I remember the ­feeling of getting accepted to Boston College as if it were ­yesterday. I had come home from high school sailing practice and found a big envelope waiting for me on the counter. I ...

A few summers back, Lynne Shore, an Olympic gold medalist in the 470 at the 1988 games, was racing her Laser in breezy conditions off Hyannis, Massachusetts. She bore off around the weather mark and ...