Kimball Livingston joins us on the SDYC Sailcast this week to talk about his involvement in improving junior sailing, his experiences in photo journalism, the One Ton class, Transpac and what he’s doing now. He is seen here with John DeRuff, captain of the sailing team at George Washington University.
Th conversation begins with Kimball speaking about the big national problem of keeping tweens engaged in sailing and not having a great boat to sail during their transitional period.
“One of the big problems nationally is…the difficulty of keeping tweens engaged in sailing,” he says.
For years, Kimball has been involved in promoting the Feva boats for tweens before they move to a 29er. Recently, Kimball has been instrumental in shaping the St. Francis Junior Program. He goes into details about how he got involved in that and some of the steps he took to make improvements and keep juniors sailing. From there, he talks about his investment into the Nacra 15s.
Host Alli Bell switches topics asking Kimball about his experience in photo journalism. He talks about how he got into it and discusses some of his projects and job experiences including the sports department at The Chronical and contributing stories to Sail Magazine. Fun Fact: Kimball met his wife in the art department working at The Chronical.
Kimball touches on some international history of the One Tons and tells stories of his experiences in the class, sailing with some of the greatest names in the sport. The conversation switches to Kimballs crossing on the California Radiant. He talks about his race and being on assignment for Sail Magazine during Transpac.
From there, Kimball discusses some of his current projects including his continued column for Sailing World and tells about a recent interesting interview and staying busy with juniors and serving on several sailing organization Board of Directors.
To finish the episode, Kimball gives advice to those who would like to achieve similar successes as he including just “showing up.” “These days I would advise against journalism,” he jokes.