 The event was officiated by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland and the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and took place at the Royal Cork Yacht Club at Cork Harbour in Ireland.Levitt set the world's first Water Speed Record when she achieved in a steel-hulled, 75-horsepower Napier speedboat fitted with a 3-blade propeller.Selwyn Edge was both the owner and entrant of the boat, and thus "S. F. Edge" is engraved on the trophy as the winner.