:Water speed record

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Until 1911, steam-powered, propeller-driven vehicles held world water speed records.{{cite web | last = Field | first = Leslie | title = The World Water Speed Record | publisher = Hydroplane History | date = 15 August 2008 | url = http://www.lesliefield.com/races/world_water_speed_record.htm | access-date = 2008-11-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081025043812/http://www.lesliefield.com/races/world_water_speed_record.htm | archive-date = 25 October 2008 | url-status = live }}

• 1885, Nathanael Herreshoff's Stiletto: {{convert|26.2|mph|abbr=on|order=flip}}
• 1893, William B. Cogswell's Feiseen: {{convert|31.6|mph|abbr=on|order=flip}}{{cite web

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• 1897, Charles Algernon Parsons' Turbinia: {{convert|39.1|mph|abbr=on|order=flip}}
• 1903, Charles R. Flint's Arrow: {{convert|45.06|mph|1|abbr=on|order=flip}}

In 1911, a {{convert|40|ft|adj=on|abbr=on|order=flip}} stepped planing hull, Dixie IV, designed by Clinton Crane, became the first gasoline-powered vessel to break the water speed record.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In March 1911, the Maple Leaf III, which was powered by two twelve-cylinder motors producing 350 hp each, set a new water speed record of {{convert|57|mph|kph|abbr=on}} on The Solent.{{cite news|title=Maple Leaf III Here.|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=18 August 1911|access-date=26 July 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/56106185/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Beginning in 1908, Alexander Graham Bell and engineer Frederick W. "Casey" Baldwin began experimenting with powered watercraft. In 1919, with Baldwin piloting their HD-4 hydrofoil, a new world water speed record of {{convert|70.86|mi/h|km/h|1|abbr=on|order=flip}} was set on Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck, Nova Scotia.

In 1920, Garfield Wood set a new water speed record of {{convert|71.43|mph|kph|abbr=on}} on the Detroit River, using a new boat called Miss America.{{cite news|title=New World's Record Is Made|work=The Journal and Tribune|date=15 September 1920|access-date=26 July 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/56100205/|via=Newspapers.com}} In the following twelve years, Wood built nine more Miss Americas and broke the record five times.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Increased public interest generated by the speeds achieved by Wood and others led to an official speed record being ratified in 1928. The first person to try a record attempt was Wood's brother, George. On 4 September 1928, he drove Miss America VII to {{convert|149.40|km/h|1|abbr=on}} on the Detroit River.{{cite news|title=Gar Wood's Speed Boat Shatters All Records|work=The Columbus Telegram|date=4 September 1928|access-date=26 July 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/56100710/|via=Newspapers.com}} The next year, Gar Wood took the same boat up a waterway Indian Creek, Miami Beach and reached {{convert|149.86|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{cite news|title=Gar Wood Sets New Speed Boat Record|work=The Nebraska State Journal|date=26 March 1929|access-date=26 July 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/56101033/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Like the land speed record, the water record was destined to become a scrap for national honour between the United Kingdom and the United States. American success in setting records spurred Castrol Oil chairman Lord Wakefield to sponsor a project to bring the water record to Britain. Famed land speed racer and racing driver Sir Henry Segrave was hired to pilot a new boat, Miss England. Although the boat was not capable of beating Wood's Miss America,{{cite book |last=Martin |first=Robert E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |title=The Speediest Craft Afloat |date=June 1929 |work=Popular Science Monthly |via=Books.google.com |access-date=2012-06-25 |pages=20–21, 146 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324162251/https://books.google.com/books?id=XSgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |archive-date=24 March 2017 |url-status=live }} the British team did gain experience, which was put into an improved boat. Miss England II was powered by two Rolls-Royce aircraft engines and seemed capable of beating Wood's record.{{cite news|title=Kaye Don Wins In First Heat|work=The Gazette|date=7 September 1931|access-date=30 July 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/56366422/|via=Newspapers.com}}

