Jon Sanders (Australia) completed a series of three non-stop singlehanded circumnavigations in 13.9 m (44 ft) sloop Parry Endeavour in 657 days from 25 May 1986 to 13 March 1988. Starting and finishing in Fremantle, Western Australia, he made one circumnavigation Westabout and two Eastabout.

The longest marathon playing squash singles is 32 hr 7 min 36 sec and was achieved by Alexander and Nicholas Craig (both Australia) in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, from 5-6 October 2013. The two brothers are big Guinness World Records fans and have played squash for many years. They decide to combine both passions in an effort to become Guinness World Records title holders. Alexander came out on top in their marathon match, winning 304 games and scoring 5,210 points to Nicholas’ total of 202 games Continue reading →

The largest surfboard, made by Nev Hyman (Australia), was 12 m (39 ft 4 in) long, 3 m (9 ft 10 in) wide and 30 cm (11.8 in) thick and was launched at Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia on 5 March 2005. It was an exact scaled up replica of Danny Wills’ board. It took 220 m of 10 oz glass, 300 litres (79 US gallons; 66 UK gallons) of resin and half a tonne (1,102 lb) of foam to make. The finished article weighed 800 Continue reading →

The longest thread of hand spun wool measured 1,210.92 m (3,972 ft 9 in) and was spun by Ernest Jensen of Buderim, Queensland, Australia at the Bothwell International Highland Spin-In, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia on 28 February 2003.

The record the longest throw of an object without any velocity-aiding feature is 427.2 m (1,401.5 ft) by David Schummy (Australia) with a boomerang on 15 March 2005 at Murrarie Recreation Ground, Queensland, Australia.

The longest time for an individual to spin a golf ball on the face of a putter is 2 min 22 sec by Henry Epstein (Australia) on the set of Guinness World Records at Seven Network Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 18 June 2005. This record was set in rehearsal. Chris Sheedy adjudicated.

The longest videogame marathon on a First Person Shooter (FPS) lasted 135 hours 15 minutes 10 seconds and was achieved by Okan Kaya (Australia) who played Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Treyarch, 2012) at 4Cabling Pty Ltd. in Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia from 13-19 November 2012.

The longest videogames marathon lasted 135 hours 15 minutes 10 seconds and was achieved by Okan Kaya (Australia) who played Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Treyarch, 2012) at 4Cabling Pty Ltd. in Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia from 13-19 November 2012.

The longest windsurf race is the Lancelin Ocean Classic Windsurfing Marathon held annually in Lancelin, Australia. The course measured 25.62 km (15.92 miles) on 12 January 2008. The race has been running annually since 1986 and has been the same distance each year. In 2008 it attracted 151 competitors. The measured distance was 13.83 nautical miles made up of eight stages: Start to Stage 1 = 1.70 (nautical miles) Stage 1-2 = 1.55 Stage 2-3 = 2.05 Stage 3-4 = 1.10 Stage 4-5 = 2.20 Continue reading →

The loudest drummer in the world is Col Hatchman (Australia) who hit a peak reading of 137.2 dBA during a gig with his band, Dirty Skanks, at the Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, on 4 August 2006.