The Spirit of Australia II has now hit 275 mph in a practice run. If you're psyched on the water speed record, make sure to give these guys a follow! Warby Motorsports - web.facebook.com/warbymotorsport/ Thrust WSH - www.youtube.com/@ThrustWSH/
Note that Ken Warby passed away on 20th Feb 2023. His son David is running the new attempt. They reached 275 mph in August this year. Testing continues.
@@Robert-vl3ur hehe, it's all a matter of perspective. at least 500k people (including you) watched this show. What is your preference: do a speed run on water or do a wingsuit flight through some Swiss mountain gorge? 🙂
X-pro motorcycle road racer here. I’ve been 200mph going into corners more times that I can remember and don’t have much fear doing it. I’ve also been 110mph on water once and don’t want to do it again, 200mph+ on water is just insane!
I own an 28 foot eliminator speedster hill with twin merc inboards and it’s capable of going a hell Of a lot faster than I have the desire to achieve these days. A good friend of mine was with me a few times and with a good chop I’ve pushed it to 140 on a local lake that is lower elevation than the lake we typically run on. The higher elevation makes a tremendous difference on the ability to achieve higher speeds. Some reason I had surpassed the point of tunnel vision somewhere around 110 where as it don’t begin to get tunneled until around 160 in an automobile. Ive always wondered why water feels so different than Land.
*I've never been afraid of insane speed on concrete. I used to ride my motorcycle at nearly 200 mph daily and regularly hit over 150 mph while doing wheelies (I needed my Andrilian fix). But as a water skier, I can tell you that going just 40 to 50 mph on the water will scare the living daylights out of you. Wiping out on water is far more dangerous because the water can grab you and stop you on a dime, which your body can't handle. This is why people die when they jump out of a speeding boat-they don't understand this concept.*
Normal people say drag racers are insane. Drag racers say drag bike guys are insane. Drag boats exist, so the drag bike guys have someone to make them seem normal.
We are talking about speed records not just regular racers. I’m not sure what the statistics are but I’m sure drag bikes are the most dangerous out of the 3 in terms of racing
@@Steven_Bo1 I genuinely think the average bike racer would consider jet boats to be a step more extreme. They're dealing with way more uncontrollable variables at a much higher speed. There are nowhere near as many people racing jet boats in the various disciplines that offers, let alone people doing water speed record attempts. Attempting to compare statistics of the two and their deaths doesn't mean much, jet boat racing is incredibly more niche than bike racing and water speed record attempts isn't even "racing". You're trying to uhhh ackutally this dude but " the most dangerous out of the 3" is 100% water speed record attempters, there's no logical argument you can pull out that is comparable in terms of bike racing, even with how dangerous events like the Isle of Man TT are.
@@BuBornham there's no comparrison with average bike racers, and jet engine record boats. they'd be more along the lines of average drag boats, with jet drive, direct or v drive prop, but seems most are jet drive. top fuel drag bikes are edging in on 270mph... and the fastest speed at bonneville is like 378mph... so, they are in fact MUCH faster. i'll agree with boats you have more uncontrollable variables and once you catch air, you're along for the ride... you can never account for every minor surface variation, especially since the best conditions are a slight chop, perfect glass would be much easier but you get a decent speed penalty. you can prerun on water with another boat(s), but you can't really see under the surface, or account for some log to wander into your path. and i kinda know about that myself, on a waverunner when i was young and spun out, came off and just as i was about to hit the water, i saw a tree just under the surface... and my knee went straight into it, luckily it was the 90's on a waverunner 2 or 3 and not at full speed. but it still hurt like hell, and certainly did not help my knee pain now. anyway... tracks can be walked, swept, prepped and a far more controllable environment. but there's still those similar uncontrollable variables, especially over 200. with no cockpit, only a helmet and leathers, a concrete wall on either side in drag racing, so a very narrow window for correction at speed before you get very aquainted. boats above simple drag boats generally have a cockpit of some sort, if not an escape pod. where you have much more safety equipment. drag boats, open offshore boats and such, you're basically hitting concrete if you come out, though... i don't know, there are so many variables to consider. but i'd have to lean toward bikes being the most dangerous. at least now, just with modern safety equipment and lessons learned from all motorsport that you can just never apply to motorcycles without that enclosure. overall, but obviously a 100mph drag boat properly equipped is much safer than 200 on a motorcycle. but top fuel drag bikes are edging in on 270mph... and the fastest speed at bonneville is like 378mph... so, they are in fact MUCH faster.
Watch Warby's boat closely, you'll see it constantly rocks side to side, but never front to rear. Warby was a smarter designer then people understood, he engineered the boat to shed the high pressure bubble that forms under the hull out to each side, so it won't build to a point where it flips the boat. He probably could have gone faster, but already had achieved his goal. He's probably the only World Water Speed Record holder to die of old age. It'd be real nice if David Warby can take his fathers record on it's 50th aniversary, and keep it long enough for people to understand how complex it has been to acheive. The Thrust team, if their hydroplane works as they intend, are likely to put the record out of reach of anyone for just as long a time as Ken Warby did.
As a many year powerboat racer and as someone who comes from a family of powerboat racers, I can tell you that his boat was "just" chine walking. I promise you that he did not design the boat to do it.
