My Sue enjoys telling a related story: Sue grew up sailing small boats on Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in up-state New Your. Keuka Lake is most famously known for the Penn Yan Boat Company and the inventor, motorcycle racer, and early aviator Glenn H. Curtiss of Hammondsport.
When Sue was about 10-12 she was at the helm of their small cat boat beating to weather with her father and cousin when her father quietly suggests she should, “fall-off.” Her cousin promptly rolled off the deck into the water. In her cousin’s defense, it must be noted that in summertime, swimming in the lake was often done to cool off.