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Derrick Fries Ph.D., two-time Sunfish World champion, channeled his inner competitiveness to fitness competitions and discovered sailing parallels that helped him achieve his goals. (Courtesy Derrick Fries Ph.D./)
I fell in love with sailing at a very early age. There were no video games and our black and white television was good for three stations. Spending a full day on the water practicing finding windshafts was the absolute best entertainment I could find, and I had all the time in the world to do it. But this changed as I got older. Then there were regattas, mostly two-day events, creating a large time drain. I burned endless hours rigging and derigging, traveling, and packing and unpacking the car. I loved it, but like many sailors, I struggled to balance all this with work and family…
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