@@AB-80X as someone who has read multiple interviews with Ken himself, I promise you he absolutely engineered it to walk. He wasn't some random who threw together a boat on a whim, he had many years racing powerboats of various sizes and types, and he built up to the record systematically over a number of runs. Maybe chine walking is not a new phenomena to you, just as it wasn't to Ken, he understood it and ensured the boat would do it (unlike some of the unsuccessful attempts)
@@davidivers6261 As someone, who does not do this I can assure you that the massive amounts of time and assets spent trying to do something this moronic and something this completely irrelevant is simply proof of the stupidity of most humans. LOL
As a 4 and 5 year old in the late 1950s, I remember sitting with my parents on the bank of the Schuylkill River where it passes by Valley Forge outside of Philadelphia to watch the hydroplane races. I believe it was watching these races that kindled my love for boats of all types, but the experience was also my first realization that humans sometimes cause their own tragic and horrific deaths. I'm 70 years old today and still have a clear image in my head of a cherry red hydroplane flying thirty or forty feet into the air, something even a 5 year old knew wasn't supposed to happen, and watching it turn into shrapnel as it smashed back down to the water at some speed probably less than 150 MPH. Whether or not the pilot was killed I don't know for sure, but it was the assumption by everyone sitting on the banks watching that must have been the result. I have built and/or operated boats most of my career. I still find these surface skimming "boats" intriguing, but if I ever though of building one, this image of a cherry red disaster prevents me from doing so.
@@jamesw.6931 my brother's dad has an old speed boat with an old tech Evinrude 175 on it and it does 60-65* (if the lakes empty and it's ABSOLUTE glass) and it's a tad scary. Starts to dance a lil bit. If it had a 250 on it, I know it'd wobble and flip
I use to race what's called "Stock Outboard Powerboat Racing". My kneel down hydroplane was ~11ft long, weighed like 200lbs with the motor, and would do close to 70mph in a race. They also ran on a fine balance where just a few degrees, or a rouge wave, could tip the scales of balance sending you over backwards or nose diving in the water. Though at those speeds the real danger was other boats in the race and not so much the crash itself. I had one of those accidents, a blow over, after a wave tip the front of the boat up. Caught too much air and over I went. But even at the relatively slow speed of ~65mph compared to the guys in the video, I remember skipping across the water thinking "this is lasting longer than I expected..." My boat landed rightside up and I was actually out in the next race. But even at just those speeds, water is NOT soft, and going faster only make it more like concrete when you hit.
Agreed,blew over my outboard drag boat at around 125 mph,back in 1993.Cracked ribs,bruised kidneys,broken wrist.Still alive.Just an old man now still interested in boating and speed though,from the internet.😳
I was in the Coast Guard. We have “picked up”, floaters (dead people), from the San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge area. And yes they bounce, like hitting concrete. We called, “DRT!”
@@kyzor-sosay6087 I restored a 1975 Rogers 18' pump boat. Installed a 460 Ford, making almost 500 hp on the dyno. Then installed an American Turbine race pump. Took her out and almost sunk her. What I failed to realize was the hull was not designed to be "flown." After that, my wife refused to ride and I sold the boat. Hope the guy who bought it is OK?
10:26 Man you can't just drop the name Arfons into the video without explaining how much influence the Arfons family has on speed records. Craig, Art & Walt absolute legends of speed.
@@Robert-vl3ur So you think the guys getting on top of a rocket to blast into space are normal? Every space shot, all I can imagine, is Wile E Coyote riding on it.
Because of the capricious weather in the English Lake District, Campbell had been thwarted by bad weather for several days. As was normal protocol, he would have refuelled before the second run. He strangely waved away the fuel barge at the commencement of his second run. Whether residual ripples from the first run or a boat much lighter than the first run caused the disaster has always been debatable. He is buried in the parish cemetery at Coniston, near Lake Coniston. Mr Whoppit is with his daughter Gina. Thanks for a great presentation.
What is disturbing to me about Lee Taylor's crash is that the pod he was in was only retrieved about 10 days after the crash. Some people think he could have been alive and waiting at the bottom of Lake Tahoe for days before he died.
@@will.green. Possibly? I'm not entirely sure where in the lake he ended up so I'm not 100% sure about that. I don't think those are solid facts either, but the idea that's possible seems rather shocking.
Legends never really die. And Mr Cambell is a true legend. I still remember reading about him as a child and the man seems just as large and great to me today.
I met Ken Warby at a boat race I was in, in WV, he and his son David are serious about this and I think 340 is doable(I still think they're crazy), Richard Noble's idea about hydrofoils could work but the amount of pressure the pylons support the foils would have to withstand at the speed they want would be in the hundreds of tons per square inch. I'd drive Warby's boat if I felt crazy enough, I think Noble's WSH is going to break at some point and we're going to lose another boat racer. Sure, they have all the money in the world, but composites get brittle and stuff breaks.
Speaking of Fighter Planes and F1 Cars, our company explored "active air" technology decades ago. This used computers and actuators to digitally control the stability of any platform, well beyond of the speed of a human pilot to be able to respond. Also it eliminates the "Pilot-In-The-Loop" basic Instability (PIO in airplanes) caused by slow reactions and responses. The F16 was our result, and now virtually all fighters use this technology. We proposed this for MotorSport and Nascar long ago, but it was denied, since the gearheads were not able to assimilate the technology. Now, at last, F1 looks like it will allow this for circuit racing cars. As a result, the speeds of these cars can be increased by over 30%, so F1 is going to limit the torque/power which can be applied to the asphalt, to limit speeds to the track-safe speeds. IF this technology was incorporated into racing boats, these same speed improvements could easily be achieved, and the Safety greatly improved. Also, for practical purposes, there would be no need for the boat to actually contact the water during the speed run. The ancient "ground effect" aircraft, also know as "wing-in-ground", like the Russian Ekranoplan tried this and it worked fine, but more modern aircraft were able to go much faster and were more efficient (due to air density), so that technology basically died away. Boats can also used this technique, depending on the "Rules" which determine "what is a boat".
