Before we launch, there's a young man who is standing on my shoulders ~ and it's killing me ~ at university in Southampton who's attempting to break the electrical-powered speed record on water.
This currently stands at 114 m.p.h. by a hydroplane which was built by a team from Princeton University... I myself only get out of bed to compete with the world's elite (Ed. he doesn't, and is still in bed).
I can't recall his name, as these things are unimportant, but like us he's gone with air-propellers instead of screws as these are more efficient among the speeds he is aiming for... as per the handout he provides on the accompanying vid.
I guessed he was testing in Southampton, because I recognised the view of Fawley oil-refinery from days I lived in Lee-on-Solent and drove a truck to top up customer Calor Gas.
I appear on LinkedIn as Director of Renewables, and my job as pump-attendant as a teenager features as Petroleum Distribution Executive (with spots).
