The World Water Speed Record
YEAR |
SPEED (mph) |
BOAT |
DRIVER |
LOCATION |
April 14, 1874
24.61
Sir Arthur Cotton
Felix Thackery Haig
Chiswick Reach, England
1885
26.2
Stiletto
Nathaniel Herreshoff
1887
30.0
Ariete
1895
33.75
Boxer
April 1897
37.71
Turbinia
Charles Algernon Parsons
River Tyne, Northumberland Dock, England
June, 1897
39.1
Turbinia
Charles Algernon Parsons
Portsmouth, England
June, 1897
9.73
Elaine
--
Long Reach, Greenwich, England
July, 1900
42.73
Viper
--
1902
22.36
Mercedes
--
Nice, France
Spring 1903
45.06
Arrow
Charles R. Flint
Hudson River, NY
July 12, 1903
24.9
Napier
Campbell Muir
Queenstown
Spring 1904
25.1
Tr�fle-�-Quatre-Feuilles
M. Th�ry
Monte Carlo, Monaco
1904
26.65
Tr�fle-�-Quatre-Feuilles
M. Th�ry
Paris, France
October 29, 1904
28.36
Onontio
Harrison B. Moore
Hudson River, NY
February 3, 1905
29.3
Challenger
A.D. Proctor Smith
Palm Beach, Florida
1905
29.93
Napier II
Mr. Tucker
Long Reach, Greenwich, England
1905
32.45
Dubonnet
Emile Dubonnet
Monte Carlo, Monaco
1905
33.80
Dubonnet
Emile Dubonnet
Juvisy, France
February 1, 1906
34.17
Legru-Hotchkiss
Paris, France
August 5, 1908
36.6
Dixie II
Clinton Hoadley Crane
Hempstead Harbor, Bayonne, NY
April 1910
43.6
Ursula
Noel M. Robbins
Monte Carlo, Monaco
September 9, 1911
45.21
Dixie IV
Fred K. Burnham
Huntington Bay, Long Island Sound, NY
July, 1912
46.51
Maple Leaf IV
Thomas Octave Murdoch ('Tommy') Sopwith
England
September 1912
58.26
Tech Jr.
Coleman du Pont
Huntington Bay, NY
May or June? 1914
59.964
Santos-Despujols
Victor Despujols
Monte Carlo, Monaco
1915
66.66
Miss Minneapolis
Christopher Columbus Smith
Put-in-Bay, OH
September 9, 1919
70.86
Hydrodome IV
Casey Baldwin
Beinn Bhreagh, Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia
September 15, 1920
74.97
Miss America
Garfield Arthur ('Gar') Wood
Detroit, MI
September 1920
77.85
Miss America
Garfield Arthur ('Gar') Wood
(at the Lake George Cup)
September 6, 1921
80.57
Miss America II
George B. Wood
Detroit, MI
November 10, 1924
87.392
Farman Hydroglider
Jules Fischer
Sartrouville, Seine River, Paris, FR
September 5, 1928
92.83
Miss America VII
George B. Wood
Detroit, MI
March 23, 1929
93.12
Miss America VII
Garfield Arthur ('Gar') Wood
Miami Beach, FL
June 13, 1930
98.76
Miss England If
Henry O'Neill de Hane (H. 0. D.) Segrave
Lake Windermere, England
March 20, 1931
102.16
Miss America IX
Garfield Arthur ('Gar') Wood
Miami Beach, FL
April 16, 1931
103.069
Miss America IX
Garfield Arthur ('Gar') Wood
Miami Beach, FL
April 24, 1931
103.49
Miss England II
Kaye Ernest Don
Parana River, Argentina
July 9, 1931
110.22
Miss England II
Kaye Ernest Don
Lake Garda, Italy
February 5, 1932
111.71
Miss America IX
Garfield Arthur ('Gar') Wood
Miami Beach, FL
July 18, 1932
117.43
Miss England III (K1)
Kaye Ernest Don
Loch Lomond, Scotland
July 18, 1932
119.812
Miss England III (K1)
Kaye Ernest Don
Loch Lomond, Scotland
1932
120.5
Miss England III (K1)
Kaye Ernest Don
September 20, 1932
124.91
Miss America X
Garfield Arthur ('Gar') Wood
Detroit (Algonac), [St Clair River] MI
September 1, 1937
126.32
Bluebird K3
Malcolm Donald Campbell
Lake Maggiore, Locarno, Switzerland
September 2, 1937
129.5
Bluebird K3
Malcolm Donald Campbell
Lake Maggiore, Locarno, Switzerland
September 17, 1938
130.86
Bluebird K3
Malcolm Donald Campbell
Lake Hallwyl, [Hallwiler See,] Switzerland
August 19, 1939
141.74
Bluebird K4
Malcolm Donald Campbell
Lake Coniston, England
June 26, 1950
160.32
Slo-Mo-Shun IV
Stanley St. Clair ('Stan') Sayres & Ted O. Jones
Seattle, WA (Sand Point)
July 7, 1952
178.49
Slo-Mo-Shun IV
Stanley St. Clair ('Stan') Sayres & Elmer Leninschmidt
Seattle, WA (East Channel)
202.32
Bluebird K7
Donald M. Campbell
Ullswater, England
216.2
Bluebird K7
Donald M. Campbell
Lake Mead, NV
September 20, 1956
225.63
Bluebird K7
Donald M. Campbell
Lake Coniston, England
November 1, 1957
184.49
Miss Supertest II
Arthur C. ('Art') Asbury
Bay of Quinte, Picton, ON, Canada
239.07
Bluebird K7
Donald M. Campbell
Lake Coniston, England
248.62
Bluebird K7
Donald M. Campbell
Lake Coniston, England
November 29, 1957
[195.331]
Hawaii Kai III
Jack Regas
Seattle, WA (Sand Point)
November 30, 1957
187.627
Hawaii Kai III
Jack Regas
Seattle, WA (Sand Point)
260.35
Bluebird K7
Donald M. Campbell
Lake Coniston, England
192.001
Miss Thriftway
Bill Muncey
Seattle, WA (East Channel)
April 17, 1962
200.419
Miss U.S. I
Roy Duby
Guntersville, AL
276.30
Bluebird K7
Donald M. Campbell
Lake Dumbleyung, Australia
June 30, 1967
285.21
Hustler
Lee A. Taylor Jr.
Lake Guntersville, AL
November 20, 1977
288.60
Spirit of Australia
Ken Warby
Blowering Dam, NSW, Australia
October 8, 1978
317.60
Spirit of Australia
Ken Warby
Blowering Dam, NSW, Australia
June 15, 2000
205.494
Miss Freei
Russ Wicks
Seattle, WA