I think he has already ran it over here in the USA, but not sure.


"*JimH*" wrote in message
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Houston, we have liftoff!

I can't wait till he gets this baby on the water for a speed run.


"Woodchuck" wrote in message
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Here's the url to Ken firing up the new boat. It's 25meg, but worth the
wait.

http://www.screamandfly.com/home/vid...0Fireball.mpeg


"*JimH*" wrote in message
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A certain contributor here will be impressed with this story seeing he
thinks boating is all about "looking good and going fast". ;-)

The Record
317.60 mph / 511.11km/h
8th October 1978
"Spirit of Australia"
Blowering Dam
NSW Australia
In the 1970s, Ken Warby designed, built, and ran Spirit of Australia
into the record books. Many records were broken in the process. The
last record to be broken was in 1978 when Ken and his team, lead by Dr.
Bob Apathy, set the current record that has stood for some 27 years.

Ken, at the frisky age of 66, is about breaking his record. He has
decided that it's time to bring life back into the Challenge. He
thinks that 27 years is too long for a record to stand, and is plenty of
time for all the "Gunnas" of the world to do something about breaking
the record. The World Water Speed Record (WWSR) is possibly the most
dangerous record attempt there is. Since 1978 there have been a number
of fatal attempts at the WWSR. Today, there are even a couple of teams
around the world talking about it, but there is only one WWSR Challenge
Team that is actually doing it!

Ken has built a new boat with 50% more power. His first record breaking
boat, Spirit of Australia, was powered by a 6000 horse power
Westinghouse jet engine. The new boat will be pushed along by a 9000
horse power unit. Ken has built the new boat, Aussie Spirit, based on
his experience of what works. Aussie Spirit is not that much different
to the Spirit of Australia in design. Ken constructed the new boat in
his garage in Cincinnati USA. Aussie Spirit was pronounced complete on
23rd December 1999. The team have started trials of the new boat. Ken
has stated that there is only one way this record attempt will be run,
and that is professionally. Initial low speed trials will be held in
Taree NSW. Once low speed trials are complete then the team will begin
high speed trials. It is most likely that the boat will eventually be
run at Blowering Dam - NSW Australia.

http://www.kenwarby.com/introduction.htm