Messing About In Sailboats

Matt Rutherford Being Interviewed On His Return to Annapolis

Video of Matt Rutherford's interview by Gary Jobson taken by Peter Black on Matt's circumnavigation of the Americas. Matt's an entertaining guy and what a great sailor. Read more →

How to sail a Volvo 70 in the Southern Ocean

Liveline Explained - Making Sailing Compelling For the TV Masses

Last week, I blogged my interview with Gary Jobson where he spoke about the new graphics technology - Liveline- that will be used during the AC coverage on NBC. These videos shows Liveline in action and explain how it works. The guy behind, Liveline, Stan Honey is a God. Among a long list of achievements, he created the yellow line in football and was ISAF Rolex Yachtsman of the Year for his navigation accomplishments. It's worth watching all three of these. It's going to be cool to see in action. Read more →

An Interview With Gary Jobson – Characters Welcome

Thanks to the nice people at Sailing Spoken Here, I had the privilege of interviewing the great Gary Jobson. Gary is reporting for Sailing Spoken Here, covering regattas, sailing issues and everything in between over the next two months. There were a million things I could have asked Gary but what interested me most was his perspective on the state of sailing media, in particular TV. Coincidentally, this was also the week that NBC announced that it would be covering the America's Cup. Gary has covered sailing on TV since the 1983 America's Cup, There is no one better qualified to talk on the subject and he doesn’t mince his words. In his view, sailing on TV attracts an audience when three things happen: Close racing with lots of lead changes There is a great story behind the racing Compelling characters are involved Close racing is a tough one. Match... Read more →

Around The World in 3 Minutes (Well 45 days really)

The Jules Verne Trophy in 3 minutes from Brian Thompson on Vimeo. Read more →