My father told me stories of Warby buiding The Spirit of Australia in his backyard at Concord, Sydney...he had worked with Ken Warby in Sydney. We later watched him set the record on Blowering reservoir having to wait for water skiers chop to settle...
Excellent presentation and video. Both historically and technically correct. You certainly did your homework that reults in a great mini-doc. Keep up the great work!
I'm only half way through, but had to come back down to comment on what an absolutely exceptional mini documentary this is! I could watch this for hours on end. Everything about the narration is perfect 👌🏼
You can't wait 60 minutes. Both runs have to be completed within the hour. The stopwatch starts when the first timing beam is broken, and finishes when the final beam is broken. Max time allowed - 1hr.
Maybe it's time to change that, to reduce the risk a little. On waters like Coniston - where Campbell died, the lake is narrow and it would take time for the wash to subside. They could still restrict the time engineers are allowed to work on the boat.
@tullochgorum6323 rather strangely Donal Campbell did not take advantage of the allowed time and headed back down the lake. He hit his own wake and that caused the "tramping" that caused his crash. Why he did this remains a mystery he took with him to the bottom of the lake
@@peterflynn9123 I live near Coniston in the Lakes and sometimes swim there. At its very widest it's only 700 meters. Even the small pleasure launches cause significant disturbance. Why Campbell, with all his experience, didn't take account of this is baffling, as you say.
@@tullochgorum6323 I have visited Coniston several times. It wouldn't appear to be the most suitable stretch of water for a speed record - especially considering the weather.....
The original Aussie Spirit was built with less than $10,000, even with inflation, that is NOT a-lot of money at all. Warbys son David is finishing up a new boat his dad designed and will be breaking their record sometime soon! Hopefully next year.
Yeah, it's really impressive what Ken did back then. Like you say, even considering inflation 10k AUD was not a lot... I'm pretty sure he was making oil painting in a mall to help pay for this. The dude was driven as hell.
"The DEADLIEST Record You’ve Never Heard Of..." WHY do people under 30 think no one was alive before them? EVERY single person on earth has heard of this record before, most of them before the video poster was born.....
the comment section is so much more genuine with this many views. Maybe its just me but when theres mutilpe 100k views, the comments are, well just not as good.
Dang, this was some fantastic content! This is the first video I've seen from your channel and you have another subscriber! I had no idea that speed records on water were so hard core and the guys chasing them were so passionate.
Ken Warby encompassed the very essence of the original spirit of endeavour that began back in the early years of record-breaking. Too few like him today, but they are still out there. All best wishes to his son David. Donald Cambell's 'Bluebird' was recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water and rebuilt over several decades.. it's now back to its original condition, the effort and determination displayed by those involved is staggering..a wonderful story in its own right.
I’m no expert on boating although I’ve been on one that suffered a snapped mast during a hurricane, in two 40 plus mph accidents, thrown onto an oyster bed in another accident and two sinkings in the Gulf Stream. Hydrofoils is exactly where insane high speeds are at and much like the wing on the record boat cuts through clean air and is adjustable so can hydrofoils do the same by cutting through clean water below the surface chaos. BTW, none of the above mentioned instances were from my ownership or operation as much as people who are the reasons proper education in boating is a must in my mind at least. I’m lucky, I only suffered a broken collarbone that I didn’t even know had broken until years later. A girl I dated when I was 19 had a zig zag scar on her temple from getting thrown out of a boat doing donuts and hit by the prop. I can’t even imagine the horror of that. Subscribed. Your passion shows and is why I’ll never not be near or on the water.
Just found your channel but i love your videos dude. They are really well thought out topics, interesting and great storytelling. The best thing is they are full of information with no fluff. We get value for our time. If you get me. Keep it up man. You'll grow 💪 Im binge watching all your videos btw. Can't wait for more.
Normally I am hesitant to watch longer YT video's (20 minutes+). But your video's are so well put together, if anything they are too short. Particularly the high diving video. I was so invested then... oh, it's over... type of thing. Keep up the great work!!
Another amazing video! Who in the world is nuts enough to attempt this record? Also, as some from Lake Tahoe, I could have told you attempting a speed record on that lake would fail.
I'm 45 now, but when I was around 10 my dad showed me a VHS tape of his friend who had just died at a local jet boat racing event. You could see his body go flying from the boat and skipped across the water briefly before he was swallowed by it. Going fast is dangerous in many ways, but going fast on water is definitely the scariest.
What an excellently crafted video. I'm familiar with the subject and heard it all before. The presentation is engaging and flows well, great narration.
Man this video is awesome! Like a master piece of linguistical music to my eyes and ears! Great work sir! The topic is insane btw! More like this please!
When I was in the service, in California. Took a weekend trip to Clear Lake. They had boat races with water skiers behind them. That is utterly INSANE!
