15 FASTEST Boats Ever Made

Most boat designs focus on luxurious comfort or capacity rather than raw power and speed… but, over the years, a number of vessels have been built that are able to travel through, or across the water far quicker than you’d expect. The best of them are even able to outperform the majority of cars that you see on the road and, in some cases, it takes an incredibly brave driver to sit behind the controls while they do so. From the speediest power boats, to yachts, and even electric powered vessels, it’s time to take a look at the top 15 fastest boats ever made.

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[KENRIZZO]

You're missing a few fast boats here, ... such as 'Destriero' that still holds the cross Atlantic record!

[glenac]

Ken Warby, the world water speed record holder, died last week. Would have been happy though that his record still stands. His boat is on display at the Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia. One very bloody brave man indeed.

[rthefish]

Unfortunately, Ken Warby passed away just a few weeks ago. He was testing a new boat to challenge his own record, but passed from age related complications. He was 83.

[colb]

As a teenager ( 15 ) on an interstate end of year 4 week trip, I saw Ken running speed trials down the dam in 78. Holy crap that thing was loud.
As country kids we didnt see many things that went fast.
To see that craft ripping past at over 300mph with about 200 feet of rooster tail was something ill always remember.
Our tour bus broke down for 4 days and we had zip to do while we waited for parts.
It was a pity we were on the opposite side of the water to where they were camped or we would have had some up close views of this awesome speedster.
Still amazes me that he built it in his back yard and it still holds the water speed record to this day.

His top speed comeing out of the measured km traps was 345 mph. Averaged with his opposite direction ( 1st ) run, gave the record of 317.58 mph.
He and his son are looking to break this record with a new boat. Hope they get it done .

[markthompson]

The guy who salvaged BlueBird first collected Donald Campbell’s bones. Placed them in a box while at the bottom of the lake and when he surfaced he presented them too Campbell’s daughter as a mark of respect.
He a British legend so plz get it right 🤦🏻‍♂️✌️🇬🇧

[ChrisRogersTheAngryChef]

One of your best videos. Lots of information on a rare subject that most know little about. You found the fastest boats across every genre including sail boats and luxury yachts. The focus time on each was perfect, just enough to keep me interested and informed without feeling like something was left out like many of these broad spectrum videos I find here. If you ever question your talent and wonder if you're doing the right thing go back and watch this video, study it. Then, re-adhere to the structure and principles in this one. Nice work, sir.

[glocktogo]

I can truly appreciate what it takes to run a watercraft at speed. So far the fastest I've driven on water is 73.4 mph. It's completely unlike doing the same speed on land. There's so much information to process and every input on the wheel is magnified. I just bought a new boat and we hit 84 mph on the test run. I'm sure it will take quite a bit of wheel time to feel comfortable driving it over 75 myself, much less the 90+ mph it's capable of. At just over 21' in length and a hull under 1, 500lbs, weight and balance of the boat are critical too. You definitely can't just hop into one and drive it like you stole it!

[amazon.pk.]

When you support someone from start and than u see him on this stage. Really feeling proud of you guys.... ❤️😍🥰

[rexpayne]

Our Aussie still holds the record from 1978. 🇦🇺 👍 😊

[funjohnny]

over 300mph? that's totally insane!! Thank you for sharing these amazing crafts and people!

[nja]

The Nor Tech 5200 is a hell of a lot faster than 80 mph and the Spirit of Qatar IS a Mystic.

[aacar]

What blew me away (no pun intended) was the wind powered "rocket" boat reaching over 60 mph...that's incredible.

[williambishop]

What about Unlimited Hydroplanes?
Total oversight of the most impressive boats!

[TheJaymon]

That is not a battleship. Maybe I misunderstood. I enjoy these vids very much!

[roibigdawg]

Was rewatching yesterday's video till I got notified for this one

[bricefleckenstein]

9:33
Fastest WARSHIP perhaps, but it's not a battleship.
It's also barely IF AT ALL faster than ships like the Pegasus (which was a similar US hydrofoil design).

[haraldpettersen]

The fastest I have driven at sea is 71 Miles / 114 Kmh, this is now about 25 years ago. When you see these "water-going fighters" it is just "Jogging" in comparison. But it was fast for a self-refurbished 16 feet with a (self-refurbished) 130 outboard engine. It cost me about 2500 US + a lot of petrol to have it for two summers, but it was fun too. After that I have not been over 15 knots, thanks for a good video (all the boats were old familiar) 💖💖

[Yurnex]

How did an Unlimited Hydroplane NOT make it into this list?

[lelandlewis]

Bras D'or is pronounced "bra door". The hydrofoil was based on work done by Alexander Graham Bell on the Bras D'or lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Blue Bird name came from Donald's father, Sir Malcolm Campbell, who also chased the water speed record. Malcolm held both water and land speed records during his lifetime.

[ninjamonkeyfpv]

Lake of the Ozarks Missouri local here.. I got to see Spirit of Qatar set the record in person.. I used to work the Shootout..