Gary Jobson to Speak at Dana West YC March 15

Byline: Taylor Hill DANA POINT — World-class sailor and lymphoma survivor Gary Jobson is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. March 15 at Dana West Yacht Club, during the kickoff event of the 2012 Leukemia Cup Regatta. Each year, Jobson tours the country, stopping at various yacht clubs and locations to speak to sailors who are looking into participating in the annual regatta and helping to raise funds for cancer research in the process. Jobson, who was recently inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame, will speak about his many sailing experiences — which include a 1977 America’s Cup victory as tactician aboard Ted Turner’s Courageous — along with his personal battle with lymphoma. Jobson has been the national chairman of the Leukemia Cup Regatta since 1994 — and in 2003, Jobson was diagnosed with lymphoma. In his words, he “became a beneficiary of the research advances I had helped support.” Jobson is now cancer-free. Leukemia Cup Regatta events have raised more than $38 million for lifesaving research and patient services, bringing help and hope to patients and their families. Each year, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society picks a local honorary skipper for participants to sail for — and Asher McGarrah has been chosen this...