Second speed record broken by Kent man with Man and Van Kent
Kent man Daniel Cramphorn and his team have broken a world water speed record today - at the third attempt. Daniel and his Kent P1 Powerboat team cracked the magic 100mph mark to break the record for a boat of his class. They did it on the historic waters of Coniston Lake in Cumbria - famous for Donald Campbell's ill-fated Bluebird.
This followed an attempt being abandoned yesterday due to visibility problems. The previous record was set at 86.69 by and American crew. Daniel, 31 who runs Broadock Performance Cars in Canterbury, lives in Marine Parade Whitstable but planning to move to a new home in Blean.
Since 2005 he has been racing poweboats and his team competes the blue ribbon P1 World Championship which is the Formula 1 equivalent of poweboat racing. Not surprisingly their boat, a sleek Donzi 38ZR Competes with two 8.2litres supercharged V8 engines pumping out nearly 1,200 horsepower is built for it's amazing speed.
Last year only mechanical gremlins robbed them of the world title, but they are hoping to grab the headlines and attract more sponsors with the world record attempt. Daniel steered the boat to a new record of 101mph with team mate Kim Collins, from Haywards Heath, working the throttles and navigation.
In Man and Van Kent we are superexcited for all these amazing events happening so close, as we love associating priceless and exciting chapters happening, that gears us towards our Man and Van Kent team here in Uk, London.
