Ken Warby

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Australian speedboat legend Ken Warby, the fastest man on water ... (ABC News)

Warby set the world water speed record in his power boat Spirit of Australia, reaching speeds of more than 500 kilometres per hour.

In a social media tribute, the group said he would be greatly missed by his family and Team Warby Motorsport. Over the past decade, Warby has collaborated with his second son David, who was behind the boat Spirit of Australia 2. In 1980, Warby was invited by then-Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser to take Spirit of Australia on a tour of the United States, to help promote Australia. "He just had nerves of steel and he was just focused," he said. A mechanical engineer by trade, Warby financed and built the power boat Spirit of Australia in the early 1970s. - Ken Warby set the world water speed record on Blowering Dam in 1978

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World speedboat record holder, Australia's Ken Warby, dies aged 83 ... (NBN News)

Australian powerboating great and world record holder Ken Warby has died aged 83 after a recent health decline. Warby is most noted for being the “fastest ...

“His knowledge and Australian sense of humour can never be replaced.” “Ken will be greatly missed by his family and Team Warby Motorsport,” a representative said in a statement. Australian powerboating great and world record holder Ken Warby has died aged 83 after a recent health decline.

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Australia in mourning over death of speedboat legend Ken Warby (Yahoo Sport Australia)

Ken Warby broke the world water speedboat record in 1978, which still stands today. Read more here.

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Ken Warby: 1939—2023 (SpeedontheWater)

The holder of the world water-speed record, Australian Ken Warby has died at age 84.

“I was very sad to hear of the passing of Ken,” Curtis said. He was the epitome of a boat racer—nerves of steel and braver than anyone to ever set foot in a boat. May he rest in peace.” I was fortunate enough to call him a friend and a mentor, and I’ll never forget his mantra, ‘Chase the monkey slowly.’ Godspeed, Key Warby.” His respect for the man was immeasurable. He is a legend forever and always.” “My mate had the biggest pair, ever. Coyote’s ACME catalog—he became a legend in the high-performance world. What he did with a plywood home-built boat defied all the odds. The pursuit of the world water-speed record has killed more people than it has rewarded, and by setting it in a homemade, relatively low-budget fashion—his vessel that looked like something from Wile E. He was one of the first 200 inductees into the National Sporting Hall of Fame—the only powerboat racer inducted.” On November 8, 1977, Warby piloted the Spirit of Australia, a Westinghouse jet-engine-powered, 27-foot vessel of his own creation to an average speed of 317.6 mph on Blowering Dam Reservoir in New South Wales.

Vale Ken Warby 2023 | Ken Warby, pilot of Spirit of Australia water ... (Samachar Central)

0. Share. The holder of one of the world's oldest speed records, achieved in a boat on a quaint Australian dam some four decades ago, has died age 84.

In setting that record, Warby became the first man to break the 300mph/500km/h barrier on water, and the first Australian to hold an unlimited speed record on land, water or air. Vale Ken Warby 2023 Ken Warby first broke the record in 1977, but further tuning and pristine conditions allowed him to take the jet-powered Spirit of Australia to an incredible 511.11km/h (317.59mph) on the Blowering Dam, near Tumut in south-eastern NSW, on October 8, 1978.

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Ken Warby dies four decades after breaking record speed of 511km ... (Daily Mail)

Warby is best remembered for being 'the fastest man on water' after achieving a world record speed in his boat Spirit of Australia - which he designed and ...

He was recently building a new boat - Spirit of Australia II - with his son David. The boat had a fighter jet engine attached to it. - Powerboating legend Ken Warby has died at the age of 83

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A Tribute to a Racing Pioneer: Ken Warby, World Record Holder in ... (NNN)

Ken Warby, a mechanical engineer born and educated in Newcastle, NSW, captured world attention in the late 1970s with his feat of breaking the world's water ...

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Death of speed legend Ken Warby (The Canberra Times)

Ken Warby, who held the unlimited world water speed record for more than four decades, has died, aged 84. A post on the Team Warby Motorsport Facebook page ...

(Ken had lived in the US for a number of years). As a master-class between father and son, the new unlimited world water speed record boat is continuing to build speed with Ken updated on progress. He was president when Ken opened the festival. Ken returned in 1978 to Blowering Dam to claim his second and current unlimited world water speed record of 317.60mph - with a only way kilo of 328mph and an exit peak of 345mph. With an urge to go faster, and inspired by Donald Campbell's world water speed records in Bluebird K7, Ken set out to become the fastest man on water. He was one of the first 200 inductees into the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame - the only powerboat racer honoured.

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