Tobago Great Race (speed boats)

Born in the crown Point area in Tobago, I grew up going to the annual Great Race Event at Store Bay

The event was temporarily shifted to Scarborough for a few years, to my dismay, but has since returned to its base at Storebay

I have seen it grow over the years from the shade of grandma's  food stall on the beach

She was one of the original food huts just before the stairs leading down to the beach 

The family still owns the food hut in the newly renovated food area and I will always visit when I am in Tobago 

So for those who for some unexplained reason don't know what the Great Race event is in Tobago, I submit this post for you...

Businessmen Ken Gordon and Ralph Gibson, are credited as establishing the Great Race event during a yacht race from Trinidad to Grenada in 1968.

This event involves the best local and foreign powerboats competing for top prizes and bragging rights.

With a distance of 86-miles from Chagaramas in Trinidad to Storebay Beach In Tobago the contest, considered to be one of the toughest offshore races in the calendar, 

Spectators get glimpses of the action as the race follows the Trinidad coastline, and culminates at Store Bay in Tobago where thousands of locals and foreigners gather for the biggest beach party ( and yeah to see the finish of the race). 

The atmosphere is mind blowing with food and drinks  galore !! .. its fete for so...!!