AS SEEN IN JUNE 2017 SAILING MAGAZINE

RACING FOR FUN WITH THE PROS

Going away to camp is a childhood ritual. There are space camps with real astronauts like Scott Kelly, tennis pro camps, celebrity baseball camps and even a football academy where Tom Brady could be the coach. So why not a yacht racing camp with the pros? The Bitter End Yacht Club’s annual Pro-Am offers just that, inviting top sailors from an array of disciplines to sail and compete with campers. But the event has one exceptional twist—it’s for grown-ups.

One-on-one coaching with pros, like Olympic medalist JJ Fetter Reichel, is one of the appeals of the Pro-Am, along with perfect weather and sailing conditions.

Sharon Green photo

For 30 years Bitter End Y.C. has hosted the Pro-Am Regatta—a weeklong festival of sailing and watersports. There’s snorkeling, kayaking, windsurfing, kiteboarding, scuba and fishing expeditions at this sailing-centric resort on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. But the centerpiece of the event is racing in paradise with the pros.

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