Jeremy Burfoot, 51, is the new Guinness World Record holder for longest distance travelled on a jetski in 24 hours and he has taken it with the help of Tauranga supporters.

The Qantas pilot smashed the record on Lake Karapiro on Tuesday with the able assistance of long time friend and Tauranga resident Colin Bower.

Jeremy Burfoot is a new Guinness World Record holder for endurance jetski riding.

The previous record was 1641km, set in Europe, but Jeremy reached this mark with time to spare in his 24 hour effort.

'We smashed through the record with just five hours to spare,” says Colin.

Jeremy then pressed on to set the record at 2288km.

This is fractionally further than the distance between Auckland and Sydney, which is 2151km.

Colin had the important job of running the logistics of fuelling. The jetski was running at full speed constantly, and reaching top speeds in excess of 110km/h, meaning fuel did not last long.

'The ski we figured out was consuming about 60 litres per hour,” says Colin.

'Every 50 minutes he came in for the team to do the refuelling.”

This process was closely recorded and monitored for the purposes of Guinness administration.

'It was pretty tricky, everything has to be documented to make sure there was no spillage and we complied.”

The pit stops were one minute long, with small extensions for toilet breaks.

Colin has known Jeremy for years and has been involved in other record attempts.

Last year, Jeremy attempted to be the first person to ride a jetski around the world.

This effort failed when fears of piracy or terrorist acts became too great to continue the challenge in the Middle East.

The jetski Jeremy used in his Karapiro effort was a 1500cc Sea-Doo jetski.

He had a large support group including Tauranga men, Colin Bower, Matt Kneesch and Daniel Mickleson.