| Speed | Date | Boat Name | Driver | Location | Notes | ||
| 70.86 | 9Sep19 | HYDRODOME IV, | Casey Baldwin | Beinn Bhreagh,
� Bras d'Or Lake |
NS� | CAN� | � |
| 74.870 | 15Sep20 | MISS AMERICA, | Gar Wood | Detroit River, | MI | USA | |
| 80.567 | 6Sep21 | MISS AMERICA II, | George Wood | Detroit River, | MI | USA | |
| 87.392 | 10Nov24 | FARMAN HYDROGLIDER, | Jules Fisher | Sartrouville,
�� Seine River |
FRA | � | |
| 92.838 | 4Sep28 | MISS AMERICA VII, | George Wood | Detroit River, | MI | USA | |
| 93.123 | 23Mar29 | MISS AMERICA VII, | Gar Wood | Miami Beach,
�� Indian Creek |
FL | USA | |
| 98.760 | 13Jun30 | MISS ENGLAND II, | Henry Segrave(*) | Lake Windermere, | UK | ||
| 102.256 | 20Mar31 | MISS AMERICA IX, | Gar Wood | Miami Beach,
�� Indian Creek |
FL | USA | |
| 103.490 | 2Apr31 | MISS ENGLAND II, | Kaye Don | Tigre,
�� Parana River |
ARG | ||
| 110.223 | 9Jul31 | MISS ENGLAND II, | Kaye Don | Lake Garda, | ITA | ||
| 111.712 | 5Feb32 | MISS AMERICA IX, | Gar Wood | Miami Beach,
�� Indian Creek |
FL | USA | |
| 117.430 | 18Jul32 | MISS ENGLAND III, | Kaye Don | Scotland
�� Loch Lomond |
UK | ||
| 119.810 | 18Jul32 | MISS ENGLAND III, | Kaye Don | Scotland
�� Loch Lomond |
UK | ||
| 124.860 | 20Sep32 | MISS AMERICA X, | Gar Wood | St. Clair River
�� Algonac,� |
MI | USA | |
| 126.320 | 1Sep37 | BLUEBIRD K3, | Malcolm Campbell* | Locarno,
�� Lake Maggiore |
SUI | ||
| 129.500 | 2Sep37 | BLUEBIRD K3, | Malcolm Campbell* | Locarno,
�� Lake Maggiore |
SUI | ||
| 130.910 | 17Aug38 | BLUEBIRD K3, | Malcolm Campbell | Hallwiler See | SUI | ||
| 141.740 | 19Aug39 | BLUEBIRD K4, | Malcolm Campbell | Lakes District,
�� Coniston Water |
UK | ||
| 160.323 | 26Jun50 | SLO-MO-SHUN IV, | Stanley Sayres
(m) Ted O. Jones |
Lake Washington
�� Sand Point |
WA | USA | |
| 178.497 | 7Jul52 | SLO-MO-SHUN IV, | Stanley Sayres
(m) Elmer Leninschmidt |
Lake Washington
�� East Channel |
WA | USA | � |
| 184.540 | 1Nov57 | MISS SUPERTEST II, | Art Asbury | Long Reach,
�� Lake Ontario |
ON | CAN | |
| 187.627 | 30Nov57 | HAWAII KAI III, | Jack Regas | Lake Washington,
�� Sand Point |
WA | USA | � |
| 192.001 | 16Feb60 | MISS THRIFTWAY,(3) | Bill Muncey | Lake Washington,
�� East Channel |
WA | USA | � |
| 200.419 | 17Apr62 | MISS U.S.1,(2) | Roy Duby | Lake Guntersville, | AL | USA | |
| 205.494 | 15Jun00 | MISS FREEi, | Russ Wicks | Lake Washington
�� Sand Point |
WA | USA | |
| 220.493 | 13Mar04 | MISS BUDWEISER, | Dave Villwock | Lake Oroville
Thermalito Afterbay |
CA | USA |
(2)(3) Denotes Hull Number of a similarily named watercraft
(m)- Denotes name of riding mechanician
�1 - Used airplane propeller as means of propulsion
(*)- Held Worlds Land Speed Record, died from injuries suffered sameday in
���� followup run to Water Speed Record when bottom of Miss England II came
���� apart after striking debris.� Mechancician, Vic Halliwell, also died from
���� from drowning this Friday.
