After the completion of a daunting drive which earned them victory in the 95mph Class at the just concluded T&T International Great Race, Energiza could be on the way to the feature A-Class category in the coming years after clocking 1:15.21 seconds from Five islands in Trinidad to Pigeon point in Tobago.
Energiza driver Sheldon Edghill said the boat has achieved its goal of winning in the class and will therefore, now hold talks of a possible move to the 130mph class, where they can tangle with 18th-time winners Mr Solo Too, Paramount, Big Thunder, Iron Man, Motul Monster, a multiple-times winner of the class which did not compete in the race this year, and Jumbie amoung others.
Edghill did not give a time for their transition to the 130mph class, but gave the assurance Energiza will contest the 95mph category again in 2020 and maybe 2021.
According to Edghill, "It has always been our goal to win in every class we compete in. Once we win in the class we're in, we move to a higher class. We have done it in the 60mph class, we won a couple of times in the 70 mph class and we have also won in the 80mph class. Now we have done it in the 95mph class so we will be exploring our options."
Edghill's confidence of winning the Great Race may have been undermined by the glitter and glory of the attractive A-Class contenders, particularly Mr Solo Too pursuing its 18th title.
However, Energiza got the start they were hoping for and the rest was history, Edghill said,"We were hoping to get a good jump in the race, as we believe we had what it takes to manoeuvre the rough conditions better than any of our participants in the class. We got the start and we did it. Being the first boat to make it to Tobago was a fantastic feeling," Edghill noted.
Their confidence of winning from a good start was fuelled by recent modification works done to the boat, which assured them good engines, confidence in the boat and checks that were doubled and sometimes tripled.
Energiza's trek to the sister-isle was done in a time of approximately one hour and 15 minutes, Edghill said, a performance that also earned them the two-point record for being the fastest boat from the Five Islands in Chaguaramas to Store Bay in Tobago.
However, Guardian Media Sports understand the Energiza team of Edghill and throttleman Anthony Brash missed out on best throttleman award of $10,000. That prize it's has gone to a boat in the 70 mph class.