On 13 June 1930, Segrave piloted Miss England II to a new record of {{convert|158.94|km/h|1|abbr=on}} average speed during two runs on Windermere, in Britain's Lake District. Having set the record, Segrave set off on a third run to try to improve the record further. Unfortunately, the boat flipped during the run, with both Segrave and his co-driver receiving fatal injuries.{{cite news|title=Miss England Disaster|work=The Guardian|date=14 June 1930|access-date=30 July 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/56367844/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Following Segrave's death, Miss England II was salvaged and repaired. Kaye Don was chosen as the new driver for 1931. However, during this time, Gar Wood recaptured the record for the U.S. at {{convert|164.41|km/h|abbr=on}}. A month later on Lake Garda, Don got the record back with {{convert|177.387|km/h|1|abbr=on}}. In February 1932, Wood responded, nudging the mark to {{convert|179.779|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.

In response to the continued American challenge, the British team built a new boat, Miss England III. The design was an evolution of the predecessor, with a squared-off stern and twin propellers being the main improvements. Don took the new boat to Loch Lomond, Scotland, on 18 July 1932, improved the record first to {{convert|188.985|km/h|abbr=on}}, then to {{convert|192.816|km/h|abbr=on}} on a second run.{{clarify|date=September 2017|is this the second official record, or the second of two passes?}}

Determined to have the last word over his great rival, Gar Wood built another new Miss America. Miss America X was {{convert|12|m|0}} long, powered by four supercharged Packard aeroplane engines.{{cite web|last1=Lohnes|first1=Brian|title=8 Ton Sledge: Gar Wood's 7,000hp Miss America X Boat Owned The World In '32 and '33|url=https://bangshift.com/general-news/videos/8-ton-sledge-gar-woods-7000hp-miss-america-x-boat-owned-the-world-in-32-and-33-video/|website=BangShift.com|access-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803131421/https://bangshift.com/general-news/videos/8-ton-sledge-gar-woods-7000hp-miss-america-x-boat-owned-the-world-in-32-and-33-video/|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Algonac, S.U.A. Gar Wood batte il record mondiale per motoscafi con 125,42 miglia all'ora| website=YouTube | date=15 June 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcPYzUDrpUM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/OcPYzUDrpUM| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|access-date=3 August 2017}}{{cbignore}} On 20 September 1932 Wood broke the {{convert|200|km/h|abbr=on|adj=on}} barrier, driving his new boat to {{convert|200.943|km/h|abbr=on}}. It would prove the end of an era. Don declined to attempt any further records. Wood also opted to scale down his involvement in racing and returned to running his businesses. Somewhat ironically, both record-breakers lived into their 90s. Wood died in 1971, and Don in 1985.

Wood's last record would be one of the final records for a conventional, single-keel boat. In June 1937 Malcolm Campbell, the world-famous land speed record breaker, drove Blue Bird K3 to a new record of {{convert|203.31|km/h|abbr=on}} at Lake Maggiore. Compared to the massive Miss America X, K3 was a much more compact craft. It was 5 metres shorter and had one engine to X's four.

Despite his success, Campbell was unsatisfied with the relatively small increase in speed. He commissioned a new Blue Bird to be built. Blue Bird K4 was a 'three pointer' hydroplane. Unlike conventional powerboats, which have a single keel, with an indent, or 'step', cut from the bottom to reduce drag, a hydroplane has a concave base with two sponsons fitted to the front and a third point at the rear of the hull. When the boat increases in speed, most of the hull lifts out of the water and runs on the three contact points. The positive effect is reduced drag; the downside is that the three-pointer is much less stable than the single-keel boat. If the hydroplane's angle of attack is upset at speed, the craft can somersault into the air or nose-dive into the water.

Campbell's new boat was a success. In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, he took it to Coniston Water and increased his record by {{convert|18|km/h|abbr=on}}, to {{convert|228.11|km/h|abbr=on}}.

