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• Motivational Speaking

• Corporate Team-Building Events     

• Sailboat Racing

• Television Talent and Production

• Books and Writing

• Summer 2010:  Peter is finishing up his new book and sailing aboard the 90' Rambler in races around New England.  Recently he made a guest appearance on guitar with the Syracuse band, Dark Hollow.

• America's Cup Class sailing:  Peter raced with helmsman Ben Ainslie and the British America's Cup team TeamOrigin in the Louis Vuitton Trophy event off the coast of Sardinia.  Check out the great video coverage on the LV Trophy web site (Peter was a commentator in the SemiFinal and Final Round).

• New book underway!  Peter is working on a new book which will be published by John Wiley & Sons in 2011.  Expect something quite different from Peter's previous books. 

• 2010 Caribbean victories:  Peter is tactician aboard Titan which won both the recent BVI Spring Regatta and the Heineken Regatta in St. Maarten.

• 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.

America's Cup  Peter has competed in five America's Cup campaigns, winning it twice with Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes team.  In the 2007 Cup in Spain, he served as navigator with Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle Racing Team. Peter has also served as television analyst in four America's Cups (ESPN, Outdoor Life Network & VERSUS Network).  Congratulations to Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts and the BMW Oracle Racing Team which won the 2010 America's Cup and brought the Cup "home".

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!