I took my kids to the Filching Manor Motor Museum in Sussex a few years ago where they had the most amazing collection of beautiful classics and motoring memorabilia, including Campbell's record-breaking jet car, whilst it was in the process of being restored, we weren't supposed to see it, but his son graciously offered us a quick tour anyway. 👍😉
Great content. Donald Campbell was a hero of mine growing up and the iconic film with his "I'm going" has resonated in me since. I love people pushing boundaries.
I race outboards on smaller hydros and always try to pit next to Bob Wartinger who has fastest run in an outboard powered hull. He wrote a book, “Champions Guide to Safe Boat Racing “. He goes fast but does the homework and testing. Lots of testing. Lee Taylor’s Hustler is currently being restored near Seattle Wa. 10k hp Jet engine was used , running on diesel. It might do a photo session but not looking to break any records with the old technology using brute force . The new turbine hydroplanes had to redesign the air exit after boats that blew over had the water hydraulic thru the bigger tail cones and cause major havoc . Bob always says he doesn’t “own “ his records . He only “borrows “ them until the next guy holds it .
I was excited for this channel - this was my first video and i was so impressed with how this was done. Please remove vulgar language from your videos so this can be family friendly
I guess I landed on this due to the algo as an Aussie... Great insight... Great research, and high quality level production.. Subbed. Now off too look at your other content...
Thank you. This is very interesting. I have always loved fast motor sports, and I have seen crashes on the track that have claimed lives. There have been much more safety productions put in the cars and boats for the drivers, but it still can be over the edge.
Bluebird was rebuilt, so it could theoretically go for the record again…. By the far worst attempt was Tahoe, probably the worst lake for this kind of record attempt, so many boats, impossible to regulate wake, very common to see large swells at all times of the day. What were they thinking? Hopefully both new contenders come out alive, we are rooting for them!
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The Spirit of Australia II has now hit 275 mph in a practice run. If you're psyched on the water speed record, make sure to give these guys a follow!
Warby Motorsports - web.facebook.com/warbymotorsport/
Thrust WSH - www.youtube.com/@ThrustWSH/
One can always tell when your listening to a moron when they can't talk without swearing.
cant see the sense in it.. i saw cambell get killed..its a bit like drag cars. good in a strait line, useless otherwise..
Where else would you build it ? It’s expensive you suggest buying a whole jet boat building ?
So you made a video about these people that died doing it and then you put x over their faces to memoralize them 😂 How much brain damage do you have ?
Would an unmanned boat count? A robotic boat could conceivably be built to smash the record
Note that Ken Warby passed away on 20th Feb 2023. His son David is running the new attempt. They reached 275 mph in August this year. Testing continues.
and in the big scheme of things, who cares? no one, but idiots LOL
@@Robert-vl3ur hehe, it's all a matter of perspective.
at least 500k people (including you) watched this show.
What is your preference:
do a speed run on water or do a wingsuit flight through some Swiss mountain gorge?
🙂
@@Robert-vl3urThats why it's entertaining!
X-pro motorcycle road racer here. I’ve been 200mph going into corners more times that I can remember and don’t have much fear doing it. I’ve also been 110mph on water once and don’t want to do it again, 200mph+ on water is just insane!
I've been 180+ on a few bikes, wasn't half as scary as 127 on water 😂. Those dudes are nutty
Were you in a boat or on a ski?
20 knots on a small boat is enough for me.
I own an 28 foot eliminator speedster hill with twin merc inboards and it’s capable of going a hell Of a lot faster than I have the desire to achieve these days. A good friend of mine was with me a few times and with a good chop I’ve pushed it to 140 on a local lake that is lower elevation than the lake we typically run on. The higher elevation makes a tremendous difference on the ability to achieve higher speeds. Some reason I had surpassed the point of tunnel vision somewhere around 110 where as it don’t begin to get tunneled until around 160 in an automobile. Ive always wondered why water feels so different than Land.
*I've never been afraid of insane speed on concrete. I used to ride my motorcycle at nearly 200 mph daily and regularly hit over 150 mph while doing wheelies (I needed my Andrilian fix). But as a water skier, I can tell you that going just 40 to 50 mph on the water will scare the living daylights out of you. Wiping out on water is far more dangerous because the water can grab you and stop you on a dime, which your body can't handle. This is why people die when they jump out of a speeding boat-they don't understand this concept.*
Normal people say drag racers are insane.
Drag racers say drag bike guys are insane.
Drag boats exist, so the drag bike guys have someone to make them seem normal.
We are talking about speed records not just regular racers. I’m not sure what the statistics are but I’m sure drag bikes are the most dangerous out of the 3 in terms of racing
@@Steven_Bo1 I genuinely think the average bike racer would consider jet boats to be a step more extreme. They're dealing with way more uncontrollable variables at a much higher speed. There are nowhere near as many people racing jet boats in the various disciplines that offers, let alone people doing water speed record attempts. Attempting to compare statistics of the two and their deaths doesn't mean much, jet boat racing is incredibly more niche than bike racing and water speed record attempts isn't even "racing".
You're trying to uhhh ackutally this dude but " the most dangerous out of the 3" is 100% water speed record attempters, there's no logical argument you can pull out that is comparable in terms of bike racing, even with how dangerous events like the Isle of Man TT are.
Not insane, just dumb.
Active aerodynamics has been a thing for several decades people.
