YEAR

SPEED (mph)

BOAT

DRIVER

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

Trèfle-à-Quatre-Feuilles

M. Théry

Monte Carlo, Monaco

1904

26.65

Trèfle-à-Quatre-Feuilles

M. Théry

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)

July 23, 1955

202.32

Bluebird K7

Donald M. Campbell

Ullswater, England

November 16, 1955

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

November 7, 1957

239.07

Bluebird K7

Donald M. Campbell

Lake Coniston, England

November 10, 1958

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)

May 14, 1959

260.35

Bluebird K7

Donald M. Campbell

Lake Coniston, England

February 16, 1960

192.001

Miss Thriftway

Bill Muncey

Seattle, WA (East Channel)

April 17, 1962

200.419

Miss U.S. I

Roy Duby

Guntersville, AL

December 31, 1964

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