Just in case you need a break from the Christmas tv specials...
SAILING ON TELEVISION
Dateline NBC, the Emmy Award-winning television news program, will air a
lengthy story on Around Alone 1998-99 tomorrow - Wednesday, 9 December -
during the program's evening broadcast (check local listings for time and
station).
The story will focus on the race, communication with the fleet, and the web site, and how all this technology is used for the safety of the skippers and for keeping the media and the general public informed about the race. Using Viktor Yazykov's self-surgery as an example, the story will elaborate on the drama that unfolded and how the race's safety and communications equipment and partnerships helped Viktor through and people abreast of this ordeal.
Crews from Dateline visited Cape Town to talk with Viktor, Boston to talk with Dr. Carlin of the World Clinic, San Francisco to talk with representatives from Quokka Sports, and Charleston to film at the Race Operations Center and to talk with COMSAT personnel. - Dan Miller Received on Wed Dec 9 10:10:03 1998