The return of peace in 1945 brought a new form of power for the record breaker – the jet engine. Campbell immediately renovated Blue Bird K4 with a De Havilland Goblin jet engine. The result was a curious-looking craft whose shoe-like profile led to it being nicknamed 'The Coniston Slipper'. The jet-powered experiment was unsuccessful, and Campbell retired from record attempts. He died in 1948.

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On 26 June 1950, Slo-Mo-Shun IV improved on Campbell's record by {{convert|29|km/h|abbr=on}}. Powered by an Allison V-1710 aircraft engine, the boat was built by Seattle Chrysler dealer Stanley Sayres and was able to run {{convert|160|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}} because her hull was designed to lift the top of the propeller out of water when running at high speed. This phenomenon, called 'prop riding', further reduced drag.

In 1952, Sayres drove Slo-Mo-Shun to {{convert|287.25|km/h|abbr=on}}, a {{convert|29|km/h|abbr=on}} increase on his previous record.

The renewed American success persuaded Malcolm Campbell's son, Donald, who had already driven Blue Bird K4 within sight of his father's record, to further push for the record. However, Blue Bird K4 was then 12 years old, with a 20-year-old engine, and Campbell struggled to reach the speeds of the Seattle-built boat. In late 1951, it was written off after suffering a structural failure at {{convert|170|mph|order=flip|abbr=on}} on Coniston Water.

At this time, yet another land-speed driver entered the fray. Englishman John Cobb was hoping to reach {{convert|200|mph|order=flip|abbr=on}} in his jet-powered Crusader. A radical design, the Crusader reversed the 'three-pointer' design, placing the sponsons at the rear of the hull. On 29 September 1952, Cobb tried to beat the world record on Loch Ness but, while travelling at an estimated {{convert|210|mph|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}, Crusader's front plane collapsed and the craft instantly disintegrated. Cobb was retrieved from the water but had already died.

Two years later, on 8 October 1954, another man would die trying for the record. Italian textile magnates Mario Verga and Francesco Vitetta, responding to a prize offer of 5 million lire from the Italian Motorboat Federation to any Italian who broke the world record, built a sleek piston-engined hydroplane to claim the record. Named Laura III, after Verga's daughter, the boat was fast but unstable. Travelling across Lake Iseo, in Northern Italy, at close to {{convert|306|km/h|abbr=on}}, Verga lost control of Laura III and was thrown out into the water when the boat somersaulted. Like Cobb, he died.

Following Cobb's death, Donald Campbell started working on a new Bluebird, K7, a jet-powered hydroplane. Learning the many lessons from Cobb's ill-starred Crusader, K7 was designed as a classic 3-pointer with sponsons forward alongside the cockpit. She was designed by Ken and Lewis Norris in 1953-54 and was completed in early 1955. She was powered by a Metropolitan-Vickers Beryl turbojet of {{convert|3500|lbf|kN|abbr=on|order=flip}} thrust. K7 was of all-metal construction and proved to have extremely high rigidity.

Campbell and K7 set a new record of {{convert|325.60|km/h|abbr=on}} on Ullswater in July 1955. Campbell and K7 went on to break the record a further six times over the next nine years in the US and England (Coniston Water), finally increasing it to {{convert|444.71|km/h|abbr=on}} at Lake Dumbleyung in Western Australia in 1964. Campbell thus became the most prolific water speed record breaker of all time.

At the time Campbell set the absolute record, the piston-powered propeller-driven record was held by the George Simons' Miss U.S. I {{Cite web |url=http://missus1.com/ |title=Miss US 1 Hydroplane Official Web Site |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808013018/http://missus1.com/ |archive-date=8 August 2018 |url-status=live }} at {{convert|322.54|km/h|abbr=on}}. Roy Duby set this record at Guntersville, Alabama, in 1962 and stood for 38 years.

File:Lee Taylor, USA, Water speed record, 1967-06-30 (Lake Guntersville, on 'Hustler').jpg of the United States reached {{convert|285.22|mph}} in Hustler on Lake Guntersville on 30 June 1967.]]

Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 had been re-engined with a Bristol Siddeley Orpheus jet rated at {{convert|4500|lbf|kN|abbr=on}} of thrust. On 4 January 1967, he tried again. His first run averaged {{convert|475.2|km/h|abbr=on}}, and a new record seemed in sight. Campbell applied K7's water brake to slow the craft down from her peak speed of {{convert|315|mi/h|km/h|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} clear of the measured kilometre to a speed around {{convert|220|mph|abbr=on|order=flip}}. Rather than waiting for the lake to settle again before starting the mandatory return leg, Campbell immediately turned around at the end of the lake and began his return run. At around {{convert|512|km/h|abbr=on}}, just as she entered the measured kilometre, Bluebird began to lose stability, and 400 m before the end of the kilometre, Bluebird′s nose lifted beyond its critical pitch angle and she started to rise out of the water at a 45-degree angle. The boat took off, somersaulted, and then plunged nose-first into the lake, breaking up as she cartwheeled across the surface. Campbell was killed instantly. Over the next two weeks, prolonged searches discovered the wreck, but it was not until May 2001 that Campbell's body was finally located and recovered. Campbell was buried in the churchyard at Coniston on 12 September 2001. The 1988 television drama Across the Lake recreates the attempt.

Lee Taylor, a Californian boat racer in Hustler during a test run on Lake Havasu on 14 April 1964, was unable to shut down the jet and crashed into the lakeside at over {{convert|100|mi/h|km/h|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}. Hustler was wrecked, and Taylor was severely injured. He spent the following years recuperating and rebuilding his boat. On 30 June 1967, on Lake Guntersville, Taylor and Hustler tried for the record. Still, the wake of some spectators' boats disturbed the water, forcing Taylor to slow down his second run, and he came up {{convert|2|mph|order=flip||abbr=on}} short. He tried again the same day and set a new record of {{convert|459|km/h|abbr=on}}.

Until 20 November 1977, every official water speed record had been set by an American, Canadian, Irishman, or Briton. That day Ken Warby became the first Australian holder when he piloted his Spirit of Australia to {{convert|464.46|km/h|mph kn|1|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kenwarby.com/wwsr.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207100045/http://www.kenwarby.com:80/wwsr.htm |archive-date=2009-12-07 |title=Speed Records |publisher=KenWarby.com}} to beat Lee Taylor's record. Warby, who had built the craft in his backyard, used the publicity to find sponsorship to pay for improvements to the Spirit. On 8 October 1978 Warby travelled to Blowering Dam, Australia, and broke both the {{convert|300|mph|km/h kn|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} and {{convert|500.0|km/h|mph kn|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} barriers with an average speed of {{convert|511.11|km/h|mph kn|abbr=on}}. As he exited the course, his peak speed as measured on a radar gun was approximately {{convert|555|km/h|mph kn|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Water speed record (fastest boat) |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/water-speed-record-(fastest-boat)/ |publisher=Guinness World Records |access-date=7 August 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezl8Yb8idyY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/ezl8Yb8idyY| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Worlds Fastest Boat (all 4) |date=4 August 2008 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Warby's record still stands. There have only been two official attempts to break it, both resulting in the driver's death.{{cite news |last1=Huxley|first1=John |title=Water speed record to be put to the test 40 years on as Spirit of Australia II takes shape |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/water-speed-record-to-be-put-to-the-test-40-years-on-as-spirit-of-australia-ii-takes-shape-20150212-13cq79.html |access-date=7 August 2015 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=13 February 2015}}

Lee Taylor tried to get the record back in 1980. Inspired by the land speed record cars Blue Flame and Budweiser Rocket, he built a rocket-powered boat, Discovery II. The {{convert|40|ft|m|0|adj=on}} long craft was a reverse three-point design, similar to John Cobb's Crusader, but of much greater length.

