GREAT RACE 2025

Mr. Solo Too.. won its 21st title.. after taking the 120-mile-per-hour class.. at the 2025 Great Race.

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00:00Mr. Solo II won the 120-mile class in 55 minutes and 30 seconds, that being the fastest time to Tobago.

00:07The other vessel in that class, Iron Man, was unable to finish.

00:11In the 95-mile class, Tarrant was also unable to make it to the end.

00:16Taking the 80-mile was Heat Wave in 1 hour, 15 minutes and 38 seconds.

00:21The members of X-Tree Measures were aiming for a hat-trick and achieved exactly that in the 70-mile class

00:27in 1 hour, 23 minutes and 6 seconds.

00:31Winning the 60-mile class was Kraken in 1 hour, 31 minutes and 41 seconds.

00:36Winning the Spec class was Assault Weapon and Hooligan took the Cruiser class.

00:41After the race, the members of Mr. Solo II were in a buoyant mood.

00:46Having done the 120 class instead of the 130 this year,

00:51throttleman Darren Marshall spoke of the experience at sea.

00:55It wasn't relaxed because it's 120, it's still a significant speed,

01:00and our competition was close behind us at the start.

01:04So we always had that in the back of our mind and we couldn't ease up.

01:09So we couldn't go past 120, but we had to stay as close as possible to 120, which we achieved.

01:15Driving the vessel was Hayden Charles, while his son Joseph was the navigator,

01:20and the legend Ken Charles, the crew chief.

01:23Winning with Nowani, Chiefs Export.

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