Voice of Sailing Jobson looks at America’s prospects at the Olympics and America’s Cup

Voice of Sailing Jobson looks at America’s prospects at the Olympics and America’s Cup

by Scott Lajoie 3 July 18:35 BST
July 18, 2024

With the Olympic Games later this month and the battle to recapture the America’s Cup beginning in late August, the Sailing Museum and the National Sailing Hall of Fame invite Hall of Fame sailor and Emmy Award-winning television commentator Gary Jobson to report on the highly anticipated competitions at the Museum on July 18.

His presentation will take place this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Sailing Museum, 365 Thames Street, Newport (doors open at 6 p.m.). Tickets are available at thesailingmuseum.org.

Jobson, who will cover the Olympics for NBC television, beginning with the first Olympic race a week later in Marseille, will deliver a talk focusing on America’s prospects in both the Olympics and the America’s Cup this year, analyzing the team’s strength compared to our international rivals.

The United States is sending 13 athletes in nine classes to Marseille, France. The American team has been training for the games for the past three years. The museum is interacting with four of the Olympic athletes through a letter-writing campaign leading up to the opening ceremony. Four members of the team – Lara Dallman-Weiss, Daniela Moroz, Stephanie Roble and Hans Henken – have agreed to correspond with the children through postcards and videos.

New York Yacht Club challenger American Magic has assembled an all-star sailing and design team to bring the Cup back to the United States. There are five challengers from France, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland and the United States who will compete against the defending champion from New Zealand.

Jobson competed in three America’s Cup races in Newport between 1977 and 1983. He has commentated on nine Cups for ESPN and NBC between 1983 and 2013, and has covered the Olympic Games seven times for NBC since 1988.