Originally, Taylor tested the boat on Walker Lake in Nevada, but his backers demanded a more accessible location, so he switched to Lake Tahoe. An attempt was set for 13 November 1980, but when conditions on the lake proved unfavourable, he decided against trying for the record. Not wanting to disappoint the assembled spectators and media, he did a test run instead. At 432 km/h (270 mph) Discovery II started to become unstable. It has been speculated{{by whom|date=June 2021}} that it may have hit a swell.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}. Its unstable lateral oscillations caused the left sponson to collapse, sending the boat plunging into the water. The cockpit section with Taylor's body was recovered three days later. The cockpit had not floated as intended, and Taylor drowned.

On 9 July 1989 Craig Arfons, son of Walt Arfons, builder of the world's first jet car, and nephew of record breaker Art Arfons, tried for the record in his all-composite fiberglass and Kevlar Rain X Challenger. At 7:07{{nbsp}}am, less than 15 seconds into his run, the hydroplane somersaulted at more than {{convert|350|mph|kph|abbr=on}}.{{cite news|title=Arfons respected risk in fast lane|work=The Tampa Tribune|date=10 July 1989|access-date=26 July 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/56122534/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{unreliable sources|date=January 2022}} The cockpit remained intact underwater with Arfons remaining inside upside down. Two divers from a rescue team reached the wreckage and extracted him within three minutes of the initial incident. While he still had a pulse after cardiopulmonary resuscitation was administered, he did not respond to the medical personnel. He was taken to the Highlands Regional Medical Center but was pronounced dead at 8:30{{nbsp}}am, 1 hour and 23 minutes after the initial incident.{{cite news|title=Boat|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=10 July 1989|access-date=26 July 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/56121868/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Despite the high fatality rate, the record is still coveted by boat enthusiasts and racers. Ongoing projects aimed at breaking the record include the following:

The British Quicksilver{{Cite web |url=http://www.quicksilver-wsr.com/ |title=Quicksilver |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602101538/http://www.quicksilver-wsr.com/ |archive-date=2 June 2017 |url-status=live }} project is managed by Nigel Macknight.

The design was initially based on concepts for a rear-sponsoned configuration by Ken Norris, who had worked with the Campbells on their 'Bluebird' designs. The design is of modular construction with the main body consisting of a front section with a steel spaceframe incorporating the engine, a Rolls-Royce Spey Mk.101, and the rear section a monocoque extending to the tail. The front sponsons are also modules, one of which contains the driver.{{cite web|title=The Craft|url=http://www.quicksilver-wsr.com/the-craft/|publisher=Quicksilver-WSR|access-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602101646/http://www.quicksilver-wsr.com/the-craft/|archive-date=2 June 2017|url-status=live}}

Ken Warby, now working with his son David, began build on a new boat powered by a jet engine from a Fiat G.91 to break the record. The team conducting a series of trials had, as of 31 August 2019, increased the speed to 407 km/h.{{cite news|last1=Huxley|first1=John|title=The Warby need for speed|url=http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/the-warby-need-for-speed-20150110-12lnzh.html|access-date=3 August 2017|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 February 2015}}{{cite news|title=David Warby hopes to claim his dad's world water speed record on Blowering Dam in 2017|url=http://www.riverinaleader.com.au/story/4380710/warbys-quest-to-claim-dads-crown/|access-date=3 August 2017|issue=The Leader|date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803133014/http://www.riverinaleader.com.au/story/4380710/warbys-quest-to-claim-dads-crown/|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA II|url=http://warbymotorsport.com/Spirit_of_Australia_II.php|publisher=Warby Motorsport|access-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171248/http://warbymotorsport.com/Spirit_of_Australia_II.php|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Jason |title=David Warby To Challenge Father's World Water Speed Record |url=https://speedonthewater.com/in-the-news/5334-david-warby-to-challenge-father-s-world-water-speed-record |access-date=3 July 2018 |date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223034825/https://speedonthewater.com/in-the-news/5334-david-warby-to-challenge-father-s-world-water-speed-record |archive-date=23 February 2020 |url-status=live }} Earlier in 2003, Ken Warby had built another boat, Aussie Spirit, for a record attempt.

