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• Motivational Speaking

• Corporate Team-Building Events     

• Sailboat Racing

• Television Talent and Production

• Books and Writing

• After an epic battle in the courtroom, America's Cup 33 is apparently imminent, with the first race slated for February 8.  Live tv is scheduled to be internetcast at www.americascup.com

• Economic Times article on the connection between success in business and sailing and Peter's book "At The Helm, Business Lessons for Navigating Rough Waters" which was recently released in India. 

• Peter's recent keynote speech at Macquarie Equipment Financing Global Sales Conference earned high praise:

"Excellent! Peter's experience and accomplishments at the highest level of sailboat racing coupled with his keen understanding of current business issues enabled him to effectively communicate the common traits required to win in both arenas. His ability to create a vivid picture through his communication skills kept the audience captivated and focused on his message. Peter is a must have speaker for companies facing challenges in extremely competitive markets." Michael Liebsch, EVP and Chief Sales Officer.

• Ida Lewis Distance Race, 2009. Another first place for Titan with Peter calling the shots.

• New York Yacht Club Cruise, 2009 Peter teams up with long time America's Cup teammate Tom Whidden aboard Rambler to win the Queens Cup and the Squadron Runs.

• New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta,  2009,  Titan continues its winning ways finishing first with Peter as tactician.

• Annapolis to Newport Race, 2009.  Peter was navigator aboard Rambler in this east coast classic ocean race, finishing first overall across the line and on handicap. 

• Around Block Island Race, 2009.  Peter was tactician aboard the new 75 foot Titan which was first to finish and placed first overall on corrected time.  It was Titan's very first race!

• Louis Vuitton Pacific Series,  Auckland, New Zealand - 2009.  Peter was in Auckland serving as navigator for Ben Ainslie and the Team Origin America's Cup challenge.

• Cape Town - Brazil, 2009 - 1st place.  Peter was tactician aboard Rambler in this ocean racing classic across the South Atlantic.

America's Cup  Peter was in Valencia, Spain in 2007 sailing as navigator with Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle Racing Team - his fifth America's Cup campaign - all with American teams. After the team was eliminated in the Semi Finals,  Peter changed hats and served as expert analyst and commentator for VERSUS Network's TV coverage of the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals and the America's Cup.   Congratulations to Ernesto Bertarelli, skipper Ed Baird and the Alinghi team which won the Cup 5-2 in some incredibly close racing over Team New Zealand. The next running of the America's Cup has been tangled up in court for a couple of years, but should emerge very soon.  Meanwhile Alinghi and BMW Oracle have been developing some gargantuan multihulls.  

Now in its 2nd Edition!: Check out Peter’s best selling book, Sailing for Dummies (Wiley, co-written with JJ Isler) available at West Marine, your local bookstore or click here to order it or his other books including the acclaimed business book,  At the Helm: Business Lessons for Navigating Rough Waters (Doubleday,  co-written with Peter Economy) from Amazon.com.

Record Passages!   Peter was tactician aboardTom & Dot Hill's 75 foot sloop Titan, which shredded nearly 20% off the Pineapple Cup Race record.  Racing from Ft. Lauderdale to Montego Bay, in "perfect storm" conditions - Titan established a new record of 2 days, 10+ hours which could stand for a very long time!   A few months later Peter (and co-navigator Ian Moore) helped point Hasso Plattner's 86 foot CBTF sloop Morning Glory to first to finish and a race record of 6 days 16 hours in the Transpac Race (Los Angeles to Hawaii ... .Congratulations to Stan Honey, Peter's roommate at Yale who navigated Alfa Romeo to a new race record in 2009!).  Peter navigated John MacLaurin's 52 foot sloop, Pendragon to first in class in the 2008 Newport Beach - Cabo San Lucas Ocean race.  He also navigated Randall Pittman's 90 foot CBTF sloop, Genuine Risk to a first to finish in the 2008 Chicago - Mackinac Race.  

Winning Races!  Expedition, a powerful navigation and performance sailing software developed by Whitbread Around the World Race winning navigator, Nick White has had tremendous success since introduction last year.  Over the past few years, Peter has worked closely with Nick refining Expedition into a powerful and versatile Windows based tool which he uses in all of his big boat racing.  Visit the Expedition web site for more information.

Peter has long been associated with the Bitter End Yacht Club in the British Virgin Islands. He developed the BEYC's first sailing school program and is a regular participant in their annual Pro-AM event. There is no better place for a watersports' oriented vacation than the Bitter End. 

Peter is sponsored by Kaenon Polarized, simple the best performance sunglasses.

Peter navigated Roy Disney's highly successful 77 foot sloop "Pyewacket" in the 2003 Transpacific Yacht Race (Los Angeles to Honolulu).    Peter and the Pyewacket team broke the monohull record in the 2003 Newport to Ensenada Race  by nearly an hour!