Austrian Hannes Bohinc and his Wettpunkt.com team were denied victory in the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes when a ruptured fuel tank forced them to retire 1.5 miles short of the finish after almost four hours of gruelling race action.
Heading for the record books as only the fourth man in history to win the coveted Beaverbrook Trophy on three occasions, the abrupt ending allowed Cinzano, piloted by Marcus Hendricks, Tim Grimshaw and Eric Smilie to take the chequered flag in a time of three hours, 35 minutes and 20 seconds, just seconds ahead of Hot Lemon, the race leader for much of the 170 nautical mile distance…Â Details