Long Beach Race Week 2012

Congratulations to Jim Sears and his team who won the 15 boat Viper fleet at Long Beach Race Week.

Jim  who is co-host of the CBS network daily show "The Doctors,"  faced some tough choices in addition to whether to go left of right up the first beat. His show had been nominated for two Emmy awards and he had to decide between skipping a couple of races Saturday or attending the Emmys awards affair in Hollywood that night.

He found a substitute skipper and attended the Emmys.

"We won the regatta but lost the Emmy to Regis Philbin," Sears said. "At first I was going to skip the Emmys. I love to sail. But I had to leave after the first race Saturday." 

Next year, maybe send his substitute skipper to Hollywood to try and win the Emmys as well?

Go Jim.....a hugely popular winner among the local West coast fleet. Rumor is that he will be bringing his telegenic skills to the NAs in Marblehead in September.