Good Jibes with John Sweeney
Published on March 11th, 2026
The Good Jibes podcast, provided by the team at Latitude 38 magazine, share stories and tips from West Coast sailors on the topics of community, cruising, and racing. In this episode, host John Arndt is joined by John Sweeney.
Sweeney has been making noise with his formal legal complaint with the New York Attorney General’s Charities Bureau in which he contends that serious violations of the America’s Cup Deed of Gift, a permanent New York charitable trust, have occurred.
During the episode, Sweeney shares his foundational role in sailing sponsorships, his lawsuits related to the America’s Cup, how AI is already changing sailing, what we can do to keep the human element of sailing, and how we can make racing better.



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