Ken Warby died in February 2023, with the project, now solely led by David Warby, conducting test runs that May{{Cite web |date=30 May 2023 |title=Spirit of Australia 2 - the fastest team on water |url=https://www.facebook.com/warbymotorsport/posts/pfbid0qQ4c34VfJMJpkdQp6Q3tijcURnk1FVcx6WWrwWryXYPvsjEsCQv3rE2HvrcxW6Dul |website=Facebook page Spirit of Australia 2 - the fastest team on water}} and September{{Citation |title=Blowering Dam today, Spirit of Australia II coming out of yellowin Bay, accelerating on to the kilo course with a run of 265mph, mixed weather... {{!}} By Spirit of Australia 2 - The Fastest Team on Water {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/warbymotorsport/videos/blowering-dam-today-spirit-of-australia-ii-coming-out-of-yellowin-bay-accelerati/325458226539294/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |language=en}} at Blowering Dam, with further runs planned in November that year.{{Cite web |title=Facebook page Spirit of Australia 2 - The Fastest Team on Water |url=https://www.facebook.com/warbymotorsport/posts/pfbid02vp3L8WTYw6PGH2gLJ3aZaBByRyDAXZBG4exzwxnLCqSzhpcgHcCR3GDormNykakHl |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=www.facebook.com}} Test runs are continuing as of October 2024, according to David Warby.

Daniel Dehaemers was the Belgian challenger for the absolute water speed record.{{cite web|url=https://www.dartagnan-sp600.com/the-creator|access-date=3 August 2017|title=Dartagnan-sp-600|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171352/https://www.dartagnan-sp600.com/the-creator|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=dead}} The SP600 is of full carbon composite construction. It is powered by a Rolls-Royce Adour 104 turbojet engine. The boat was planned to be tested in 2016. However, after finishing building the boat, he died of cancer in 2018 before he managed to trial the craft.{{Cite web |url=https://www.uimpowerboating.com/NewsList.aspx?num=49 |title=Union internationale motonautique |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182838/https://www.uimpowerboating.com/NewsList.aspx?num=49 |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.uimpowerboating.com/Documents/Editor/documents/UIM%20Newsletter%20-%20June%202018.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222452/https://www.uimpowerboating.com/Documents/Editor/documents/UIM%20Newsletter%20-%20June%202018.pdf |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Alençon Jos restarted the project in 2019 with an expected engine test in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nautica-magazine.be|title=nautica-magazine|website=www.nautica-magazine.be|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302143522/https://www.nautica-magazine.be/|archive-date=2 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hydrograficsandart.com|title=sp600}}

A British team, with a serving British military pilot at the helm, are working together to build and run Longbow,{{Cite web |url=https://www.jet-hydroplane.uk/ |title=Jet Hydroplane UK ∞ Longbow |access-date=31 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911054642/https://www.jet-hydroplane.uk/ |archive-date=11 September 2016 |url-status=live }} a jet hydroplane, on lakes and lochs within the UK, for a British attempt at the water speed record.

Richard Noble, engineer behind the Thrust series of land speed record cars Thrust2 which he drove, and ThrustSSC, the supersonic Land Speed Record holder since 1997, announced on a YouTube video 27 May 2022 that his group intends to construct a water speed record boat, named ThrustWSH (Water Speed Hydroplane), conforming to the naming custom of ThrustSSC (Supersonic Car).

{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u0vTEtkFs4 |title=Thrust is back |website=YouTube |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=20 October 2022 |archive-date=20 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020134452/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u0vTEtkFs4&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}

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• Fred Harris and Mike Rimmer (2001). Skimming the Surface.
• Kevin Desmond (1996). The World Water Speed Record. Batsford.
• Leo Villa (1969). The Record Breakers. Hamlyn.
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• [http://www.bluebirdk7.com Donald Campbell, Bluebird, and the Final Record Attempt]
• The [http://speedrecordclub.com/ Speed Record Club] seeks to promote an informed and educated enthusiast identity, reporting accurately and impartially on record-breaking engineering, events, attempts, and history to the best of its ability.
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