PEGASUS 575 LEADS DAY ONE OF KEY WEST RACE WEEK

The fifty-nine Melges 24 teams were all set to go racing today with a batch of early postponements preventing them from heading out the race course as previously scheduled. Joining the predominately American fleet are six boats from the UK, with single entries from Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland.

Crews were awakened with higher gusting winds than on Sunday. The winds were still in the 20 to 30 knot range with higher gusts being reported. As everyone remained glued to the radios for every-30-minute Race Committee announcements, everyone waited to see if it would be possible for racing to take place for the fleet — the largest fleet in attendance in Key West!

Daily reports and results will be posted at www.usmelges24.com