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Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.

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Ken Warby

Australian motorboat racer (1939–2023)

Ken Warby was an Australian motorboat racer, who at his death held the water speed record of 275.97 knots, set on Blowering Dam on 8 October 1978.
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