Ken Read Charges to The Top In The Bitter End Pro-Am

Although the Volvo Round the World Race is currently Ken Read's primary focus, on Tuesday he convincingly demonstrated that his small boat racing skills were still very much in place. Racing IC 24s - a modified J/24 with a luxuriously large cockpit - the former six-time World Champion jumped into a six point lead over Peter Holmberg after the first eight fleet races of the Bitter End Yacht Club's Pro-Am Regatta.

The five invited Junior‚ skippers and the five Masters‚ mixed it up together for these races in 10-14 knots of wind, with the BEYC guests pulling all of the strings‚ in their bright, Musto-provided crew shirts. Keith Musto is in third place overall, and is also at the head of the leaderboard in the Masters Division, with a 12 point advantage over Rod Johnstone. After a Lay Day on Wednesday for a trip to Anegada, the racing will continue on Thursday and Friday.

Report courtesy of Scuttlebutt