INSIDE GREAT LAKES SAILING SEASON SEVEN SHOW NO. 153 - For the third show of the season, we get off 2026 with a big bang as sailing icon Peter Harken joins us with his wife, Dr. Edit Olasz, the inventor of a great sunscreen, HarkenDerm, to converse about his career, the value of the Midwest work force and how he met his wife. So interviewing a sailing icon should be enough for our little show, but we push ahead. Our expert sailor Wally Cross joins to outline the best way to find cremates at all levels and we embark on what could be the biggest sailing story since Dennis Conner lost the America's Cup. John Sweeney, an AC veteran, world champion and one of the best sailors this country has produced, joins us to talk about his complaint filed with the New York Attorney's General office about the AC Deed of Gift, which is the organizing document that has guided the America's Cup organizers since 1857. Sweeney does not believe the Cup competition has been operated the way the Deed of Gift is written in more than two decades and he's asking the New York AG to weigh in on his complaint. The New York courts oversee the infamous sailing trust managed by the New York Yacht Club. We chat with Sweeney after conversations with a few folks in the AG's office in Albany, New York, a couple of knowledgable folks who reside in Auckland and Sailing Illustrated's Tom Ehman, a gentleman who over saw a number of Cups during his AC reign of more than 25 years. Right or wrong, left or right, Sweeney makes a powerful point during this interview and IGLS knows that's accurate because a few media types around the country have already began to challenge Sweeney's findings or complain that the America's Cup has no relevance. The critics might be right, or they might be wrong, but if John Sweeney's legal actions have the desired result he is hoping for in the near future, we're talking a real game changer with a storyline that will easily make the ESPN SportsCenter highlights, so stay tuned and see what's what.

INSIDE GREAT LAKES SAILING SEASON SEVEN SHOW NO. 152 - The sailing controversies swirl as we move towards spring and subjects like the America's Cup and the upcoming Olympics keep our interest until the snow melts. For our February 2026 show, Inside Great Lakes Sailing visited with Olympic Gold Medalist, two-time Star World Champion and five-time America's Cup veteran Steve Erickson, who spends his summer on the Great Lakes as part of the GL-52 fleet and the Katana crew. The likeable Erickson chats about his influence on bringing professional sailing respect as a life's calling and he opines about the current state of the America's Cup off-season.........Lake Michigan Off-Shore Racing chairman Terry Kuehn stops by to discuss international sailing boundaries and how the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes is trying to peek its head about the water to regain some notoriety after a long public absence. Stay tuned for a great interview with Steve and Terry.

INSIDE GREAT LAKES SAILING SEASON SEVEN SHOW NO. 151 - We begin our seventh season early, much like 2026, because we have an interview of note that we thought should see the light of day and since Mother Nature has even us ardent skiers crouched near the resort fire place, here's our first installment for the new year. Inside Great Lakes Sailing was proud to interview Marcus Lynch, the appointed head of US Sailing's Olympic arm two years ago and we struck gold, so to speak, twice, because we are the first to bring you a video interview of the latest to lead US Sailing Olympians, Molly Vandemoer, a former World Champion and US Olympic team member. Molly was appointed US Sailings Olympic director by CEO Charlie Enright three weeks ago. The appointment of Ms. Vandemoer was a spectacular move by those who run US Sailing and you'll learn that for yourself by listening to her speak. We also wanted to leave you with some bar room chatter about PHRF and how US Sailing and the various regional handicapping bodies might work in a more harmonious way. Our resident sail boat handicapper, and former Barthel Trophy winner, Keith Stauber, stops in to raise the question, can we improve the PHRF process by crawling back into bed with US Sailing.....the conversation might scare you, so sit down in front of the television or the computer and take a break from the cold of winter and think about those warm summer breezes with Inside Great Lakes Sailing.

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