Drag boat racing is the safest type of powerboat racing. Outside of speed records, offshore powerboating and unlimited hydros is where it's at.
@@BuBornham there's no comparrison with average bike racers, and jet engine record boats. they'd be more along the lines of average drag boats, with jet drive, direct or v drive prop, but seems most are jet drive. top fuel drag bikes are edging in on 270mph... and the fastest speed at bonneville is like 378mph... so, they are in fact MUCH faster. i'll agree with boats you have more uncontrollable variables and once you catch air, you're along for the ride... you can never account for every minor surface variation, especially since the best conditions are a slight chop, perfect glass would be much easier but you get a decent speed penalty. you can prerun on water with another boat(s), but you can't really see under the surface, or account for some log to wander into your path. and i kinda know about that myself, on a waverunner when i was young and spun out, came off and just as i was about to hit the water, i saw a tree just under the surface... and my knee went straight into it, luckily it was the 90's on a waverunner 2 or 3 and not at full speed. but it still hurt like hell, and certainly did not help my knee pain now. anyway... tracks can be walked, swept, prepped and a far more controllable environment. but there's still those similar uncontrollable variables, especially over 200. with no cockpit, only a helmet and leathers, a concrete wall on either side in drag racing, so a very narrow window for correction at speed before you get very aquainted. boats above simple drag boats generally have a cockpit of some sort, if not an escape pod. where you have much more safety equipment. drag boats, open offshore boats and such, you're basically hitting concrete if you come out, though... i don't know, there are so many variables to consider. but i'd have to lean toward bikes being the most dangerous. at least now, just with modern safety equipment and lessons learned from all motorsport that you can just never apply to motorcycles without that enclosure. overall, but obviously a 100mph drag boat properly equipped is much safer than 200 on a motorcycle. but top fuel drag bikes are edging in on 270mph... and the fastest speed at bonneville is like 378mph... so, they are in fact MUCH faster.
if i was named "Sea Grave" i wouldn't be going anywhere near the ocean, let alone the speed record
Bastard you beat me by 3 hours
Haha! 😅 spotted.. 👌🏼
100% jumped out at me as they talked about him.... why on earth would a guy with that sir name tempt fate??? 😂
I guess he figured he had the reaper riding shotgun with him and as one of life's ironic twists meant he was going to have a good shot at it😂
Nah, it's fine, it was a lake!
Watch Warby's boat closely, you'll see it constantly rocks side to side, but never front to rear. Warby was a smarter designer then people understood, he engineered the boat to shed the high pressure bubble that forms under the hull out to each side, so it won't build to a point where it flips the boat. He probably could have gone faster, but already had achieved his goal. He's probably the only World Water Speed Record holder to die of old age.
It'd be real nice if David Warby can take his fathers record on it's 50th aniversary, and keep it long enough for people to understand how complex it has been to acheive.
The Thrust team, if their hydroplane works as they intend, are likely to put the record out of reach of anyone for just as long a time as Ken Warby did.
You can float on top a chine walking hull, just take a 3rd gen Superjet to 60 mph on glass water 😂
As a many year powerboat racer and as someone who comes from a family of powerboat racers, I can tell you that his boat was "just" chine walking. I promise you that he did not design the boat to do it.
@@AB-80X as someone who has read multiple interviews with Ken himself, I promise you he absolutely engineered it to walk. He wasn't some random who threw together a boat on a whim, he had many years racing powerboats of various sizes and types, and he built up to the record systematically over a number of runs. Maybe chine walking is not a new phenomena to you, just as it wasn't to Ken, he understood it and ensured the boat would do it (unlike some of the unsuccessful attempts)
@@davidivers6261
I’m well aware of the fact that he knew what he was doing.
@@davidivers6261 As someone, who does not do this I can assure you that the massive amounts of time and assets spent trying to do something this moronic and something this completely irrelevant is simply proof of the stupidity of most humans. LOL
This is genuinely some of the most entertaining content I’ve come across recently. Can’t wait to see this channel explode
Really appreciate that mate, means a lot 👊
I was here at 12k. Don't ever forget! 😅😅😊😊
Here at 13k this channel is gonna blow up mark my words
let it blow let it blow!
Agreed
As a 4 and 5 year old in the late 1950s, I remember sitting with my parents on the bank of the Schuylkill River where it passes by Valley Forge outside of Philadelphia to watch the hydroplane races. I believe it was watching these races that kindled my love for boats of all types, but the experience was also my first realization that humans sometimes cause their own tragic and horrific deaths. I'm 70 years old today and still have a clear image in my head of a cherry red hydroplane flying thirty or forty feet into the air, something even a 5 year old knew wasn't supposed to happen, and watching it turn into shrapnel as it smashed back down to the water at some speed probably less than 150 MPH. Whether or not the pilot was killed I don't know for sure, but it was the assumption by everyone sitting on the banks watching that must have been the result.
I have built and/or operated boats most of my career. I still find these surface skimming "boats" intriguing, but if I ever though of building one, this image of a cherry red disaster prevents me from doing so.
Dude, this is a great new channel!
Thanks for the good vibes man!
60mph seems like warp speed on a boat, I can’t imaging doing 300.
Exactly 💯
Depends on the boat; my Baja 20 Outlaw will do 60mph which is pretty uneventful.
I did 70 on a jet ski and it felt like I time warped 😂. Going that speed with no real shields feels crazy fast.
