Sunday, May 31, 2015

Is Ken Read worth his sailing salt??

Ken Read- North Sails- at Volvo Ocean Race Newport, RI (Newport, RI)-  Maybe.  More importantly, he took a graceful dive worthy of an Olympic Gold Medalist diver!  How did that happen, one might ask??  The President of North Sails taking a dive into the freezing cold salt water of Narragansett Bay?

Well, some clever people at Sailors for the Sea dreamt up the crazy idea to get sailors to donate cash to their organization to support the Sailors for the Sea's “No Trash No Trail No Trace” Ken Read diving off Team Brunel- Volvo Ocean Race- Newport, RIcampaign and get North Sails President Ken Read to jump off Volvo Ocean Race boat Team Brunel at Leg 7 start!

In the end, the donation goal was matched and sure enough, Ken hopped into a comfy drysuit and just after passing Castle Hill Light, he jumped off the transom of the Volvo 65  Team BRUNEL- not a bad dive for a card-carrying member of the A.A.R.P.!