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Kenneth John Read CM (born November 6, 1955) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada.
Kenneth Read (born June 24, 1961) is an American yachtsman who is considered one of the world's most accomplished and celebrated sailors.

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Ken Read (sailor)

American yachtsman (born 1961)

For the Canadian Olympic alpine skier, see Ken Read.

Read in October 2011
Full name	Kenneth Read
Born	(1961-06-24) June 24, 1961 (age 63) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height	6’ 1”
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Club	Barrington Yacht Club New York Yacht Club, Ida Lewis Yacht Club, Sail Newport, Fifth Ward Cruising Club
College team	Boston University

Kenneth Read (born June 24, 1961) is an Americanyachtsman who is considered one of the world's most accomplished and celebrated sailors. He was named United States Rolex Yachtsman of the Year twice (1985 and 1995), and has won more than 50 world, North American, and national championships in a variety of classes, with eleven of those being World Championships titles ^[1] in the J/24, Etchells 22 and yacht classes.

College

While sailing at Boston University (Boston, MA. USA), Read was a three-time collegiate All American (1981, 1982 and 1983) and is now a member of the Boston University Hall of Fame.

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In my early days of sailmaking, I’d wake up in the morning to go to work, but work was a hobby,” begins Ken Read, President of North Sails. “Now, though, our business is the world’s leading and largest sailmaker, producing sails that nobody else in the industry can replicate. It’s a nice advantage to have.

“Some of us are born to be doctors, lawyers, or diplomats. When I was born, however, my destiny was to figure out how to make boats go faster. It’s not a path they teach you in school, but it’s led to a hell of a career.”

Ken got into the sailmaking industry straight out of Boston University, where he was a three-time collegiate All-American. After a few years working, cutting his teeth with a small sailmaker called Shore Sails, he and a friend named Dan Neri purchased the flagship Shore franchise in Newport, RI. With little money but lots of energy and loads of ambition, the duo made a name for themselves and figured everything out on a shoestring budget. So much so that North Sails approached them in 1995 with an offer to buy the enterprise.

“North Sails came to us an

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Ken Read

Biography

Canadian Ken Read was entered in three races in his Olympic debut at Innsbruck 1976. In the men’s downhill, he finished fifth, 0.24 seconds from bronze where first and fifth was separated by 1.10 seconds. He did not finish the slalom or giant slalom races. His outstanding World Cup season in 1979/1980 made him a gold medal favourite heading into Lake Placid 1980 and all attention was on Read, especially after carrying the Canadian flag in the Opening Ceremony. But just 15 seconds into his Olympic downhill race, the bindings on his boots released and his Games were over.

Read was a member of the Canadian downhill ski team of the late 1970s and early 1980s known as the “Crazy Canucks” for their daredevil racing style. He was the first non-European and first North American to win a World Cup in men’s downhill – 1975 in Val-d’Isere, France; and one of four Canadians that finished in the top-10 that day. Read won four more World Cup downhill races in his career, including being the first non-European to win both the Austrian downhills Hahne