@@jamesw.6931 my brother's dad has an old speed boat with an old tech Evinrude 175 on it and it does 60-65* (if the lakes empty and it's ABSOLUTE glass) and it's a tad scary. Starts to dance a lil bit. If it had a 250 on it, I know it'd wobble and flip
I use to race what's called "Stock Outboard Powerboat Racing". My kneel down hydroplane was ~11ft long, weighed like 200lbs with the motor, and would do close to 70mph in a race. They also ran on a fine balance where just a few degrees, or a rouge wave, could tip the scales of balance sending you over backwards or nose diving in the water. Though at those speeds the real danger was other boats in the race and not so much the crash itself. I had one of those accidents, a blow over, after a wave tip the front of the boat up. Caught too much air and over I went. But even at the relatively slow speed of ~65mph compared to the guys in the video, I remember skipping across the water thinking "this is lasting longer than I expected..." My boat landed rightside up and I was actually out in the next race. But even at just those speeds, water is NOT soft, and going faster only make it more like concrete when you hit.
Agreed,blew over my outboard drag boat at around 125 mph,back in 1993.Cracked ribs,bruised kidneys,broken wrist.Still alive.Just an old man now still interested in boating and speed though,from the internet.😳
I was in the Coast Guard. We have “picked up”, floaters (dead people), from the San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge area. And yes they bounce, like hitting concrete. We called, “DRT!”
@@kyzor-sosay6087 I restored a 1975 Rogers 18' pump boat. Installed a 460 Ford, making almost 500 hp on the dyno. Then installed an American Turbine race pump. Took her out and almost sunk her. What I failed to realize was the hull was not designed to be "flown." After that, my wife refused to ride and I sold the boat. Hope the guy who bought it is OK?
10:26 Man you can't just drop the name Arfons into the video without explaining how much influence the Arfons family has on speed records. Craig, Art & Walt absolute legends of speed.
He did.
Legends of idiocy is more like it. LOL
@@Robert-vl3ur So you think the guys getting on top of a rocket to blast into space are normal? Every space shot, all I can imagine, is Wile E Coyote riding on it.
I'm so glad I found your channel dawg
Because of the capricious weather in the English Lake District, Campbell had been thwarted by bad weather for several days. As was normal protocol, he would have refuelled before the second run. He strangely waved away the fuel barge at the commencement of his second run. Whether residual ripples from the first run or a boat much lighter than the first run caused the disaster has always been debatable. He is buried in the parish cemetery at Coniston, near Lake Coniston. Mr Whoppit is with his daughter Gina.
Thanks for a great presentation.
The front would have been lighter if the fuel was lower than normal; that's if the tank was in front !!
What is disturbing to me about Lee Taylor's crash is that the pod he was in was only retrieved about 10 days after the crash. Some people think he could have been alive and waiting at the bottom of Lake Tahoe for days before he died.
was the hull built to withstand 10 atmospheres after it crashed?
@@will.green. Possibly? I'm not entirely sure where in the lake he ended up so I'm not 100% sure about that. I don't think those are solid facts either, but the idea that's possible seems rather shocking.
I was at Coniston when they pulled Sir Donald Cambell's Blue Bird out of the water. I'll never forget that scene.
Me too dude!
Legends never really die. And Mr Cambell is a true legend. I still remember reading about him as a child and the man seems just as large and great to me today.
😂😂😂😂😂@@SonofPhobos
Every upload is a banger
Thanks bro 🙏
The opening shot literally uses AI, it's so obvious lol
@Rb2b-but-new What are you on about? It's a clip from the 2016 movie Ben Hur
I met Ken Warby at a boat race I was in, in WV, he and his son David are serious about this and I think 340 is doable(I still think they're crazy), Richard Noble's idea about hydrofoils could work but the amount of pressure the pylons support the foils would have to withstand at the speed they want would be in the hundreds of tons per square inch. I'd drive Warby's boat if I felt crazy enough, I think Noble's WSH is going to break at some point and we're going to lose another boat racer. Sure, they have all the money in the world, but composites get brittle and stuff breaks.
You deserve more subs, high quality doc for a small channel
Speaking of Fighter Planes and F1 Cars, our company explored "active air" technology decades ago. This used computers and actuators to digitally control the stability of any platform, well beyond of the speed of a human pilot to be able to respond. Also it eliminates the "Pilot-In-The-Loop" basic Instability (PIO in airplanes) caused by slow reactions and responses. The F16 was our result, and now virtually all fighters use this technology. We proposed this for MotorSport and Nascar long ago, but it was denied, since the gearheads were not able to assimilate the technology. Now, at last, F1 looks like it will allow this for circuit racing cars. As a result, the speeds of these cars can be increased by over 30%, so F1 is going to limit the torque/power which can be applied to the asphalt, to limit speeds to the track-safe speeds. IF this technology was incorporated into racing boats, these same speed improvements could easily be achieved, and the Safety greatly improved. Also, for practical purposes, there would be no need for the boat to actually contact the water during the speed run. The ancient "ground effect" aircraft, also know as "wing-in-ground", like the Russian Ekranoplan tried this and it worked fine, but more modern aircraft were able to go much faster and were more efficient (due to air density), so that technology basically died away. Boats can also used this technique, depending on the "Rules" which determine "what is a boat".
so you want to give the germans F14 tech? did you learn nothing from WW1 and 2?
these "No BS" videos kick ass. A 13-min video with 13-min of good ocntent....I didn't think it could be done lol
I like your voice. Also every video so far have been awesome! Keep it up man!
its AI
@Lausa2k what makes you say that?