�* - Also held the World's Land Speed Record from 1931 thru 1937.
�2 - The last immersed propeller craft to hold the absolute WSR.
�� - Note that this is one day after their kilometer record.
�� - Muncey did not do a run over a measured kilometer course.
Kilometer Records:
Speed�� Date���� Boat & Driver������������������� Site
195.329 29Nov57� HAWAII KAI III, Jack Regas������ Lake Washington,�� WA, USA +
198.168 17Apr62� MISS U.S.I, (2) Roy Duby�������� Lake Guntersville, AL, USA
220.493 13Mar04 MISS BUDWEISER, Dave Villwock Lake Oroville, CA, USA
+ - 200.442 mph achieved in one direction, Regas's kilo record
bests Muncey's mile record of 192.001mph set 16Feb60.
KILOMETER AND MILE RECORDS are considered equal distances for the purpose
of establishing World Water Speed Records. All Jet-Speed Records, were set
on a kilometer course. Malcolm Campbell and Art Asbury's records are likewise.
OROVILLE, Calif., March 13, 2004 -- Dave Villwock and the Miss Budweiser team
shattered the World Water Speed Record by 14.999mph, for a propeller driven boat,
on Thermalito Afterbay, setting a new world record of 220.493mph.
Thus, usurping the mile record of Russ Wicks, set June 15,2000.
The team made history just shortly after 8:30 a.m. PT, as Villwock piloted the
Miss Budweiser on the first leg of the run to an average speed of 213.437mph,
and to an average speed of 227.550 mph on the return leg, resulting in the new
world water speed record of 220.493 mph, for propeller driven boats.
Villwock peaked the Miss Budweiser on the return leg at a top speed of 229mph
before the boat's rudder and propeller failed, leaving the Miss Budweiser
damaged and dead in the water. Villwock was uninjured.
The propeller was recently recovered and found to have a missing blade. Failure
of the prop, likely set up vibration which took out the shaft and rudder.
Speed�� Date������ Boat������� Driver������������������� Site������������ Notes
�(mph)
202.32� 23Jul55� BLUEBIRD K7, Donald Campbell���� Ullswater������������� UK� 1
216.20� 16Nov55� BLUEBIRD K7, Donald Campbell���� Lake Mead, NV��������� USA
225.63� 19Sep56� BLUEBIRD K7, Donald Campbell���� Coniston Water�������� UK�
239.07�� 7Nov57� BLUEBIRD K7, Donald Campbell���� Coniston Water�������� UK�
248.62� 10Nov58� BLUEBIRD K7, Donald Campbell���� Coniston Water�������� UK
260.35� 14May59� BLUEBIRD K7, Donald Campbell���� Coniston Water�������� UK
276.33� 31Dec64� BLUEBIRD K7, Donald Campbell���� Lake Dumbleyung, WA��� AUS 2
285.213 30Jun67� HUSTLER,���� Lee A. Taylor, Jr.� Lake Guntersville, AL� USA
288.18� 20Nov77� SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA, Ken Warby,� Blowering Dam, NSW���� AUS 3�
317.60�� 8Oct78� SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA, Ken Warby,� Blowering Dam, NSW���� AUS 4
NOTES
1.� Ullswater and Coniston Water are located in the English Lakes District.
2.� Also set the Land Speed Record the same year, with a 4-wheel driven,
��� shaft-turbine powered vehicle with an average speed of 403.10mph,�
��� on the dry salt lake bed of Lake Eyre, SA, Australia.�
��� This is still a record for shaft-driven turbine powered vehicles.
3.� Actual clocking 464.45 km/hr over one kilometer trap.� 9 mile course.
��� This reservoir is near the town of Tumut.
4. Actual clocking 511.11 km/hr over one kilometer trap. 9 mile course.
Best one-way clocking 529.412 km/hr (328.97 mph). Claimed exit speed 345
mph. Warby has been living in the USA since about 1987, in the
Miamitown, Cincinnati, Ohio, area. He has built a new boat, using a J34
engine with afterburner. AUSSIE SPIRIT, should have about
9,000lbs of thrust, campared to 6,000 for the SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA.
David Warby, Ken's son, will most likely drive. The Warby's have been
looking at other Australian sites in addition to Blowering Dam.
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