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Images from Doyle Sails Winter Series - on a wild July day.

by Richard Gladwell/Sail-World NZ 11 Jul 2022 00:18 NZST 11 July 2022
Wired - Doyle Sails RNZYS Winter Series - July 9, 2022 © Richard Gladwell - Sail-World.com/nz

A brave fleet had a wild ride down the Waitemata Harbour on Saturday for Race 5 of the Doyle Sails Winter Series.

Winds topped 30kts in gusts.

Sail-World captured these images as we struggled to keep the camera upright as the fleet passed Devonport Wharf.

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