World Speed Record 50 Knots ratified



8:49 PM Thu 30 Apr 2009 GMT
'Macquarie Innovation hits 54 knots on 26 March 2009- 500 metre speed ratified at 50.07 knots' Steb Fisher &copyPhoto
The WSSR Council announces the ratification of a new World Record

Record: World C Class Record
Yacht: Macquarie Innovation
Name: Simon McKeon and the Macquarie Team
Venue: Sandy Point AUS
Dates: 26th March 2009
Elapsed time: 19.276 seconds
Distance: 500.01metres
Current/tide: - 0.35 kts
Average speed: 50.07 knots

Previous record: 2008, Macquarie Innovation, Simon McKeon, AUS, Sandy
Point, AUS, 48.14 kts




by John Reed, Secretary to the WSSR Council




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