On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:26:53 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

I went to high school with the Hood kids, Mrs. Wave was good friends
with them also, and occasionally had the chance to crew 12 meter
America's Cup trial boats when Hood and North were testing sails.

One of the highlights of my sailboat racing career was once snookering
Ted Hood at a mark rounding during Block Island Race Week. It was
mostly a lucky maneuver on our part never to be repeated again.