August 16, 2005
Bladerunner 51 World Record Breaking
On the morning of August 12th 2005, the 2005 Round Britain team; Neil McGrigor, Tony Jenvey, Jeremy Watts and John Guille in ‘Bradstone Challenger’ a 51ft Bladerunner powerboat, smashed the outright World Record for the fastest powerboat sprint around Britain completing the circumnavigation of 1691 miles in 27 hours and 10 minutes at an average speed including fuel stops of 53.5 knots (61.5 mph), beating the existing record by 3 hours 41 minutes!