Location Date - -
- - - - 70.86 114.04 Hydrodome
IV Casey
Baldwin Bras
d'Or Lake 19
September 1919 74.870 120.492 Gar
Wood Detroit
River 15
September 1920 80.567 129.660 Miss
America II Gar
Wood Detroit
River 6
September 1921 87.392 140.644 Farman
Hydroglider Jules
Fisher River
Seine 10
November 1924 92.838 149.409 Miss
America II George
Wood Detroit
River 4
September 1928 93.123 149.867 Miss
America VII Gar
Wood Indian
Creek 23
March 1929 98.760 158.938 Miss
England II Windermere 13
June 1930 102.256 164.565 Miss
America IX Gar
Wood Indian
Creek 20
March 1931 103.49 166.55 Miss
England II Kaye
Don Parana
River 15
April 1931 110.223 177.387 Miss
England II Kaye
Don Lake
Garda 31
July 1931 111.712 179.783 Miss
America IX Gar
Wood Indian
Creek 5
February 1932 117 189 Miss
England III Kaye
Don Loch
Lomond 18
July 1932 119.81 192.82 Miss
England III Kaye
Don Loch
Lomond 18
July 1932 124.86 200.94 Miss
America X Gar
Wood St.
Clair River 20
September 1932 126.32 203.29 Lake
Maggiore 1
September 1937 129.50 208.41 Bluebird
K3 Malcolm
Campbell Lake
Maggiore 2
September 1937 130.91 210.66 Bluebird
K3 Hallwilersee 17
August 1938 141.74 228.11 Bluebird
K3 19
August 1939 160.323 258.015 Stanley
Sayres, Ted O. Jones Lake
Washington 26
June 1950 178.497 287.263 Slo-Mo-Shun
IV Stanley
Sayres, Elmer Leninschmidt Lake
Washington 7
July 1952 202.32 325.60 Donald
Campbell Ullswater 23
July 1955 216.20 347.94 Lake
Mead 16
November 1955 225.63 363.12 Bluebird
K7 Coniston
Water 19
September 1956 239.07 384.75 Bluebird
K7 Donald
Campbell Coniston
Water 7
November 1957 248.62 400.12 Bluebird
K7 Donald
Campbell Coniston
Water 10
November 1958 260.35 418.99 Bluebird
K7 Donald
Campbell Coniston
Water 14
May 1959 276.33 444.71 31
December 1964 285.22 459.02 Hustler Lee
Taylor Lake
Guntersville 30
June 1967 288.18 463.78 Spirit
of Australia Blowering
Dam 20
November 1977 317.60 511.13 Ken
Warby Blowering
Dam 8
October 1978 To
beat "
" Spirit
of Australia
2 Blowering
Dam 2019
On this page we give you a few examples of some extraordinary human beings who have changed the world, by doing or making something that inspires others to think differently about what is possible, in this case raising the speed at which humans have been able to travel across water in boats, ships being far too slow, but qualifying for the Blue Ribband as applies to passenger vessels on scheduled voyages.
These records involve burning fossil fuels like diesel oil and aviation kerosene blend or even petroleum, all of which add to global warming. The new breed of record breakers are climate friendly. They come from all sectors and walks of life, from private citizens to university students. Click HERE to see the growing list of electric and solar powered boat records.
CLIMATE CHANGER - On the 4th of May 2012, history was made, as Raphael Domjan, at the helm of a giant of a catamaran powered only by solar panels crossed the finishing line at Monaco to become the first electric boat to sail around the world. MS Tūranor PlanetSolar, known under the project name PlanetSolar, was (@ 2018) the largest solar-powered boat in the world. The vessel was launched on the 31st March 2010, also going into the Guinness Book of World Records. The project was mostly financed by Immo Stroeher, the owner of the boat, making him one of the great Climate Changers in our books.
LINKS & REFERENCE
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-solar-powered-vehicle/
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