My father told me stories of Warby buiding The Spirit of Australia in his backyard at Concord, Sydney...he had worked with Ken Warby in Sydney. We later watched him set the record on Blowering reservoir having to wait for water skiers chop to settle...
Well put together my man, got yourself a subscriber. Wasn’t honestly expecting to watch it all, but here I am afterwards.
This is a really fun channel. Legitimately interesting stuff I'd never think to look up.
Excellent presentation and video. Both historically and technically correct. You certainly did your homework that reults in a great mini-doc. Keep up the great work!
Most underrated channel on youtube BY FAR, great work
Exceptionally great coverage of the previous and future of water speed record attempts, thanks !
might be my fav channel. awesome stuff
It's very interesting to think that there are some design / engineering solutions that we havent yet thought of or tried
I'm only half way through, but had to come back down to comment on what an absolutely exceptional mini documentary this is! I could watch this for hours on end. Everything about the narration is perfect 👌🏼
You can't wait 60 minutes. Both runs have to be completed within the hour. The stopwatch starts when the first timing beam is broken, and finishes when the final beam is broken. Max time allowed - 1hr.
Maybe it's time to change that, to reduce the risk a little. On waters like Coniston - where Campbell died, the lake is narrow and it would take time for the wash to subside. They could still restrict the time engineers are allowed to work on the boat.
alright, that sounds reasonable
@tullochgorum6323 rather strangely Donal Campbell did not take advantage of the allowed time and headed back down the lake. He hit his own wake and that caused the "tramping" that caused his crash. Why he did this remains a mystery he took with him to the bottom of the lake
@@peterflynn9123 I live near Coniston in the Lakes and sometimes swim there. At its very widest it's only 700 meters. Even the small pleasure launches cause significant disturbance. Why Campbell, with all his experience, didn't take account of this is baffling, as you say.
@@tullochgorum6323 I have visited Coniston several times. It wouldn't appear to be the most suitable stretch of water for a speed record - especially considering the weather.....
The original Aussie Spirit was built with less than $10,000, even with inflation, that is NOT a-lot of money at all. Warbys son David is finishing up a new boat his dad designed and will be breaking their record sometime soon! Hopefully next year.
Yeah, it's really impressive what Ken did back then. Like you say, even considering inflation 10k AUD was not a lot... I'm pretty sure he was making oil painting in a mall to help pay for this. The dude was driven as hell.
"The DEADLIEST Record You’ve Never Heard Of..." WHY do people under 30 think no one was alive before them? EVERY single person on earth has heard of this record before, most of them before the video poster was born.....
Your production level is insane.
the comment section is so much more genuine with this many views. Maybe its just me but when theres mutilpe 100k views, the comments are, well just not as good.
Love the voice of the narration, you were made for this keep doing it!
Idk how i found you but i just subbed! Been binge watching 😂 This one hit different. More racing stuff in future?
Glad I stumbled on this gem channel!! Your narrations are impeccable!!
Randomly stumbled on your channel. Loved this video, and subbed for more. Thank you!
This is one of the best channels I’ve come across recently. Hard to find
Apart from the subject, I love this because every word is to the point.
Dang, this was some fantastic content! This is the first video I've seen from your channel and you have another subscriber! I had no idea that speed records on water were so hard core and the guys chasing them were so passionate.
Let me tell you, your intro of this vid was amazing. Perfect monologue over the music
Brilliant content! This channel is going to take off and I'm here for it!
Wtf this channel is SO NICE! You have got a sub
Ken Warby is the man. Dude is a legend in his own time and more people should know his name and know his accomplishments.
PLEASE make longer videos! I love these so much
10.50 "we are all in shock, we didn't expect this to happend!". That cracked me up.
I think this is my new favourite channel!
Well done. I will be waiting for your next installment on this speed record
Ken Warby encompassed the very essence of the original spirit of endeavour that began back in the early years of record-breaking. Too few like him today, but they are still out there. All best wishes to his son David. Donald Cambell's 'Bluebird' was recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water and rebuilt over several decades.. it's now back to its original condition, the effort and determination displayed by those involved is staggering..a wonderful story in its own right.
Absolutely awesome stuff, thank you!
I'm glad this video was recommended.
Well done on this channel. I am loving your content so far. Keep it up
Man... Your last 2 videos have me hooked!!
I’m no expert on boating although I’ve been on one that suffered a snapped mast during a hurricane, in two 40 plus mph accidents, thrown onto an oyster bed in another accident and two sinkings in the Gulf Stream. Hydrofoils is exactly where insane high speeds are at and much like the wing on the record boat cuts through clean air and is adjustable so can hydrofoils do the same by cutting through clean water below the surface chaos. BTW, none of the above mentioned instances were from my ownership or operation as much as people who are the reasons proper education in boating is a must in my mind at least. I’m lucky, I only suffered a broken collarbone that I didn’t even know had broken until years later. A girl I dated when I was 19 had a zig zag scar on her temple from getting thrown out of a boat doing donuts and hit by the prop. I can’t even imagine the horror of that. Subscribed. Your passion shows and is why I’ll never not be near or on the water.
Hey brother, just stumbled upon this channel. Keep up the amazing work! You are setting a high standard for content and the channel will blow up soon!
