Gary Jobson, national chairman of The Leukemia Cup Regatta since 1994, is a world class sailor, television commentator, author and corporate advisor based in Annapolis, MD. He 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. He has led ambitious expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctica and Cape Horn.

In 1999, Jobson won the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, awarded annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of sailing in the United States.  In 2003, Jobson was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame. 

Jobson has been ESPN's sailing commentator since 1985 and produces more than 30 shows per year. In 1988, Jobson won an Emmy for his coverage of yachting at the Olympics in South Korea.

Jobson has given lectures around the world over the past 25 years.  He has authored 15 sailing books and is editor-at-large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. His latest published book is A Cats: A Century of Tradition, a look at a class of wooden catboats unique to Barnegat Bay on the New Jersey shore.  Gary was part of the broadcast team that covered sailing events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.  He is a recipient of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2004 Spiral of Life award. 

In 2003, Jobson was diagnosed with lymphoma.  He is now cancer-free.  Send a message to Gary Jobson and share your thoughts about his battle against lymphoma.

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