Fastest time to pull a boat over 500 m by rowing (team of four)

A team of four rowers belonging to Club Canottieri Lugano and consisting of Salvatore Accardo, Franco Sorlini, Daniele Umiker and Lucio Klein, pulled a boat weighing 110 tonnes (242,508 lb) a distance of 500 m (1,640 ft) in 18 min 10 sec on Lugano Lake, Switzerland, on 7 September 2003.