The fastest boat: top-4

Establishing high-speed records on water, land and air has always attracted the attention of firms engaged in the production of appropriate equipment, as well as various enthusiasts. Due to physical laws, the highest speed was developed in the air. There are several aircraft that have crossed the bar in several thousand km / h. If the surface is ground, the serial supercars easily overcome the mark of 400 km / h. But on the surface of the water , due to strong resistance, this border managed to cross only units. In this article you will see these high-speed motor boats.

"Blue bird"

Donald Campbell is the first person to overcome the 400 km / h mark on the watery surface. Almost all his life he devoted to setting high-speed records on land and water. In 1956, Donald dispersed the Bluebird jetboat to 461 km / h. At that time, even high-speed aluminum boats could not reach this limit. The very record was fixed by the average speed at a certain interval, which the vessel floated back and forth. Therefore, the official figure was recognized at 363 km / h. After that, Campbell tripled his own record three times. The last speed of 418 km / h is still not beaten by anyone. Unfortunately, Donald died while trying to set a new record on the "Blue Bird". The record sank with the wreckage of the boat.

"Difficult child"

This fastest boat in the class "Top Phil" can accelerate to 422 km / h. This speed "difficult child" can be achieved due to the fact that the owner Eddie Knox installed on it the engine "Kemi V8" with a capacity of 6000 liters. from. The ship is very similar to the dragster of the same class.

"Phenomenon"

This boat was created in order to break the records, which established other high-speed motor boats. During the development period, the "Phenomenon" could accelerate to 354 km / h. This was a significant result, but the engineers continued to improve it. As a result, they managed to reach a mark of 402 km / h.

Who is the creator of this boat? This is Al Copeland - restaurateur, millionaire and the main inspirer of the project to build a ship to set a world record. Unfortunately, El did not live up to the launch date of the boat.

And it all began with the fact that Copeland was constantly thinking about how to build a high-speed vessel and call it "Phenomenon." Ideas on this subject originated in the 80-90's. At the time, Al led the racing team "Popeys Offschos" and was listed as a pilot. Then Copeland began to develop the details for building a high-speed vessel.

By the way, prototypes of turbines are also invented by Al. Thanks to them, the speed boat "Phenomenon" could "shoot" like a bullet. In his imagination, Copeland had already seen how perfect and original the corps would be. But all of his ideas a millionaire will realize only after many years. And it so happened that Al could not appreciate his creation. He died of cancer when the ship was in the process of building. But the idea of the restaurateur did not perish with him. The whole thing picked up his son - Al Copeland Jr..

He tracked the whole process of creating a boat. Working at the US Navy, engineers recreated and developed four turbines, which became unique in the construction of boats.

Let's note some of the features and peculiarities of the vessel "Phenomenon". The creators of Bugatti Veyron were very proud of the production of a 1001-liter power plant. from. This is unquestionable in comparison with the "Rolls-Royce Trent 900". However, if we take into account that the ship "Phenomenon" 12000 liters. S., And in the most powerful and large aircraft "A380" about 63000 liters. With., It turns out just a fantastic result.

Speed boat "Phenomenon" is painted in yellow and reaches a length of 11 meters. Two liquid-cooled power plants are installed on the vessel. On each side of the boat there are six motors. The engine is powered by lithium-ion batteries. Available chargers allow you to fully charge them in about 7 hours.

"The Spirit of Australia"

And finally, let's talk about a boat that bears the title of "the most high-speed boat of the planet". The record was set by Kenn Peter in 1977. The Australian managed to accelerate on the ship to 555 km / h. It is worth noting that the "Spirit of Australia" was collected almost from improvised materials. And this speed helped him to develop the engine "Westinghouse J34", a capacity of 6000 liters. from. At the moment, the fastest boat in the world is in the Australian Maritime Museum, where anyone can see it.