Sun glows as Trident tops Oasis Regatta

The win took Trident’s points tally for the 2017 National Championship Series to 3,332 to hand owner and throttleman Trevor Sun and driver Kern Coltes the prestigious “Best Boat of the Year” award.

Sheriff Lobo, who was in a close race with Trident all year, will be representing Trinidad and Tobago in the World Championships in Key West Florida in November.

It was a thrilling ending to the season which featured five regattas – Regatta One (January), Track Batteries Regatta (March), IRP Safety and Fire Regatta (April), GNC Regatta (May) and last week’s Oasis Premium Water Regatta.

Sun, 53 years old, has been racing for over 18 years and believes good preparation was the difference between his boat and the rest of the competition this year.

“We started early – like December last year – in terms of preparation and got all new equipment and the boat is also a brand new boat. We did things in an order and strategically and built everything from scratch. We finished early January, did our testing and were pleased with the results and we took it from there,” he said.

Sun, a mechanic, said having someone from the crew being the primary person in charge of fine-tuning and fixing gives them a decisive edge.

“I’m a mechanic also and I did the rigging and electrical on the boat so the expertise was inhouse.

It’s an advantage in that I don’t have to look for somebody and wait for them to come to do something, so that’s a definite advantage in saving time and labour cost.” Sun spoke glowingly of his boat’s chances of success next month at the Carib Great Race on August 19.

“Basically with the Regattas, I saw what most of the competition is like.

The only one I didn’t see was ‘Limitless’ who won last year in the 50mph class. That might be only serious challenger I have for this Great Race,” he said.

Trident is sponsored by K9 Security Method and Marine Consultants and was built by Calypso Marine Services Limited.

National Regatta Championships results
130 mph A Class: Ironman.....................................2,021 points
95 mph D Class: Sheriff Lobo.................................3,030 points
80 mph E Class: Outlaw..........................................2,477 points
70 mph F Class: Fire Chief II..................................2,340 points
60 mph G Class: Trident..........................................3,332 points