Roger Vaughan - Tidewater Times

ROGER VAUGHAN covered Bob Dylan, The Beatles, the Woodstock and Monterrey Pop Festivals, early astronaut training, the Boston Symphony in China, and the Volvo (Whitbread) Round the World Race (as a participant) for LIFE magazine. He was founding editor of TheYACHT magazine, and wrote about several America’s Cups, Olympic Games, and other grand prix sailing events for both ESPN TV, and print. His 20 published books include the America’s Cup (4); baseball (Tony Gwynn); hockey (Barry Melrose); golf (The Women’s Game); and development of the exclusive Caribbean island of Mustique. His biographies include media magnate and America’s Cup winner Ted Turner; the late music director Herbert von Karajan; the late medical researcher Hilary Koprowski; Victor Kovalenko, Australian sailing coach whose teams have won more Olympic medals than those of any sailing coach in history; the late educator, philanthropist and sailor, Harry Anderson; and Arthur Curtiss James, Unsung Titan of the Gilded Age. One of America’s wealthiest men in the 1930s, James was a notable philanthropist and dedicated blue water sailor. He was the last of America’s railroad barons. Vaughan is currently finishing the novel he has been writing on deadline for this magazine.