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Gallery - Sun Hung Kai and Co Around the Island Race 2021

by Guy Nowell 22 Nov 2021 06:59 PST 14 November 2021
Sun Hung Kai Around the Island Race 2021 © Guy Nowell / RHKYC

This year's Around the Island Race was was very special. It had all the elements of a properly classic event, and produced more smiles that we have seen in a long time what with quarantined travellers, social distancing, empty bars and faces covered in face masks. It just goes to prove that the best thing to do under current circumstances in get on a boat and go sailing. Here's another reminder. Let the good times roll!

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