FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 7, 2018
CONTACT: Barbara Biers
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Officially Amazing!
:: New Guinness World Record Approved! :: Key West to Cuba
Officially Amazing! A new GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the Fastest journey from Key
West to Cuba by powered boat has been approved at 1 hour, 18 minutes, and 3
seconds set on August 17, 2017 officially naming Nigel Hook and Jay Johnson
“Guinness World Records® Record Holders”.
Nigel Hook & Jay Johnson – A warm welcome in Havana, Cuba
Late last year, the two
sanctioning organizations, Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) and American
Power Boat Association (APBA), certified
several world records related to Hook’s Cuba run.
The UIM, recognized as the sole
global authority in Powerboating by the International Olympic Committee,
recorded two world records:
Key West to Havana Elapsed time: 1:18:03 Average: 78.742mph
Key West - Havana - Key West Elapsed time: 5:41:59* Average: 35.90mph
*time includes the 2:17:43 stop
in Cuba for passport stamps and press conference
And the APBA, the US governing body for power boat racing as authorized by the UIM, included a third world record for the return trip from Cuba back to
the US:
Havana to Key West Elapsed time: 2:06:13 Average: 48.631mph
Now Hook and Johnson, along with
their topnotch team, not only have bragging rights for the fastest time to Cuba
in their #77 Lucas Oil SilverHook, they are also the first team able to return
to Key West under their own power on the same day. The return trip became its
own adventure when just 12 miles into it, the port side abruptly lost power.
Hook said “Coming back on one engine was extremely challenging because of the
strong side currents from the Gulf. They were so powerful that if we fell off
plane, we would have been pushed east faster than idling north.” Johnson
agreed, “It would have been a long tow on a dark night in 5-7 footers … or a
long slide over to the Bahamas for breakfast!”
The new Optima YellowTop® battery
was onboard for the Ultimate Battery Torture Test:
https://www.optimabatteries.com/en-us/experience/2017/10/event-7-key-west-cuba-record-books
and watch the team’s onboard
footage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJAG5LaGQMs
Nigel and Jay are quick to state
that these world records include their crew and outstanding sponsors.
Whenever you are going across the
ocean and over the horizon, technology makes the difference for sustaining
speed and safety. Hook states “We wouldn’t leave shore without our t3lemetry
powered by Watson IoT. It’s like having your whole team of experts sitting next
to you virtually in the cockpit and when you are stretched physically and
visually overloaded, that robotic voice alerting you to the next potential
hazard is a game changer.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvA5ghzNF_Y
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About Guinness
World Records
Established
in 1954, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (GWR) is the global authority on
record-breaking achievement. Of the thousands of applications received every
month, less than 5% actually make it to become an official entry in the 40,000
world records archived in the Guinness World Records database.
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