Jan Pehrson is the former Sailing Columnist for the Marin Independent Journal Newspaper, published in Marin County, California. Between 2003 and 2008, she published many dozens of articles -- nearly 100 -- about Marin County sailors.
For copies of Jan's articles, shown below by publication date, search the Marin IJ archives, or contact Jan through the "Meet Jan" section of this site.
2008_07_30 MarinIJ_Cayards Finish Race to Hawaii in Third Place
2008_07_22 Marin IJ_Cayard Family on Track for PacCup Trophies
2008_07_17 Marin IJ_Next Generation of Cayards Head to Sea
2008_07_03 Marin IJ_Rail Meat
2008_06_26 Marin IJ_Youth Champs
2008_05_22 Marin IJ_Kostecki trains on Multihulls for DoG Cup
2008_04_24 Marin IJ_Youth sailing programs prep for summer
2008_03_16 Marin IJ_Body of Larkspur Sailor found
2008_03_06 Marin IJ_San Rafael Sailors Capture the Arctic Grail
2008_01_24 Marin IJ_Coach Adam Bennett Builds Opti Program
2008_01_02 Marin IJ_Antoine Screve wins Orange Bowl
2007_12_27 Marin IJ_Schooner Seaward Cruises Mexico
2007_11_22 Marin IJ_Cal vs. Stanford The Big Sail
2007_10_25 MarinIJ_Don Jesberg at Finn Olympic Trials
2007_09_27 MarinIJ_The Billionaire and The Mechanic
2007_08_23 MarinIJ_Chavez wins Kiteboarding Nationals
2007_06_28 MarinIJ_Timothy Ballard and Transpac
2007_05_24 MarinIJ_Summer Sailstice
2007_04_26 MarinIJ_YRA and Yellow Bluff Buoy
2007_03_29 Marin IJ_St Francis & Kite Surfing
2007_02_22 Marin IJ_Cayard & World Sailing League
2007_01_25 Marin IJ_Rob Moore Key West
2006_12_28 Marin IJ_Optimist Dinghy
2006_11_23 Marin IJ_Herb Meyer & Disabled Sailing
2006_10_12 Marin IJ_Rikard Grunnan
2006_09_28 Marin IJ_Star Worlds
2006_09_04 Marin IJ_YRA and Jeff Zarwell
2006_07_30 Marin IJ_Pac Cup
2006_07_27 Marin IJ_SYC Junior Program & Dee Smith
2006_06_27 Marin IJ_VOR Finish Cayard 2nd
2006_06_22 Marin IJ_CorinthianYC
2006_06_10 Marin IJ_Geronimo
2006_05_25 Marin IJ_VOR Atlantic Crossing
2006_04_29 Marin IJ_VOR Baltimore Photo Finish
2006_04_27 Marin IJ_Matt Jones Speed Sailing
2006_03_30 Marin IJ_Sailing Schools
2006_03_25 Marin IJ_VOR Cayard Rests
2006_03_22 Marin IJ_VOR Kostecki to Skipper
2006_03_02 Marin IJ_VOR Cayard emails Marin
2006_02_23 Marin IJ_Corinthian MidWinters Wrap
2006_02_04 Marin IJ_VOR Cayard Breaks Down
2006_01_26 Marin IJ_Gutenkunst wins Orange Bowl
2005_12_06 Marin IJ_VOR Cayard Near Sinking
2005_11_24 Marin IJ_Norbert Bajurin & Americas Cup
2005_11_11 Marin IJ_Volvo Ocean Race Start
2005_10_26 Marin IJ_Sweeney & Smith Lead Africans
2005_09_29 Marin IJ_Dawn Riley & French AC Team
2005_08_25 Marin IJ_High School Sailors Top Ranked
2005_08_03 Marin IJ_Cayard to skipper Black Pearl
2005_07_28 Marin IJ_Kostecki off BMW Oracle
2005_07_11 Marin IJ_29er Worlds
2005_06_23 Marin IJ_Kostecki Skippers BMW Oracle
2005_06_13 Marin IJ_Camp Clipper
2005_05_26 Marin IJ_Kids Summer Sailing Camps
2005_05_05 Marin IJ_Tompkins leave Marin
2005_04_28 Marin IJ_Marin Catholic in Nationals
2005_03_24 Marin IJ_Midwinter Racing Wraps
2005_02_03 Marin IJ_Liz Baylis Olympic Bid
2004_12_13 Marin IJ_SYC Files AC Challenge
2004_11_01 Marin IJ_Pamela Power
2004_10_19 Marin IJ_Valencia Act3 Wrap
2004_10_14 Marin IJ_Valencia Act2 Wrap
2004_09_20 Marin IJ_Big Boat Series Day4
2004_09_19 Marin IJ_Big Boat Series Day3
2004_09_18 Marin IJ_Big Boat Series Day2
2004_09_17 Marin IJ_Big Boat Series Day1
2004_09_16 Marin IJ_Big Boat Series Intro
2004_09_12 Marin IJ_Farr 40 Worlds Day4
2004_09_11 Marin IJ_Farr 40 Worlds Day3
2004_09_10 Marin IJ_Farr 40 Worlds Day2
2004_09_09 Marin IJ_Farr 40 Worlds Day1
2004_09_07 Marin IJ_Farr 40 Worlds Intro
2004_08_29 Marin IJ_Ocean Voyages
2004_06_10 Marin IJ_Wooden Boat Tour
2004_06_03 Marin IJ_Molly Carapiet
2004_03_29 Marin IJ_Cayard Olympic Trials.
2004_03_28 Marin IJ_Cayard Olympic Trials.
2004_03_26 Marin IJ_Cayard Olympic Trials.
2004_03_25 Marin IJ_Cayard Olympic Trials
2004_03_24 Marin IJ_Cayard Olympic Trials
2004_02_22 Marin IJ_Melissa Purdy
2003_10_21 Marin IJ_Star North Ams
2003_09_23 Marin IJ_Moet Wrap
2003_09_16 Marin IJ_Moet John Kostecki
2003_09_10 Marin IJ_Moet Announcement
2003_08_28 Marin IJ_SilverMedals in Athens
2003_08_23 Marin IJ_Paul Cayard
2003_07_07 Marin IJ_Steve Jones
2003_06_05 Marin IJ_Tina Kleinjen
2003_01_23 Marin IJ_Stewart Felker
2003_01_14 Marin IJ_John Sweeney