December 2024 Update

An early update for December folks as Neil of Progress Concepts, who very kindly manages our website for this little venture, quite rightly wanted to clear his desk of tasks before settling down with his family for the seasonal festivities.  Our driver for Longbow,...

November 2024 Update

Hello folks and apologies for the lack of regular updates in the last few months but I hope the reasons for that will become apparent as discussed below, as we work towards a credible British attempt upon the Outright World Water Speed Record (WWSR).  So just like a...

July 2024 Update

Welcome to the latest update for Longbow as at last the warmer weather of summer appears to have arrived here in the U.K.  As mentioned in the last update our design engineer Paul Martin was in the process of doing analysis for us on the cockpit for Longbow in...

May 2024 Update

Welcome to the May update for Longbow and it has been a mixture of highs and lows over the last four weeks. On the one hand it was great to see our good friend Dave Warby and his team back at Blowering Dam, NSW, Australia this month with his jet hydroplane, for what...

March & April 2024 Update

Yes, after skipping issuing an update towards the end of last month, we are back with a combined March & April little blog about what we have been up to with building our jet hydroplane Longbow and associated adventures. Put the kettle make yourself a brew and...

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