I didn’t need to call Inspector Clouseau of Pink Panther fame to get an idea where this boat was heading. On the dash, written in thick black Artline pen, was the autograph of Ken Warby, the world’s fastest man on water, who set the long-standing record of 317.60mph in 1977.
Warby had just launched the Force 23 at the inaugural Speedboat Festival at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney in May. But it was the Cheshire grin on the face of its builder – if not the fluffy dice swinging under the bonnet – that told of this boat’s purpose in life.
