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Doing test today & hopefully streaming images live to my website of shaken down cruz in Boston Harbor. Stay tuned http://bit.ly/JhPmKH

..... another social media platform to update. But I'm there.... Yikes!  http://ow.ly/avHS4

TWITTER TIPS for people in the marine/sailing biz because your Tweets are making me crazy.... Twitter Tip #1: Don't send a 100 Tweets all at once when you get out of bed. Automatically time your posts with a program like Hoot Suite. Spread them out an hour apart. Twitter Tip #2: Don't just send links in your Tweets. Put some kind of short description. Twitter Tip #3: If you are going to post videos or images...make sure they look good and they don't bring down your brand. Be very careful if you are corporation doing posts from your phone. Twitter Tip #4: Watch how the pros handle their social media. Follow a pro like @sophluther at @VolvoOceanRace to see how it's done right.

Put a new slide show and a few new images on my website today. Yes it needs a serious redesign...some day.  http://www.leightonoconnor.com

Who's on Pinterest? Hard to believe...but I am.  :)  http://pinterest.com/leightonoc/

If you are a Tumblr fan....I'm on it...I know...shockin'.  http://leightonoc.tumblr.com/

Jackson Cup Day Two at Boston Yacht Club. Best seat in the house. http://bit.ly/IOFFoA #sailing

April 14th-16th, 2012 Teams Participating: Corinthian Yacht Club Eastern Yacht Club Larchmont Yacht Club Noroton Yacht Club New York Yacht Club Royal Thames Yacht Club Seawanhaka Yacht Club Southern Yacht Club St. Francis Yacht Club Boston Yacht Club http://www.bostonyc.org http://www.leightonoconnor.com

More action tomorrow. Jackson Cup/Marblehead More photos at:  http://bit.ly/IOFFoA

WANTED: Chessy contest suggestions so I can give away some my sailing journals. I have some extra iPhone covers too. http://bit.ly/Ii2aOJ

I "think" I finally cleaned up my act on Twitter and I'm not being such a twit. I found the silly apps that were doing multiple posts and turned them off. So feel free to follow me again or turn me back on. http://www.twitter.com/leightonoc I will be Twitting photos live from the Jackson Cup this weekend. If you think I'm being annoying...shout out to me and tell me I'm being annoying.

This weekend I'll be covering the Jackson Cup in Marblehead. The Boston Yacht Club will play host to ten racing teams for their 13th annual Jackson Cup. Clubs included New York Yacht Club, Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, CT), Royal Thames Yach t Club (London, UK), Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (Long Island, NY), St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, CA), Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans, LA) and Marblehead's own Boston, Eastern and Corinthian Yacht Clubs. Each club will have three teams and will race for two rounds of round robins for two days followed by a medal round on Sunday. I raced for the St.Francis Yacht Club and had a blast. This is one of the three videos I produced last year of the event. Here is a link to more videos from 2011: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFB83848B9719575E&feature=plcp I hope to be able to use some new geeky technology to upload photos live to my website while covering the covering the regatta. (Sorry about all

What's this in Kyle Langford's hand at 1:52 of this America's Cup video from Naples? Does it bite? http://youtu.be/axDDV1ncvxQ

2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race Boston Stopover Photos Click to see more images.

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