NHS Staff | News | 7 February 2012
GARY JOBSON
WELCOMED TO HORNET TEAM
In a meeting with NHS Chairman Will King,
sailing legend Gary Jobson volunteered to join the USS Hornet Project Board of
Advisers.
“Sail
training provides a lifetime experience in leadership, teamwork and
understanding the world. Hornet will provide thousands of young
people the opportunity to learn life’s lessons.” he said.
Mr. Jobson
is a world class sailor, television commentator and author based in Annapolis,
Maryland. He is President of US SAILING, the National Governing Body of
Sailing. Gary has authored 17 sailing
books and is Editor at Large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines.
Jobson has
been ESPN's sailing commentator since 1985. He won an A.C.E. (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 won
an Emmy for the 2006 Volvo Ocean Race on PBS. He has covered the Olympics five
times for NBC. Gary Jobson has won four
Southam Awards and one Telly Award. His
newest book is Gary Jobson: An American Sailing Story. Jobson has produced a
new film, Energy on Trial (www.energyontrial.com).
He
has won many championships in one design classes, the America's Cup with Ted
Turner, the infamous Fastnet Race and many of the world's ocean races. In
College at SUNY Maritime he was an All American sailor three times and was
twice named College Sailor of the Year.
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. Gary has been the National Chairman of The Leukemia Cup
Regatta, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's sailing program, since 1994.
These events have raised over $35 million to date. Jobson was awarded a Doctor
of Letters from the State University of New York Maritime College in 2005.
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 a Swan 42, Mustang, and an
Etchells, Whirlwind.
Gary and his
wife, Janice, have three grown daughters, Kristi, Ashleigh and Brooke.
Mr. Jobson joins the following members on the USS Hornet
Project Board of Advisers:
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| Chris Melhuish |
Chris Melhuish –
65th Commanding Officer of USS CONSTITUTION
Began Navy-wide heritage indoctrination for new chief
petty officers. Revised regulations for period uniforms. Drafted the ship's
interpretive manual. Created demonstration gun and gig crews. Sailed ship on
trials in Massachusetts Bay, 20 May 1998.
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| Mike Beck |
Mike Beck – 64th
Commanding Officer of USS CONSTITUTION
Naval Academy Class of 1977. First captain to sail
Constitution in 116 years. Youngest
recipient of the Arliegh Burke Leadership Award and current headmaster of Dunn
School in Los Olivos, CA.
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| Vic Suthren |
Served as Director General of the Canadian War Museum and
has voyaged extensively in traditional "tall ships". He is the author
of several works of historical non-fiction as well as two series of historical
sea fiction.
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| Billy Sabatini |
William Sabatini –
First Officer, Brig NIAGARA
Graduate of Maine Maritime Academy and Tabor Academy,
USCG licensed Master. Sailed extensively aboard schooner BOWDOIN before joining
the brig NIAGARA in 2005.
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