What’s it like to broadcast sailing’s marquee events? Ask analyst Gary Jobson, who spent 31 years with ESPN covering nine America’s Cups and producing many documentaries ― in addition to competing in 5,600 races. He has also covered six Olympics. For his work in television, Jobson has been presented with two Emmys, four Tellys and an ACE Award. His achievements include winning many of the world’s offshore races, and he was the tactician on the winning America’s Cup yacht, Courageous, in 1977, with skipper Ted Turner. Also to his credit are 1,200 television programs and films he’s narrated or produced on the topic, as well as 19 books. Jobson has also given more than 2,600 lectures. He was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame (2011) and the America's Cup Hall of Fame (2003) by the Herreshoff Marine Museum. In 1999, he won the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, U.S. Sailing’s most prestigious award.

 

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