Heatwave first to Tobago to capture Great Race E Class

Photo: Ronald Daniel

Heatwave’s duo of Morgan Hannock, throttleman, and John Michael Sabga, driver, powered their team to victory in the E Class yesterday at the 51st Great Race becoming the first boat to reach Tobago.

Driven by the calm conditions on the sea, the 80mph E Class campaigner, having finished the race last year in third position overall in an hour, 20 minutes, and 31 seconds, the boat unleashed the heat of its burning engine consistently, as it thundered to the sister isle in a new E-Class record time of one hour and seven minutes to be the first boat making the trek to Tobago.

Hannock told the media that the predictions of a hurricane in the eastern Caribbean helped their cause by making conditions ideal. “ The race was very calm. It was my fastest race ever. We did it in think in an hour and seven minutes. The conditions were very calm and ideal, and we were expecting it.