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Sports Center: Smooth Sailing

Jul. 24, 2014 | 4:00 AM

Beth Richard was 11 years old when her dad bought a 12-foot sailboat for her and her two siblings to use in Clifton Lagoon. He gave them just two lessons: how to right the boat when it tipped and how to fill the sail. By the end of that summer, Richard was good enough for solo voyages through the mouth of the Rocky River and out onto Lake Erie.

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