Gary Jobson

Gary Jobson, is a world class sailor, television commentator and author based in Annapolis, Maryland. Gary has authored 15 sailing books and is Editor at Large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. Jobson will be producing sailing at the 2008 Olympic Games. He has won many championships in one design classes, the America's Cup with Ted Turner in 1977, the infamous Fastnet Race and many of the world's ocean races. In college he was an All American sailor three times and was twice named College Sailor of the Year (1972, 1973).

In October 2003 Gary was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame by the Herreshoff Marine Museum. In 1999 Jobson won the Nathanael Herreshoff Trophy, US Sailing's most prestigious award. This trophy is awarded annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of sailing in the United States. Gary is the National Regatta Chairman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's sailing program.

Jobson has been ESPN's sailing commentator since 1985. He won an Ace Award for Cable Excellence for the 1987 America's Cup. In 1988 Jobson won an Emmy for his production of sailing at the Olympic Games in South Korea and also won an Emmy for the 2006 Volvo Ocean Race on PBS. Over the past thirty-five years Gary has given over 2000 lectures throughout the world. He started his career as a sailing coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy.

Gary is also an active cruising sailor. He has led ambitious expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctica and Cape Horn.

He currently races an Etchells, owns a Sabre 402, "Whirlwind" and has a partnership in a NYYC Swan 42, "Mustang".

Gary and his wife, Janice, have three college age daughters:

Awards

2004 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Spiral of Life Award

2003 Herreshoff Museum America's Cup Hall of Fame

2003 Best Sports Book of 2002 (Fighting Finish) Awarded by the Independent Publisher Book Awards in America

1999 Nathanael G. Herreshoff Award (US Sailing)

1988 Emmy Award (1988 Olympic Games - Yachting)

1987 Cable Ace Awards (1987 America's Cup)

1982 Sailing World Hall of Fame

1977 America's Cup Winning Tactician

1972, 1973 Intercollegiate Sailor of the Year

1971, 1972, 1973 All America Intercollegiate Sailing Team

Board of Directors

* US Sailing
* Olympic Sailing Committee
* Leukemia Cup Regatta Series
* Fales Committee (US Naval Academy)
* New York Yacht Club
* International Yacht Restoration School
* Annapolis Yacht Club
* National Sailing Hall of Fame

External links

* [http://jobsonsailing.com/ Official]