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50 YEARS AGO TRAGEDY STRUCK THE COWES-TORQUAY-COWES POWERBOAT RACE

Powerboat driver Alf Bontoft lost his life after Blitz overturned just off Egypt Point during the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race on 29th August 1976. The article ON THIS DAY: 50 YEARS AGO TRAGEDY STRUCK THE COWES-TORQUAY-COWES POWERBOAT RACE was published by Isle of Wight News - Island Echo.

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50 YEARS AGO TRAGEDY STRUCK THE COWES-TORQUAY-COWES POWERBOAT RACE

Powerboat driver Alf Bontoft lost his life after Blitz overturned just off Egypt Point during the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race on 29th August 1976. The article <span class='islandechotag' style='color:#e30f13'>ON THIS DAY:</span> 50 YEARS AGO TRAGEDY STRUCK THE COWES-TORQUAY-COWES POWERBOAT RACE was published by Isle of Wight News - Island Echo.

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