Spirit of Australia 2

with two world water speed records set by australian ken warby in the spirit of australia in 1977 and 1978 still unbroken, warby’s son david is currently testing his own boat in conjunction with his father ken. this trial runs will test the newly-built spirit 2 , a second generation jet powered hydroplane, in preparation for david’s attempt at challenging the outright unlimited world water speed record of 511 kmh. ken warby is currently the only man in history to design, build and drive a boat to an outright unlimited world water speed record, he is also the only man alive to ever hold this record. david’s aim is to not only beat his father’s record, but to reach 560 kmh. david will challenge the world water speed record later this year on blowering dam - the same stretch of water that ken broke both world records. david warby said: “we have been working on the spirit 2 for five years now in preparation for this attempt. i’ve always wanted to do what he’s done - to keep the tradition i