Last week, in an article letting people know that the Brant Beach Yacht Club would be hosting the 2012 United States Optimist Dinghy Association Team Trials from April 26 to 29, The SandPaper said Long Beach Island would be the Williamsport of the sailing world for the week. Optimist racing, you see, is limited to kidsyounger than 16 years of age and, like Little League in baseball, is the starting point of many, indeed, most, big-time sailors of the future.
Well, to continue with that baseball theme, the Babe Ruth of American sailing showed up on Saturday night to lend his…
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