Just found your channel but i love your videos dude. They are really well thought out topics, interesting and great storytelling. The best thing is they are full of information with no fluff. We get value for our time. If you get me. Keep it up man. You'll grow 💪
Im binge watching all your videos btw. Can't wait for more.
Your videos are excellent man! Definitely earned my sub. Keep it up!
This is so well put together thank you this was my first video of yours and I think I’m gonna subscribe. ❤
Great video!
The technology, engineering, determination, passion and nerves of steel is so impressive...
Normally I am hesitant to watch longer YT video's (20 minutes+). But your video's are so well put together, if anything they are too short.
Particularly the high diving video. I was so invested then... oh, it's over... type of thing. Keep up the great work!!
Another amazing video! Who in the world is nuts enough to attempt this record? Also, as some from Lake Tahoe, I could have told you attempting a speed record on that lake would fail.
You make great videos man, keep it up! Subscribers are coming for your content!
I'm 45 now, but when I was around 10 my dad showed me a VHS tape of his friend who had just died at a local jet boat racing event. You could see his body go flying from the boat and skipped across the water briefly before he was swallowed by it. Going fast is dangerous in many ways, but going fast on water is definitely the scariest.
This is an amazing video! Amazing job, I enjoyed this thoroughly.
Thank you. That is the best history of water records I,ve seen to date.
What an excellently crafted video. I'm familiar with the subject and heard it all before. The presentation is engaging and flows well, great narration.
Man this video is awesome! Like a master piece of linguistical music to my eyes and ears! Great work sir! The topic is insane btw! More like this please!
The best part! Lmao! 6:04 !!!! Unlike all sensitive Sally's in the chat, I like my information raw and descriptive! Lmao! 😂
How the hell is your channel not bigger. You put out some cool shit dude. Love the commentary.. keep up the great work
Amazing video and great storytelling! Thank you!
Absolutely amazing work, keep it up, love these uploads
Watching from Las Vegas my man, great channel!
This is fantastic! Thank you for making this video.
That they don't just build them as drones now tells you just how macabre these attempts are. Fascinating.
This is dope. Just found your video on high dives and now this. Instant subscribe, hope to see more from you soon!
Cool video! And I love how you pronounce names correctly! Many could learn from that.
When I was in the service, in California. Took a weekend trip to Clear Lake. They had boat races with water skiers behind them. That is utterly INSANE!
I saw the spirit of Australia I think at the Melbourne motor show in 1976 when I was 7. Fantastic video, really interesting
As a mexican dude, you have no idea how funny it was to know one of these legend's name was Mario Verga.
I took my kids to the Filching Manor Motor Museum in Sussex a few years ago where they had the most amazing collection of beautiful classics and motoring memorabilia, including Campbell's record-breaking jet car, whilst it was in the process of being restored, we weren't supposed to see it, but his son graciously offered us a quick tour anyway. 👍😉
Great content. Donald Campbell was a hero of mine growing up and the iconic film with his "I'm going" has resonated in me since. I love people pushing boundaries.
Love the fact that is a common working man winning this thing alive.
Great content and commentary. Thanks.
"You've got a date with death?"
"Yes, but we've taken safety precautions while breaking all of the rules."
Let Ken Warby keep the record.
7:35 Wait--they didn't bother to recover the body? How deep IS that lake?!?
Dude how much do you think was left of his body after that impact? Please.
@@zapster2412111 I'm guessing 23.487%, or nearly a quarter.
I race outboards on smaller hydros and always try to pit next to
Bob Wartinger who has fastest run in an outboard powered hull.
He wrote a book, “Champions Guide to Safe Boat Racing “.
He goes fast but does the homework and testing. Lots of testing.
Lee Taylor’s Hustler is currently being restored near Seattle Wa.
10k hp Jet engine was used , running on diesel.
It might do a photo session but not looking to break any records with the old technology using brute force .
The new turbine hydroplanes had to redesign the air exit after boats that blew over had the water hydraulic thru the bigger tail cones and cause major havoc .
Bob always says he doesn’t “own “ his records .
He only “borrows “ them until the next guy holds it .
I was excited for this channel - this was my first video and i was so impressed with how this was done.
Please remove vulgar language from your videos so this can be family friendly
Just came across this channel and of my god you are a refreshing face. Love the videos!!
Another great video even better than the previous one!
please keep making these videos. They are awesome!
Subscribed.Interesting stuff,thanks man.
Amazing video! Keep up the great work
I guess I landed on this due to the algo as an Aussie... Great insight... Great research, and high quality level production..
Subbed.
Now off too look at your other content...
Thank you. This is very interesting. I have always loved fast motor sports, and I have seen crashes on the track that have claimed lives. There have been much more safety productions put in the cars and boats for the drivers, but it still can be over the edge.
Bluebird was rebuilt, so it could theoretically go for the record again….
By the far worst attempt was Tahoe, probably the worst lake for this kind of record attempt, so many boats, impossible to regulate wake, very common to see large swells at all times of the day. What were they thinking?
Hopefully both new contenders come out alive, we are rooting for them!
@RealmOfRad I love your videos and your production value is 🧑🍳😘, but the random shaking of some of the still frames is making me NAUSEOUS LOL. Other than that, keep up the good stuff 😍
Well produced man!
Thoroughly enjoyed. A new sub 👍