Gary Jobson, 54, is a world class sailor, television commentator and author based in Annapolis, Maryland. Gary covered the 2003 Americaís Cup in Auckland, New Zealand for ESPN and Sailing World. In 2004 he covered the Yachting Olympics for NBC in Athens.

Gary 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 Sailingís 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 and produces over 30 shows per year. In 1988 Jobson won an Emmy for his coverage of yachting at the Olympic Games in South Korea. Gary has authored 14 sailing books and is Editor at Large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines.

His newest book is titled Championship Sailing.

Gary is the National Regatta Chairman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's sailing program. In 1994, Jobson helped establish the first sailing team at Hampton University.

Over the past twenty-five years Gary has given over 1900 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.

Board of Directors:

Fales Committee, U.S. Naval Academy, pyacht.com, Living Classrooms Foundation, Volvo Ocean Race Organizing Comm., Marinalife.com, U.S. Sailing Foundation, The Mariners' Museum. For more information log on to www.jobsonsailing.com.

Gary Jobson Awards:

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

2002 Clarion Award for Best Book 2002 (Fighting Finish)

2002 Jersey Shore Sports Hall of Fame

2002 John Southam Award (80† North: Expedition to the Arctic) )
Awarded by Sail America

2000 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

1996 Milwaukee Sailor of the Year

1995 Charles R. Smith Jr. Trophy)
(Awarded to an Annapolis Yacht Club member for sailing ability and contributions to the sport of sailing on the Chesapeake Bay)

1990 Toms River Regional School's Hall of Fame

1988 Emmy Award (1988 Olympic Games - Yachting)

1988 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

1972, 1973 Intercollegiate Sailor of the Year

1971, 1972, 1973 All America Intercollegiate Sailing Team

1966 Powell Trophy (Outstanding Junior Sailor - Barnegat Bay)