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Gary Jobson's Biography
Gary Jobson, 57, is a world class sailor, television commentator and author based in Annapolis, Maryland. 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 G. 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.
Jobson has been ESPN's sailing commentator since 1985. In 1988 Jobson won an Emmy for his coverage of yachting at the Olympic Games in South Korea. Gary has authored 15 sailing books and is Editor at Large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. His newest book is titled Championship Sailin
Gary is the National Regatta Chairman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's sailing program.
Over the past twenty-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.
Jobson also serves on the following Boards:
| Title | Board | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Director | US Sailing | US Sailing |
| Executive Committee | Olympic Sailing Committee | US Sailing |
| Member | Fales Committee (Chairman 2003-2005) | U.S. Naval Academy |
| Chairman | Sailing Committee | SUNY Maritime College |
| Trustee | Mariners' Museum | Newport News, VA |
| Trustee | New York Yacht Club | New York, NY |
| Trustee | International Yacht Restoration School | Newport, RI |
| Director | Annapolis Maritime Museum | Annapolis, MD |
| Director | Pyacht.com | Annapolis, MD |
| Director | Marina Life | Baltimore, MD |
| Trustee | St. Mary's College of MD | St. Mary's City, MD |
| Director | Ocean Race Chesapeake | Baltimore, MD |
| Director | Annapolis Community Foundation | Annapolis, MD |
| Sailing Advisor | Ocean County College | Toms River, NJ |
| Chairman | Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Regatta Series | Larchmont, NJ |
| Governor | Annapolis Yacht Club | Annapolis, MD |
| Trustee | National Sailing Hall of Fame | Annapolis, MD |
| Trustee | University of Maryland Medical Systems | Baltimore, MD |
He currently races his Etchells and owns a Sabre 402, Whirlwind and has a partnership in a NYYC Swan 42, Mustang. For more information log on to www.jobsonsailing.com.
Gary Jobson Awards:
| 2007 |
|---|
John Southam Award (2006 Broadcast Category) Awarded by Sail America |
John Southam Award (2006 Lecture Series) Awarded by Sail America |
| 2006 |
National Capital Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards |
CINE Golden Eagle Award |
National Maritime Historical Society Distinguished Service Award |
Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame |
Steward of the 12-Metre Yacht Club (Newport Station) |
| 2005 |
Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay (State of Maryland) |
Arnold C. Gay Award (Annapolis Yacht Club) |
SUNY Maritime College Degree of Doctorate of Letters |
Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame |
Burgee of Merit (Newport Harbor Yacht Club) |
James M. Webster Perpetual Trophy (Southern California Yachting Association) |
| 2004 |
John Southam Award (2004 Yachting Olympics) Awarded by Sail America |
State University of New York Maritime College "Outstanding Graduate" and inducted into the SUNY Maritime's Heritage Hall |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Spiral of Life Award |
| Barnegat Bay Sailing Hall of Fame |
| State University of New York Maritime's Heritage Hall |
| Lifetime Achievement Award by Annapolis/Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce |
| Named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International |
| 2003 |
| Herreshoff Museum America's Cup Hall of Fame |
| Best Sports Book of 2002 (Fighting Finish) Awarded by the Independent Publisher Book Awards in America |
| 2002 |
| Clarion Award for Best Book 2002 (Fighting Finish) |
| Jersey Shore Sports Hall of Fame |
| John Southam Award (Expedition to the Arctic) Awarded by Sail America |
| 2001 |
| City of Annapolis Maritime Heritage Hall of Fame |
| 1999 |
| Nathaniel G. Herreshoff Award (US Sailing) |
| 1997 |
| Joe Prosser Award for Excellence in Sailing Instruction |
| 1996 |
| State University of New York: Honor Roll |
| Milwaukee Sailor of the Year |
| 1995 |
| Charles R. Smith Jr. Trophy (Annapolis Yacht Club) |
| 1990 |
| Toms River Regional School's Hall of Fame |
| 1988 |
| Emmy Award (1988 Olympic Games - Yachting) |
| National Marine Manufacturers Director's Award |
| 1987 |
| Cable Ace Awards (1987 America's Cup) |
| 1983 |
| S.U.N.Y. Maritime College Athletic Hall of Fame |
| 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 |
| 1966 |
| Powell Trophy (Outstanding Junior Sailor - Barnegat Bay) |
Books by Gary Jobson
| 2005 | A Cats: A Century of Tradition |
| 2004 | Championship Sailing |
| 2002 | Fighting Finish: Volvo Ocean Race 2001-02 |
| 1992 | An America’s Cup Treasury The Lost Levick Photographs, 1893 - 1937 |
| 1997 | The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing with Jay Kehoe |
| 1990 | Championship Tactics with Tom Whidden and Adam Loory |
| 1987 | World Class Sailing with Martin Luray |
| 1987 | Sailing Fundamentals |
| 1985 | Revised Yachtsman's Pocket Almanac |
| 1985 | Speed Sailing with Mike Toppa |
| 1983 | Storm Sailing |
| 1981 | The Yachtsman's Pocket Almanac |
| 1980 | Gary Jobson's How to Sail |
| 1979 | The Racing Edge with Ted Turner |
| 1978 | U.S.Y.R.U. Sailing Instructor's Manual |
Video Films by Gary Jobson
| 2007 | U.S. Olympic Sailing Team |
| 2007 | St. Mary’s College of Maryland |
| 2007 | Nantucket Race Week |
| 2007 | North Sails 50th Anniversary |
| 2007 | NYYC Swan 42 North American Championship |
| 2007 | Go Beyond: The Outward Bound Wilderness Experience |
| 2007 | Allianz Presents History of the America’s Cup Races 1851-2007 |
| 2007 | ISCA Gill National Coed Dinghy Championship |
| 2007 | Mount Gay Rum |
| 2007 | Rolex Miami OCR |
| 2007 | Acura Miami Grand Prix |
| 2007 | Acura Key West Race Week |
| 2006 | Seaman’s Church Institute |
| 2006 | ICSA Gill National Coed Dinghy Championship |
| 2006 | Racing to Bermuda: A Century on the Ocean |
| 2006 | Acura Miami Grand Prix |
| 2006 | Acura Key West Race Week |
| 2005 | Rolex Transatlantic Challenge |
| 2005 | Paradise Found: Sailing the BVI |
| 2005 | ICSA/Gill North American Coed Dinghy Championship |
| 2005 | ICSA/Layline North American Team Race Championship |
| 2004 | 25 Years of Sailing |
| 2002 | Fighting Finish (2001/02 Volvo Ocean Race) |
| 2002 | 80º North: Expedition to the Arctic |
| 1998 | Caution to the Wind (1997/98 Whitbread Race) |
| 1996 | Bonanza in Savannah (1996 Yachting Olympics) |
| 1996 | Expedition Antarctica |
| 1995 | 1995 America's Cup: Higher & Faster |
| 1994 | 1993/94 Whitbread Round the World Race |
| 1994 | With Swelling Sails (Narration with Walter Cronkite) The NYYC's Sesquicentennial Celebration |
| 1993 | A Portrait of Cape Horn: The Beauty and the Fury |
| 1993 | Whitbread: The First 20 Years |
| 1992 | 1992 America's Cup |
| 1990 | 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race |
| 1989 | Sailing Quarterly Video Magazine 24 one-hour volumes produced from 1989 to 1995 |
| 1989 | Best of Grand Prix Sailing |
| 1988 | 1988 America's Cup |