Season Seven Show No. 153 Inside Great Lakes Sailing - Peter Harken, John Sweeney A.C. Lawsuit

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.