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3 Sailors from New Orleans Head for Beijing Olympics
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by René | August 3, 2008 at 09:44 pm
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John Dane III has spent years in the shipbuilding industry, where he has carved out a niche as a maker of top-of-the line sailing vessels.Later this month, he is expected to step aboard one in a sports competition that will be as big as any he has faced in business.
Dane, the president and CEO of Trinity Yachts Inc., will be competing on the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team. It is the culmination of a lifelong dream for Dane, who has spent more than 40 years trying to land a spot on the team.
At 58, Dane will be the oldest member of this year's Olympic Team, as well as the oldest competing sailor. He will join sailing partner and son-in-law Austin Perry, 30, in the men's keelboat event. New Orleanian John Lovell, who has competed in three previous Olympics, will also compete in sailing at the Beijing games.
Another sailor on the US Olympic sailing Team has been named the Cosmopolitan Sexiest 2008 Olympian, Andrew Campbell. as well as the U.S. Olympic Committee's male athlete of the year.
You can send your support and Best Wishes to the US Olympic Sailing Team or individual members.
I'm wishing them all the luck, and know from their website that they are just going to have a blast! Hope you like the video of Dane and Sperry's Practice Sail.
René O'Deay
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at 23:04 on August 3rd, 2008
Hey, Julian, where's the Olympics Channel? Wow, is this layout messed up!
at 07:20 on August 4th, 2008
Hi Rene, Here's the Olympics channel. We'll check out what's happening with the layout.
at 07:30 on August 4th, 2008
Thanks, but how do we use it? It's not in drop-down menu or in channels menu bar.
at 08:14 on August 4th, 2008
I'm going to put it on the homepage - and it'll be there more permanently later in the week. There was a banner for it in the Sports channel which has disappeared - I know not why, alas!
at 07:24 on August 4th, 2008
I think I fixed it - there was some block quote code in front of the highlighted area.
at 07:27 on August 4th, 2008
Oh, I thought I had taken that out from my blog highlight. I'll be sure to check that, if it happens again. It looks alright now, but I am using Safari now, to check it out.
at 07:18 on August 4th, 2008
René, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 07:27 on August 4th, 2008
René, my stories related to the Olympics did not post either, but your's is now there:)!
at 07:33 on August 4th, 2008
Use the link Rachel provided, you have to add tags to your story.
at 08:13 on August 4th, 2008
Hi - the tag for the Olympics channel is Beijing 2008 - having said that we're looking out for Olympics stories and will do our best to add them on a regular basis.
at 16:49 on August 4th, 2008
Thank you Rachel and rene! I may have made a mistake by using "Beijing+2008" instead of "Beijing 2008". I also used bg08 and Olympics (per Julian's story). I did check the Channel again, the stories have been added. Thank you! And thanks, again, rene for a great story!
at 20:00 on August 4th, 2008
Hi Rhonda - yes, I made sure to check and added the tag - it's all there, now, I hope. Thanks!
at 07:31 on August 4th, 2008
René, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 10:31 on August 4th, 2008
René, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 10:33 on August 4th, 2008
René, I like this story. It's good stuff. Very nice René! What a trip!!
at 11:32 on August 4th, 2008
What a trip! Love the team photos on their home page. You can tell they are really having a blast! More sailing videos on their page and on YouTube, too.
at 11:55 on August 4th, 2008
Nobody sees this story unless they check sport channel or catch a comment from it. It was on the Beijing 2008 'channel' page, but now surpassed by all the periphery stories that are not actually about the Olympic sports.
This is way too bad. Cuz... well....
And you can hardly find it. even an email sent to me with updates to it, link took me to Front Page, not this one
http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/beijing+2008
at 12:39 on August 4th, 2008
Hi - As I mentioned elsewhere, the channel will be getting an updated format soon, so that should allow us to showcase more stories. In the meantime, this story's back in the Olympics channel. Thanks for raising this.
at 07:49 on September 15th, 2008
René, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 15:05 on September 15th, 2008
thanks, CJaye, too bad these guys didn't win any of the races, but I bet they had a blast anyway. and you can catch some of the thrilling podcasts and videos from the website links above.