Samara Walshe went home to New York City over the weekend and had to make room on her nightstand for a decent-sized brant goose. Well, a decoy of one, anyway.
“That’s definitely where it’s going,” Walshe said, referring to the trophy cradled in her arms after she and crew Lillie Foster captured the top spot in the first Club 420 Women’s North American Championship regatta at Brant Beach Yacht Club on July 14. “I might talk to it, pet it, maybe even sleep with it once in a while.
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